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Universal Orlando Fires Gru Actor for Flashing White-Power Symbol in Photo With Biracial Girl

Universal Orlando has fired an actor dressed as the “Despicable Me” character Gru and flashed a white power symbol while posing for a photo with a 6-year-old biracial girl with autism and a 2-year-old boy, according to USA Today. The girl’s parents Tiffiney …

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

China invents super surveillance camera that can spot someone from crowd of thousands

Researchers in China have developed an ultra-powerful camera capable of identifying a single person among stadium crowds of tens of thousands of people. The 500-megapixel camera was developed by scientists at Fudan University, in conjunction with Changchun I…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Venezuela

More than 132,000 Sephardi Jews apply for Spanish citizenship as deadline expires

A street of the old Jewish Quarters of Toledo - AFP More than 132,000 Jews have applied for Spanish citizenship since the government offered residence to relatives of those expelled during the Inquisition more than 500 years ago. The deadline has now passed…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Venezuela

More than 132,000 Sephardi Jews apply for Spanish citizenship as deadline expires

It remains unclear how many more British Jews have applied in the final rush to meet the Spanish deadline that saw 72,000 applications flood in last month alone, more than in the previous four years combined. Most of them were from citizens in Latin American…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

Trump asked about shooting migrants crossing border in the legs: Sources

Frustrated with a record number of people seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border this spring, President Donald Trump at one point asked in a private meeting with close aides whether the U.S. could shoot migrants below the waist to slow them down. Intereste…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Chinese internet users must pass a facial-recognition test to use web

China has stepped up its internet censorship by demanding its citizens pass a facial-recognition test to be able to use web services. People who want to have the internet installed at home or on their phones must have their faces scanned by the Chinese autho…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Black Hole

Before we put people on Mars, we should infect the planet with Earthly microbes, a group of scientists says

Fifty years after humans first stepped onto the moon, Mars has become the next frontier in space exploration. On Saturday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveiled a rocket prototype called Starship Mark 1: the next step in his company's quest to build a launch system …

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Venezuela

Venezuelan prison guards torture inmates with fighting roosters and beat them with sticks

Disturbing video footage recorded by an official at a jail in Venezuela captured the horrifying moment prison guards tortured naked inmates and used fighting roosters to attack them. At least 82 inmates were forced to lay face down naked with their hands beh…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Electric Scooter

Florida man arrested for cutting electric scooter brakes

Image copyrightPolice handoutImage caption Cameras captured a man apparently tampering with the vehicles A man in Florida has been arrested on suspicion of tampering with electric scooters that were available for hire on the streets of his neighbourhood. …

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

U.N. investigator says Saudi royal adviser should be tried for Khashoggi killing

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Universal Orlando Fires Gru Actor for Flashing White-Power Symbol in Photo With Biracial Girl

More than 132,000 Sephardi Jews apply for Spanish citizenship as deadline expires

More than 132,000 Sephardi Jews apply for Spanish citizenship as deadline expires

Trump asked about shooting migrants crossing border in the legs: Sources

Before we put people on Mars, we should infect the planet with Earthly microbes, a group of scientists says

Venezuelan prison guards torture inmates with fighting roosters and beat them with sticks

Florida man arrested for cutting electric scooter brakes

U.N. investigator says Saudi royal adviser should be tried for Khashoggi killing

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