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Plastic Pollution

Swachch Bharat Diwas: Team India supports the campaign with special stickers on jerseys

Stickers are visible on the players’ right-hand sidearm. (Twitter) India is celebrating the Swachch Bharat Diwas on Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday today on October 2. It is the father of the nation’s 150th birth anniversary and Union sports minister Kiren Rijiju …

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

CCTV

Jubilee District Hospital in Hammanskraal to escape the suffering

Pretoria News / 2 October 2019, 07:02am / RUDZANI MATSHILI DR Olebogeng Modise, Professor Mthimkhulu Lukhele and Tshwane Mental Health Review Board chairperson Gugu Mokwepa officially open a female mental ward at Jubilee District Hospital. Oupa Mokoena Afric…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Feudalism

ASPs as SHOs: knee-jerk reaction

PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE The incidents of police torture and fake encounters in this part of the world are not new and appear with regular intervals but the death of Salahuddin in police custody has shaken the conscience of society at large. The anguish and shoc…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Christianity

9 Things You Should Know About Christianity and Communist China

This week China celebrated the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. “There is no force that can shake the foundation of this great nation, said China President Xi Jinping, as he stood at the gate of Tiananmen Square. No force wi…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Venezuela

Amid logjam, Haiti asks: Will president or protesters yield?

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) The operation dubbed “Find Jovenel Moïse” organized by opposition leaders demanding the resignation of Haiti’s president ended abruptly when he appeared at the National Palace early this week following violent protests in which seve…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Economic Bubble

As Israel struggles to form a Government, why do its poorest immigrants vote for the right and far right?

By Amandine Desille | – The Israeli election was held on September 17, but it remains unclear who Benyamin Netanyahu (Likud) or his main opponent Benny Gantz (Blue White) will be able to bring together a government. One thing is for sure: in elections in Apr…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Drones

How do you weigh a massive whale?

Dead whales, stranded and decaying on beaches, can sometimes be weighed. But weighing a live whale is nearly impossible. Until now. Marine scientists have developed an innovative way to accurately estimate the heft of free-living whales by using drones to …

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Jerusalem Controversy

The Case for Building a Synagogue on the Temple Mount

This past Tisha BAv, nearly 1,800 Jews ascended the Temple Mount in Jerusalem in observance of the annual Jewish day of mourning for the destruction of the Temples. While it is true that the observance this year fell on the same day as a Muslim holiday, and t…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Hiroshima

The Hypersonic Race to Hell

Originally posted at TomDispatch. My life, in a sense, has been an arms race. The atomic bomb was initially tested at Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 15, 1945, five days short of my first birthday. Less than a month later, atomic bombs were dropped on …

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

Twitter Users Bite After Reports Trump Wanted A Snake-Filled Border Moat

President Donald Trump’s latest scandal has Twitter users wondering if he’s been channeling a certain “Austin Powers” supervillain. The president privately discussed a number of extreme measures to prevent migrants from crossing the border, including shooti…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Swachch Bharat Diwas: Team India supports the campaign with special stickers on jerseys

Jubilee District Hospital in Hammanskraal to escape the suffering

ASPs as SHOs: knee-jerk reaction

9 Things You Should Know About Christianity and Communist China

Amid logjam, Haiti asks: Will president or protesters yield?

As Israel struggles to form a Government, why do its poorest immigrants vote for the right and far right?

How do you weigh a massive whale?

The Case for Building a Synagogue on the Temple Mount

The Hypersonic Race to Hell

Twitter Users Bite After Reports Trump Wanted A Snake-Filled Border Moat

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