Ride-sharing alone scares some just as much as taking a self-driving car, survey finds
Would you rather take an Uber ride home alone late at night or have a self-driving taxi service come pick you up with no one at the front wheel? The prospect of riding in a car with only a stranger driving can feel as unsafe as some people feel about…
bubmagSeptember 21, 2019
British and French Climate Activists Step Up Protests
(PARIS) — Environmental activists in Britain and France stepped up campaigns Saturday to get their governments to confront climate change with greater urgency, part of a week of global climate actions. Thousands of people marched in south Paris to press Fren…
bubmagSeptember 21, 2019
Fortnite and Batman team up in latest crossover to the battle royale game
Another Fortnite crossover is here, this time with the legendary superhero Batman.Fortnite's Tilted Town has been made over to look like Gotham City, and has new, Batman-themed items in it for players to try out.New cosmetic skins, i…
bubmagSeptember 21, 2019
Some are vape stockpiling in the US as a federal ban looms – The Denver Channel
(CNN) -- The great "vapocalypse " has begun and the horsemen leading the charge are from New York and Michigan. The news that both states have banned the sale of most flavored e-liquids set off alarms in the vaping community, and led to some vaping enthusi…
bubmagSeptember 21, 2019
Peaceful explorer or war criminal: Who was Zheng He, China’s Muslim symbol of diplomacy?
Posted September 22, 2019 05:15:18 He was a six-foot-five Muslim eunuch who sailed from China to the coast of Africa. The greatest explorer you've never heard of. Key points: Zheng He has been promoted as a symbol of China's peaceful rise
bubmagSeptember 21, 2019
Korean War veteran in Puerto Rico struggling 2 year after Maria
When Hurricane Maria battered Puerto Rico two years ago this week, Pedro Díaz Márcanos' home in Guayama, a small city in the island's southeastern coast, was severely damaged. The 88-year-old Korean War veteran's home still has a blue tarp for a roof, accordi…
bubmagSeptember 21, 2019
Salute International Dino Month with 1First Comics’ new graphic novel, Alien Bones
That earth-shaking sound you hear looming in the distance is the noise of International Dinosaur Month lumbering onto the calendar in October. To help salute our extraordinary extinct friends, 1First Comics is releasing an imaginative new original graphic nov…
bubmagSeptember 21, 2019
Paris police use tear gas on Yellow Vest protesters as climate march turns violent
Paris police used tear gas against Yellow Vest protesters for the second time Saturday to prevent further riots during what was a peaceful climate march. Interested in France? Add France as an interest to stay up to date on the latest France news, video, an…
bubmagSeptember 21, 2019
Grapevine: Palestinians and the justice system
People may wonder how the justice system works with regard to Palestinians brought to trial in the West Bank. Readers can learn a lot from a book by The Jerusalem Post’s intelligence, terrorism and legal affairs analyst Yonah Jeremy Bob, Justice in the West B…
bubmagSeptember 21, 2019