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Belt and Road

China pledges new impetus in climate efforts after 2020

China will inject new impetus into climate change efforts after 2020, and use its Belt and Road initiative to boost cooperation in the fight against global warming, State Councillor Wang Yi, the country's top diplomat, said in a statement. China has promise…

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

Singapore

Patek Philippe Watch Art Grand Exhibition demonstrates Intimate Singapore Relationship

Taking place during Singapore’s Bicentennial anniversary, the Watch Art Grand Exhibition commemorates a particularly deep 54 year relationship between Patek Philippe and the nation state. As heir to Genevas great watchmaking traditions, Patek Philippe conti…

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

Nukes

Talks between U.S., North Korea may happen in 2 to 3 weeks: South Korea’s lawmakers

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea and the United States could resume working-level talks aimed at dismantling the North’s nuclear and missile programs within two to three weeks, South Korean lawmakers briefed by a spy agency said on Tuesday. The lawmakers said …

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

Super Heroes

Spider-Man: 5 Marvel Heroes Carnage Could Defeat (And 5 He Has No Chance Against)

When the serial killer known as Cletus Kasady acquired the Symbiote offspring of Venom, one of the evilest Marvel supervillains was born. Naming himself Carnage, Kasady went on to use his new powers to commit some of the most heinous crimes ever shown on a co…

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

Venezuela

Haiti legislator fires handgun at protest, photojournalist injured

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A legislator from Haiti’s ruling party fired a handgun during a protest on Monday, injuring a photojournalist as anger rises over fuel and food shortages in the Caribbean country. Senator Jean Marie Ralph Fethiere stepped out of a…

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

Barack Obama

Trump Mocks Mitt Romney For Losing To Barack Obama

President Donald Trump posted a video to his Twitter page on Monday appearing to mock Sen. Mitt Romney for losing the 2012 presidential election to Barack Obama, reigniting a feud with the Utah Republican amid the ongoing controversy over Trump’s phone call w…

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

Matteo Salvini

Five EU nations reach deal on rescued migrants

VALLETTA: Five European Union nations agreed on Monday to a temporary arrangement for disembarkation and relocation of migrants rescued in the central Mediterranean from human traffickers unseaworthy boats, with officials pushing for a wider deal involving mo…

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

Cold War

Is Europe Eyeing a ‘Reset’ With Russia?

The situation in Ukraine has held relations between the United States, Europe, and Russia hostage since the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014. But the unipolar world that existed then no longer holds. And how Europe chooses to manage the decline in U.S. re…

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

SpaceX

SpaceX Starship Gets Some Fins

Earlier today, Elon Musk posted another update via Twitter on the progress of the Starship prototype. Images taken from the companys South Texas Launch Site near the town of Boca Chica show the Starship Mk.1 being equipped with two new tail fins. According to…

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

One deadly week reveals where the immigration crisis begins — and where it ends

SAN LUIS RÍO COLORADO, Mexico The sun still hides beyond the deserts dark horizon as Jaime Escalante Galvez, his wife Leydi Gonzalez and their 2-year-old daughter, Adriana, slide through a bucket-size hole under a border fence and squeeze into the United Stat…

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

China pledges new impetus in climate efforts after 2020

Patek Philippe Watch Art Grand Exhibition demonstrates Intimate Singapore Relationship

Talks between U.S., North Korea may happen in 2 to 3 weeks: South Korea’s lawmakers

Spider-Man: 5 Marvel Heroes Carnage Could Defeat (And 5 He Has No Chance Against)

Haiti legislator fires handgun at protest, photojournalist injured

Trump Mocks Mitt Romney For Losing To Barack Obama

Five EU nations reach deal on rescued migrants

Is Europe Eyeing a ‘Reset’ With Russia?

SpaceX Starship Gets Some Fins

One deadly week reveals where the immigration crisis begins — and where it ends

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