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Neymar

Neymar’s Champions League ban cut

Neymar has had his three-match Champions League ban cut to two games by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The Paris Saint-Germain forward was found guilty of abuse on social media by UEFA back in March and after the club's appeal to UEFA was dismisse…

bubmagSeptember 17, 2019

Skateboard

Are We Witnessing the Death of Vert Skateboarding?

Tony Hawk had already logged 10 attempts to land a 900 when the clock expired in the X Games Vert Best Trick finals on June 27, 1999. But the events TV director urged Hawk to keep going, and so the cameras were still rolling when he landed the trick on…

bubmagSeptember 17, 2019

Scotland

Jo Swinson was once thought too timid. The Lib Dems Brexit pledge may now make her seem reckless

When Jo Swinson became Liberal Democrat leader in July, some doubters in her own party worried that her weakness might prove to be that she is by instinct too cautious. They cant accuse her of that now. In her closing speech to the Lib Dem conference in Bo…

bubmagSeptember 17, 2019

Biological Warfare

Gas explosion rips through Russian laboratory containing smallpox, Ebola & HIV viruses!

A fire caused by a gas explosion has torn through a Russian laboratory that houses viruses including smallpox, Ebola and HIV. The State Research Centre of Virology and Biotechnology, known as Vector, released a statement yesterday saying a gas cylinder explo…

bubmagSeptember 17, 2019

Bees

Toronto now has an official bee. Here’s why that matters

In April 2018, city council passed a motion that, ironically, generated almost no buzz: the declaration of Toronto’s Official Bee. The metallic green sweat bee — Agapostemon virescent is the species name — was chosen for three reasons. One, it’s abundant: of…

bubmagSeptember 17, 2019

Chinese Economy

China’s Deputy Finance Minister Liao Min Heads to the U.S. to Prepare for Trade Talks

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese envoy will head to Washington on Wednesday to prepare for trade negotiations. The announcement Tuesday follows conciliatory gestures by both sides ahead of the October talks on their fight over trade and technology, which threatens t…

bubmagSeptember 17, 2019

Geely

Putrajaya still looking at solutions for embattled Malaysia Airlines: PM Mahathir

KUALA LUMPUR: The government is still looking at solutions for troubled Malaysia Airlines, which is majority-owned by Khazanah Nasional, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday (Sep 17). Its not easy ... we have done a lot. The previous government g…

bubmagSeptember 17, 2019

Panda

Popular panda on loan from China dies in Thai zoo

BANGKOK (AP) Zoo staff in northern Thailand have donned black and white clothing and observed a minute of silence to mourn the sudden death of their popular male giant panda, who was on a long-term loan from China. Officials said Chuang Chuang collapsed Mond…

bubmagSeptember 17, 2019

Virtual Reality

HTC has a new CEO

HTC will continue to focus on VR and XR (extended reality), 5G and AI with Maitre at the helm. In the press release, Maitre said that HTC "will set out immediately to continue the transition from building the worlds' best consumer hardware to also building co…

bubmagSeptember 17, 2019

Scotland

Ireland Rugby World Cup preview: England have opened major cracks twice this year

Joe Schmidt guided Ireland to some dizzying heights in 2018. A year that began with a stunning Six Nations Grand Slam thanks to that last-gasp drop goal from Johnny Sexton in Paris which proved the catalyst for a clean sweep, culminating in a 24-15 triumph ov…

bubmagSeptember 17, 2019

Neymar’s Champions League ban cut

Are We Witnessing the Death of Vert Skateboarding?

Jo Swinson was once thought too timid. The Lib Dems Brexit pledge may now make her seem reckless

Gas explosion rips through Russian laboratory containing smallpox, Ebola & HIV viruses!

Toronto now has an official bee. Here’s why that matters

China’s Deputy Finance Minister Liao Min Heads to the U.S. to Prepare for Trade Talks

Putrajaya still looking at solutions for embattled Malaysia Airlines: PM Mahathir

Popular panda on loan from China dies in Thai zoo

HTC has a new CEO

Ireland Rugby World Cup preview: England have opened major cracks twice this year

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