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Plastic Pollution

Nestlé, Tim Hortons named Canada’s top plastic polluters again

For the second year in a row, Nestlé and Tim Hortons were the top companies behind branded plastic bottles, coffee cups and lids and other plastic waste collected in shoreline cleanups across the country, Greenpeace Canada reported Tuesday. Starbucks, McDona…

bubmagOctober 9, 2019

Machine Learning

Google Ad Frequency Feature Shows The New Reality Of Browser Tracking

Google will roll out a feature for its Display & Video 360 (DV360) DSP over the next few weeks that will allow marketers to control ad frequency even when third-party cookies arent available.In a blog post published Tuesday, ads privacy product manager Ra…

bubmagOctober 9, 2019

NASDAQ

Mark Hulbert: Why Oct. 9 is a day that lives in infamy among stock investors

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (MarketWatch) Wall Street historians with a superstitious bent are holding their breath today. Thats because Oct. 9 is the day of not just one, but two, changes in a major trend in the U.S. stock market since 2000. The exact day of the top …

bubmagOctober 9, 2019

Neymar

Neymar set to mark 100th game with Brazil

SAO PAULO (AP) — Ahead of his 100th game with Brazil, Neymar is adamant that he still deserves special treatment in the national team despite never having won a major title in his nine years wearing the famous yellow shirt. The 27-year-old forward will reach…

bubmagOctober 9, 2019

Scotland

MapLab: Life on Shaky Ground

This past Sunday morning, a short but strong earthquake gave the Bay Area a rude awakening. Measuring at a magnitude of 3.5, the tremor jiggled San Francisco’s buildings and bookshelves for several seconds at 8:41 a.m. No damage was reported. But as the San F…

bubmagOctober 9, 2019

Hrant Dink

Kim Kardashian dresses North in large jewelry as family wear all black for church visit in Armenia

Kim Kardashian dressed daughter North in gaudy jewelry as the entire family visited another church in Armenia. The 38-year-old reality star was seen walking alongside her six-year-old daughter who wore a large necklace with matching earrings and headpiece as…

bubmagOctober 9, 2019

Julian Assange

Journalists Who Visited Julian Assange Targeted By Company Spying On CIA’s Behalf

A Spanish security company was apparently enlisted by the Central Intelligence Agency to compile reports on journalists, attorneys, doctors, and any Russians or Americans who visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange while he was living in Ecuadors embassy in …

bubmagOctober 9, 2019

NATO

Trump calls Turkey’s offensive in northern Syria ‘a bad idea’ as Republican criticism mounts – The Washington Post

We expect Turkey to abide by all of its commitments, Trump said. The president also linked his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from the area now being targeted by Turkey a move widely criticized as enabling the Turkish attack to his goal of ending the insur…

bubmagOctober 9, 2019

Jerusalem Controversy

Yom Kippur ends, preparations for Sukkot begin

Tens of thousands of Jews across Israel attended synagogues on Yom Kippur and participated in the prayers. The rabbinical organization Tzohar held over 350 joint secular and religious quorums throughout Israel in cooperation with Or Torah Stone and the Meita…

bubmagOctober 9, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

EU-UK Brexit negotiators meeting pushed back to Friday

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A meeting of the European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier with his British counterpart Stephen Barclay has been pushed back to Friday from Thursday, an official close to the talks said. Reporting By Gabriela Baczynska

bubmagOctober 9, 2019

Nestlé, Tim Hortons named Canada’s top plastic polluters again

Google Ad Frequency Feature Shows The New Reality Of Browser Tracking

Mark Hulbert: Why Oct. 9 is a day that lives in infamy among stock investors

Neymar set to mark 100th game with Brazil

MapLab: Life on Shaky Ground

Kim Kardashian dresses North in large jewelry as family wear all black for church visit in Armenia

Journalists Who Visited Julian Assange Targeted By Company Spying On CIA’s Behalf

Trump calls Turkey’s offensive in northern Syria ‘a bad idea’ as Republican criticism mounts – The Washington Post

Yom Kippur ends, preparations for Sukkot begin

EU-UK Brexit negotiators meeting pushed back to Friday

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