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Solar Storm

Devastating Solar Storms Could Be Much More Frequent Than We Realised

In early September 1859, something world-changing occurred. Earth was wracked by a monumental solar storm, which lashed our magnetosphere with a coronal mass ejection, the like of which had never before occurred in recorded history. It's called the Carringto…

bubmagOctober 8, 2019

Cold War

The ‘Trumpian backlash’ to globalization could lead to a ‘technological iron curtain,’ says this economist

Neil Shearing, group chief economist at Capital Economics says globalization has peaked.De-globalization could have a major impact on the global economy, as well as geopolitical stability. A Trumpian backlash to globalization has res…

bubmagOctober 8, 2019

Old-Age Poverty

Joker Proves Gotham’s Worst Enemy Was Always Itself | CBR

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for director Todd Phillips' Joker, in theaters now. As much as we think Todd Phillips' Joker is the story of Arthur "Happy" Fleck's (Joaquin Phoenix) break down and evolution into a murderer, there's much more to the …

bubmagOctober 8, 2019

Nukes

The U.S. Military Has Big Plans to Stop Iran from Attacking Saudi Arabia

In response to the September 14 attack on Saudi oil facilities, the Department of Defense (DOD) announced plans to deploy additional personnel and air and missile defense assets to the Middle East including one Patriot battery, four Sentinel radars, and 200 s…

bubmagOctober 8, 2019

Christianity

How Christianity Co-Opted Yom Kippur to Explain Jesus’ Death

We are in the midst of the Jewish High Holidays. Next week, Jews around the world will observe Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, with a roughly 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer. Most non-Jews (and maybe even some Jews), however…

bubmagOctober 8, 2019

Matteo Salvini

Italy to vote on streamlining parliament

ROME: Italy's parliament votes Tuesday (Oct 8) on cutting the number of the country's lawmakers, a move linked to an electoral law reform that the left-leaning government hopes will help keep the far-right from power. Slashing the number of MPs and senators …

bubmagOctober 8, 2019

Nukes

Syria Could Have Built a Nuclear Bomb by 2011. Israel’s Air Force Stopped It.

Fact: Clearly, the program itself would not have deterred the West; it could not have produced a viable weapon by 2011. However, knowledge of an existing nuclear program might have reduced Assads standing in the West even further, potentially making intervent…

bubmagOctober 8, 2019

Jerusalem Controversy

Jerusalem to open new camping site in the Peace Forest

Israel's Tourism Ministry is planning on opening a new camping site in the Peace Forest in Jerusalem, to combat the high cost of hotels in the city. Scheduled to open in October 2020, it would be the first camping site in the capital and will be located withi…

bubmagOctober 8, 2019

NSA

U.S. And U.K. Governments Issue Update Now Warning For Windows, macOS And Linux Users

U.K. and U.S. government agencies have issued a rare update now warning to Windows, macOS and Linux users Getty Images Both U.S. and U.K. government agencies have taken the unusual step of issuing a rare update now warning to Windows, macOS and Linux users …

bubmagOctober 8, 2019

Belt and Road

Imran Khan arrives in China, to meet Xi Jinping

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has arrived here on Tuesday on a two-day visit to China during which he will hold talks with the top Chinese leadership, including President Xi Jinping, and discuss issues of regional and bilateral significance. Prime Minis…

bubmagOctober 8, 2019

Devastating Solar Storms Could Be Much More Frequent Than We Realised

The ‘Trumpian backlash’ to globalization could lead to a ‘technological iron curtain,’ says this economist

Joker Proves Gotham’s Worst Enemy Was Always Itself | CBR

The U.S. Military Has Big Plans to Stop Iran from Attacking Saudi Arabia

How Christianity Co-Opted Yom Kippur to Explain Jesus’ Death

Italy to vote on streamlining parliament

Syria Could Have Built a Nuclear Bomb by 2011. Israel’s Air Force Stopped It.

Jerusalem to open new camping site in the Peace Forest

U.S. And U.K. Governments Issue Update Now Warning For Windows, macOS And Linux Users

Imran Khan arrives in China, to meet Xi Jinping

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