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Cold War

George F. Will: Hong Kong stands athwart an increasingly nasty regime – Salt Lake Tribune

Hong Kong Lee Cheuk-yan, unlike most Americans, remembers and reveres Lane Kirkland, a hero of the first Cold War. During 16 years as leader of the AFL-CIO, 1979-1995, Kirkland gave crucial support, both material and moral, to Lech Walesa and the Solidarity m…

bubmagSeptember 19, 2019

Global Warming

Trump Muddies the Air

One problem with Californias aggressiveness is that it created a two-tier market for automakers one set of cars for California and states that had joined in, another for the rest of the country. To address that, in 2009 President Obama forged a major agreemen…

bubmagSeptember 19, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

Trump signed his $147-million replacement border wall with a Sharpie

President Donald Trump took time from his two-day fundraising trip to California to visit his beloved border wall in Otay Mesa. He was so taken with the project that he signed one of the slats with a Sharpie. President Donald Trump signs his name as he t…

bubmagSeptember 19, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

Five years with turbulent Turkey’s ‘militant people’

Image copyrightAFPImage caption The defeat of the 2016 coup consolidated support for President Erdogan "Istanbul never leaves you - its beauty pulls you back," a friend told me as I packed up my life here. After five years it was time to leave, and I rec…

bubmagSeptember 19, 2019

Panda

Chinese want their panda back

Chinese netizens took to social media to demand Lin Hui, a female panda currently kept at Chiang Mai Zoo, be returned to China, following the recent death of her mate Xuang Xuang. On Weibo, China's popular microblogging platform, a social media user said Tha…

bubmagSeptember 19, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

Trump visits the border wall in Otay Mesa, Calif. – Washington Post

On Sept. 18, President Trump visits the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Otay Mesa, Calif. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK Follow us:Twitter: https://twitter.com/washingtonpostInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/washingtonp...??? Read More

bubmagSeptember 19, 2019

Panda

Chinese netizens slam Thai zoo over sudden death of popular panda Chuang Chuang

Published: 7:00am, 19 Sep, 2019 Updated: 7:00am, 19 Sep, 2019

bubmagSeptember 19, 2019

Scotland

Scottish Labour and the constitution: a party squeezed and divided

Drawing on interviews with Labour politicians, Coree Brown Swan explains how the party is both squeezed and divided within a constitutional space. She writes that while Labour has largely avoided positioning itself on such issues, the constitution is likely t…

bubmagSeptember 19, 2019

Hrant Dink

Amid populist turbulence, Istanbul’s art scene is forging defiantly ahead

Istanbul is perhaps the most fascinating of urban venues in which to gather and discuss art. It’s a true metropolis – the world’s fourth biggest city, home to just over 15 million people. Its streets are a warren-like maze, a cacophony of noise and movement. …

bubmagSeptember 19, 2019

Filter Bubble

Is Facebook really a global catastrophe?

As we launch the RSAs Tech and Society programme, Asheem Singh reflects on a corresponding programme of events at RSA House. RSA House was abuzz this week as we hosted Roger McNamee, ex Facebook investor-turned-scourge of big tech to talk about his book Zuck…

bubmagSeptember 19, 2019

George F. Will: Hong Kong stands athwart an increasingly nasty regime – Salt Lake Tribune

Trump Muddies the Air

Trump signed his $147-million replacement border wall with a Sharpie

Five years with turbulent Turkey’s ‘militant people’

Chinese want their panda back

Trump visits the border wall in Otay Mesa, Calif. – Washington Post

Chinese netizens slam Thai zoo over sudden death of popular panda Chuang Chuang

Scottish Labour and the constitution: a party squeezed and divided

Amid populist turbulence, Istanbul’s art scene is forging defiantly ahead

Is Facebook really a global catastrophe?

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