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Riots

Thousands march in Hong Kong protest despite ban on face masks and city in lockdown – The Straits Times

HONG KONG - Even with the city in lockdown mode, thousands in face masks marched on Saturday (Oct 5) from the busy shopping district of Causeway Bay to Central, holding banners and chanting slogans, openly defying the face-mask ban which took effect on the sa…

bubmagOctober 5, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

The U.S. strategy on North Korea is all wrong. Here’s an approach that could work.

Despite the implosion of a summit between the United States and North Korea seven months ago, the two sides have confirmed that working-level talks will resume this week. The outreach is already off to an inauspicious start: On the same day North Korean First…

bubmagOctober 5, 2019

Plastic Pollution

Send Metro officials to PoK to destroy terror camps rather than trees, says Aaditya Thackeray

Terming the axing of trees in Aarey Colony as shameful and disgusting, Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday tweeted that the Mumbai Metro 3 officials should be posted in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) to destroy terror camps rather than trees. In…

bubmagOctober 5, 2019

Exoskeleton

A mind-controlled exoskeleton allows paralyzed man to walk

For the first time, a quadriplegic person has been able to walk again with the help of a revolutionary mind-controlled exoskeleton. Researchers at the University of Grenoble in France have developed the technology to translate the man's brainwaves into mechan…

bubmagOctober 5, 2019

Exoskeleton

Weekly Meanderings, 5 October 2019

Gotta love this kind of technological development for the benefit of others: exoskeletons: LONDON (Reuters) – A man paralyzed from the shoulders down has been able to walk using a pioneering four-limb robotic system, or exoskeleton, that is commanded and con…

bubmagOctober 5, 2019

Astroturfing

Democrats start astroturfing in GOP districts to whip up support for impeaching Trump

The Democrats seem to be taking courage from polls showing that public support has marginally risen for impeaching President Trump. The more they see of that, the bolder and more brazen they can get in overturning that hated 2016 election. So, bad polls work …

bubmagOctober 5, 2019

Animal Protection

Explained: Indiaâs target to eradicate single-use plastic by 2022

Addressing people on Swachh Bharat Diwas from the Sabarmati Riverfront, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Indians to cut down on single-use plastic. In his speech on 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2, PM Modi added, "Gandhiji liked clea…

bubmagOctober 5, 2019

Exoskeleton

Paralyzed man walks using brain-controlled robotic suit – KABC-TV

GRENOBLE, France (KABC) -- A man, paralyzed from the shoulders down, is now able to walk using a mind-controlled robotic suit.It may sound like science fiction, but it really happened in France. The man, identified only as Thibault, severed his spinal cord a…

bubmagOctober 5, 2019

Venezuela

Haiti braces for more upheaval after big protest

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti Haitians braced for more upheaval on Saturday as opposition leaders, emboldened by a massive protest demanding the resignation of President Jovenel Moïse, pledged to remain on the streets. Friday marked one of the largest demonstrations…

bubmagOctober 5, 2019

Feudalism

Dalit writing, global contexts: The River Speaks by Bojja Tharakam stands as a poetic beacon against injustice

Editors note: In India, the use of English is a product of colonisation. It is a language that embodies colonial narratives about the country and its people. Notably, it remained exclusive to Brahmin and Savarna writers until recently, and close examination …

bubmagOctober 5, 2019

Thousands march in Hong Kong protest despite ban on face masks and city in lockdown – The Straits Times

The U.S. strategy on North Korea is all wrong. Here’s an approach that could work.

Send Metro officials to PoK to destroy terror camps rather than trees, says Aaditya Thackeray

A mind-controlled exoskeleton allows paralyzed man to walk

Weekly Meanderings, 5 October 2019

Democrats start astroturfing in GOP districts to whip up support for impeaching Trump

Explained: Indiaâs target to eradicate single-use plastic by 2022

Paralyzed man walks using brain-controlled robotic suit – KABC-TV

Haiti braces for more upheaval after big protest

Dalit writing, global contexts: The River Speaks by Bojja Tharakam stands as a poetic beacon against injustice

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