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Xi Jinping

Brown launches California-China climate think tank

Brown said the new institute is an outgrowth of his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing in 2017, as well as with Xie and other academics at China's Tsinghua University. | Getty Images SAN FRANCISCO Jerry Brown is still sounding his signature…

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Star Wars

Three Months Of Prep Made Our Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Trip Amazing

The marketing pitch for Disneylands Star Wars: Galaxys Edge promises superfans the chance to live their Star Wars adventure. For our anniversary this year, my wife and I decided to visit with that tagline in mind, dressing in costume and role-playing as origi…

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

SpaceX

SpaceX’s Next Starship Prototype Nearly Finished, Elon Musk Says (Photos)

It looks like Elon Musk will have a pretty nice visual aid when he gives his highly anticipated Starship update this weekend. On Saturday (Sept. 28), the SpaceX founder and CEO plans to reveal the latest design details of Starship and Super Heavy — the 1…

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Chinese Economy

China Has Already Lost the Trade War. Here’s Why.

President Trump's trade tariffs struck the Chinese economy when it was already declining and the effects have been devastating. Read Full Article »

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

Trump claims Nobel Peace Prize is rigged against him

President Donald Trump. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo President Donald Trump on Monday revived his beef with the selection committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize, claiming that the process is rigged against him. Speaking to reporters before a bilateral meeting…

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Slavery Abolition

Outside The Four Corners (Or “How Common Core Almost Broke Reading”)

Getting outside the four corners Getty The Reading Wars are a series of debates about how best to teach reading to small humans, and while the intensity of the debates themselves ebb and flow, the dates have been raging for only slightly fewer years than th…

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Climate Change

Greta Thunberg gives Trump a powerful glare as he walks past her at the UN Climate Summit

16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg watched as Donald Trump walked past at the UN Climate Change Summit on Monday. She did not look pleased. Trump was initially expected not to attend the summit and was meant to be at a session on religious persecuti…

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Global Warming

‘How dare you’: Greta Thunberg gives powerful, emotional speech to the UN – Global News

Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg on Monday opened the United Nations Climate Action Summit with an angry condemnation of world leaders for failing to take strong measures to combat climate change – “How dare you,” she said. Days after millions …

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Singapore

Getting Salty with Tom Berry

Tom Berry, 45, started his career at Ming Tsais Blue Ginger as a line cook, moving up to executive sous chef. He later opened Cambridges Hotel Marlowe and worked as a chef at Temple Bar. In 2015, he joined the COJE Management Group as culinary director, overs…

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Iran Liberalism

The Long Game for Iranian Democracy

In early September, a twenty-nine-year-old Iranian soccer fan named Sahar Khodayari set herself on fire in front of a courthouse in Tehran in a dramatic display of defiance against regime authorities. Khodayari had been arrested this spring for defying an off…

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Brown launches California-China climate think tank

Three Months Of Prep Made Our Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Trip Amazing

SpaceX’s Next Starship Prototype Nearly Finished, Elon Musk Says (Photos)

China Has Already Lost the Trade War. Here’s Why.

Trump claims Nobel Peace Prize is rigged against him

Outside The Four Corners (Or “How Common Core Almost Broke Reading”)

Greta Thunberg gives Trump a powerful glare as he walks past her at the UN Climate Summit

‘How dare you’: Greta Thunberg gives powerful, emotional speech to the UN – Global News

Getting Salty with Tom Berry

The Long Game for Iranian Democracy

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