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Boeing 737max

Manufacturing Cross-Currents

ACT Research, the leading publisher of commercial vehicle industry data in North America, reported last week that freight rates in for-hire trucking had declined in May. It was the fourth month in a row when prices had been pressured. More and more, there is …

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Trickle-Down

The Ascent of the Sick-Girl Narrative

1.I recently saw a playwright I had studied with at a cafe. Her mother had just been hospitalized and this led to a discussion of how womens symptoms of heart attack often present differently than the typical signs weve been told to look for. Nausea and vomit…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Yemen Civil War

Trump, Congress set for new showdown on Saudi Arabia

Lawmakers and President TrumpDonald John Trump2020 Democrats spar over socialism ahead of first debateSenate passes .5 billion border bill, setting up fight with House'Teflon Don' avoids the scorn of the 'family values' GOP againMORE are laying the groundwork…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Hiroshima

How John Hersey Bore Witness

Within hours of the attack on the Philippines, an editor at Knopf asked Hersey to write about it. This invitation led to his first book, Men on Bataan, a hasty synthesis of interviews, correspondents cables, and biographical sketches, one part biography of Ge…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Bees

Those honeybees you’re so worried about? They’re killing off wild bee species.

Those honeybees youve been fretting over are getting native bumblebees sick. A new study shows that viruses infecting domestic honeybees are spreading to wild bee species. This is potentially a much bigger conservation disaster than the better-known honeybee…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Star Wars

‘Star Wars’ star Daisy Ridley casually busts out Lil’ Kim’s ‘Lady Marmalade’ rap

Daisy Ridley has many talents. Obviously acting is the main one, as anyone who's seen her in the Star Wars franchise will know. But it turns rapping is also pretty high on the list. "I do have a strong memory for songs," she told Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Monsanto

Bayer soars as Elliott discloses $1.1B stake

Bayer (OTCPK:BAYRY) shares surged 7.7% overnight in Frankfurt after activist investor Elliot Advisors revealed a $1.1B stake in the embattled company, which faces more than 13,000 separate lawsuits and billions in potential fines and settlements. It follows …

bubmagJune 27, 2019

The Queen

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are definitely going to Africa in the fall

After months of speculation, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's visit to Africa has been officially confirmed. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will embark on a tour of South Africa in the fall, the British High Commissioner to South Africa said on Wednesday. …

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Hrant Dink

The Impact of the Versailles Treaty

Annabelle Quince: Welcome to Rear Vision, here on ABC Radio National, this week with me, Annabelle Quince. Today, the second part of our look at the Paris Peace Conference, where in 1919 the leaders of the world gathered to re-draw the geographic and politic…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Putin

Trump told reporters it’s ‘none of your business’ what he and Putin speak about at the G20 summit

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he hopes for a "very good conversation" with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the upcoming G20 summit in Osaka, but that specifics of the conversation are "none of your business." President Trump was answering qu…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Manufacturing Cross-Currents

The Ascent of the Sick-Girl Narrative

Trump, Congress set for new showdown on Saudi Arabia

How John Hersey Bore Witness

Those honeybees you’re so worried about? They’re killing off wild bee species.

‘Star Wars’ star Daisy Ridley casually busts out Lil’ Kim’s ‘Lady Marmalade’ rap

Bayer soars as Elliott discloses $1.1B stake

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are definitely going to Africa in the fall

The Impact of the Versailles Treaty

Trump told reporters it’s ‘none of your business’ what he and Putin speak about at the G20 summit

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