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Orangutan

Greenpeace protests outside Genting HQ over alleged oil palm fires

A small group of environmental activists from Greenpeace held a brief protest outside the Genting's headquarters in Kuala Lumpur today. The international environmental NGO had previously reported that the company's subsidiaries had allegedly burnt 8,100 ha o…

bubmagSeptember 26, 2019

Little Italy

A Lil Positivity: French Montana Becomes The First ‘I Stand With Immigrants’ Ambassador

Source: Bryan Steffy / Getty French Montana, who immigrated from Morocco to New York City as a child, has officially been named the first ambassador of I Stand With Immigrants–a campaign initiative that highlights empowering immigration stories and the ways …

bubmagSeptember 26, 2019

VR

The Morning After: Amazon put Alexa in everything

It'd be easier to list the things Alexa isn't in.These are all of the Alexa devices Amazon unveiled Amazon's annual hardware deluge enveloped us Wednesday, as it revealed a slew of Echo devices, Alexa-powered wearables, Ring's first indoor security cam and a…

bubmagSeptember 26, 2019

Free Internet

On Chinese “Spy Trains”

The trade war with China has reached a new industry: subway cars. Congress is considering legislation that would prevent the world's largest train maker, the Chinese-owned CRRC Corporation, from competing on new contracts in the United States. Part of the re…

bubmagSeptember 26, 2019

The Queen

Prince Andrew says daughter Beatrice engaged

Prince Andrew and his former wife Sarah Ferguson have announced the engagement of their elder daughter, Princess Beatrice. They said Thursday that Beatrice is engaged to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. Buckingham Palace says the couple became engaged during a week…

bubmagSeptember 26, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Need to Know: Why one bank is transitioning from offense to defense in markets

Its pro basketball season again, and if theres one thing that coaches always yammer on about, its transitioning from offense to defense. Barclays is also making a transition from offense to defense. Why? After all, points out Ajay Rajadhyaksha, head of macro…

bubmagSeptember 26, 2019

NASDAQ

Market Snapshot: Stock-index futures edge higher as trade hopes rise

Stock-index futures pointed to a slightly higher start for Wall Street on Thursday after investors shook off the launch of an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump and focused on positive noises around U.S.-China trade negotiations. What are major …

bubmagSeptember 26, 2019

Christianity

Why Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin Are Getting Married—Again!

Rag Time is a bi-weekly media investigation of a single celebrity story that's vastly more in-depth than you ever thought you needed. This week: Justin Bieber's forthcoming second wedding to Hailey Bieber. Just about this time last year, Justin Bieber and hi…

bubmagSeptember 26, 2019

NSA

Ensure there is no collateral damage in J&K: NSA

bubmagSeptember 26, 2019

Holocaust

Ex-French President Jacques Chirac, Who Opposed the U.S. on Iraq Invasion, Dies at 86

(PARIS) — Jacques Chirac, a two-term French president who was the first leader to acknowledge France’s role in the Holocaust and defiantly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, died Thursday at age 86. His son-in-law Frederic Salat-Baroux told The Assoc…

bubmagSeptember 26, 2019

Greenpeace protests outside Genting HQ over alleged oil palm fires

A Lil Positivity: French Montana Becomes The First ‘I Stand With Immigrants’ Ambassador

The Morning After: Amazon put Alexa in everything

On Chinese “Spy Trains”

Prince Andrew says daughter Beatrice engaged

Need to Know: Why one bank is transitioning from offense to defense in markets

Market Snapshot: Stock-index futures edge higher as trade hopes rise

Why Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin Are Getting Married—Again!

Ensure there is no collateral damage in J&K: NSA

Ex-French President Jacques Chirac, Who Opposed the U.S. on Iraq Invasion, Dies at 86

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