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Orangutan

Indonesia forest fires choke the region

Toxic haze from Indonesian forest fires closed thousands of schools across the country and in neighbouring Malaysia on Wednesday, while air quality worsened in Singapore just days before the city's Formula One motor race. Forest fires are blazing on the isla…

bubmagSeptember 18, 2019

The Queen

The Queen reportedly used to have a bar in Buckingham Palace but had to close it down after staff got too drunk

Buckingham Palace reportedly used to have a private bar in it for royal staff. However, the Queen is said to have shut it down after people started getting too drunk, according to her former press secretary, Dickie Arbiter. Read more: The Queen is hiring…

bubmagSeptember 18, 2019

Plastic Pollution

Parley for the Oceans & American Express Launch New Green Cards

As the push for sustainability and climate change keeps growing, Parley for the Oceans and American Express have teamed up to launch the all-new Green Card made primarily from reclaimed plastics collected from beaches, islands, and coastal communities. Alon…

bubmagSeptember 18, 2019

Climate Change

At the Whitney Biennial, Flood Preparation as Social Dance

Ms. Hollander is not making light of climate change, but rather acknowledging its presence in our lives. Bracing for superstorms has to become more of a pedestrian routine and less of an emergency procedure, she said, noting the growing frequency of so-called…

bubmagSeptember 18, 2019

Electric Scooter

Mercedes-Benz will join the electric scooter wars with its own model in 2020

Mercedes-Benz quietly slipped out an announcement that it's breaking into electric scooters. The company quietly announced the scooter at the Frankfurt Motor Show last week, but gave precious little detail. We first spotted the news via The Verge. In…

bubmagSeptember 18, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

Erdogan says 2-3 million Syrian refugees in Turkey, Europe can be resettled in ‘safe zone’

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that a planned “safe zone” in northern Syria could host 2-3 million Syrian refugees that have settled in Turkey and Europe after eight years of war at home. Addressing academics in Ankara…

bubmagSeptember 18, 2019

Biological Warfare

North America Biochips Market to 2025: Market is Expected to Witness Market Growth of 10.6% CAGR

DUBLIN, Sept. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The "North America Biochips Market (2019-2025)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The North America Biochips Market is expected to witness market growth of 10.6% CAGR during the forecast period…

bubmagSeptember 18, 2019

Yellow Vests

RT IN THE FINALS OF AIB AWARDS WITH SYRIA, YELLOW VESTS COVERAGE

MOSCOW, SEPTEMBER 18 — An RT France sociopolitical talk show and two RTDoc documentaries made it to the shortlist of the prestigious AIB awards established by the Association for International Broadcasting (AIB). RT France’s Interdit d’Interdire (“Forbidden…

bubmagSeptember 18, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

The Real Robot Threat

An MQ-9 Reaper drone flies over Creech Air Force Base, Nev., in 2015. (Senior Airman Cory D. Payne/USAF) Autonomous weapons endanger liberty.In the fall of 1989, the peoples of Eastern Europe rose up against their Communist oppressors. The tyrants ruling the…

bubmagSeptember 18, 2019

NSA

The Morning After: Preparing for Google’s Pixel 4 event

Get your expense account ready, prices start at $1,549.HP Elite Dragonfly hands-on: A really light business notebook Last year, HP launched the Spectre Folio -- the first laptop made of leather. It also trotted out the first 15-inch laptop with an AMOLED scr…

bubmagSeptember 18, 2019

Indonesia forest fires choke the region

The Queen reportedly used to have a bar in Buckingham Palace but had to close it down after staff got too drunk

Parley for the Oceans & American Express Launch New Green Cards

At the Whitney Biennial, Flood Preparation as Social Dance

Mercedes-Benz will join the electric scooter wars with its own model in 2020

Erdogan says 2-3 million Syrian refugees in Turkey, Europe can be resettled in ‘safe zone’

North America Biochips Market to 2025: Market is Expected to Witness Market Growth of 10.6% CAGR

RT IN THE FINALS OF AIB AWARDS WITH SYRIA, YELLOW VESTS COVERAGE

The Real Robot Threat

The Morning After: Preparing for Google’s Pixel 4 event

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