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Tayyip Erdogan

Turkish court acquits Austrian activist, lifts travel ban: lawyer

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court on Wednesday acquitted an Austrian student, activist and journalist of terrorism charges and lifted his travel ban, according to his lawyer, who called his detainment last year “unjust and unlawful.” Max Zirngast was acc…

bubmagSeptember 11, 2019

Grexit

Power and Tragedy

Starting with the Trojan Wat in the thirteenth century BCE, the Greeks embarked on a gigantic Grexit that lasted for centuries. They migrated to other more prosperous lands. The Greeks of Euboea were pioneers in this political movement: searching and finding…

bubmagSeptember 11, 2019

Fortnite

Fortnite Season 10/X Leaked Week 7 Loading Screen – Fortnite Insider

The loading screens for Fortnite Season X/10, Week 7 has been leaked in the v10.30 update. Epic introduced additional challenges that provide players with a chance to level up their season Battle Pass quicker by collecting hidden Battle Stars. These Battle S…

bubmagSeptember 11, 2019

Blockchain

AWS announces general availability of Amazon Quantum Ledger Database, its centralized blockchain service used to maintain a permanent record of transactions (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

bubmagSeptember 11, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Jamal Khashoggi murder: Journalist’s last words before he was suffocated

Murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi begged his killers to stop suffocating him moments before his death, shocking new transcripts reveal. The 59-year-old defiantly refused to be taken to Saudi Arabia when confronted by a Saudi hit squad responsible for his d…

bubmagSeptember 11, 2019

Trade War

China waives tariffs on some US goods for first time since the trade war began

bubmagSeptember 11, 2019

Belt and Road

China boosts soft power in Pakistan via film and social media

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - In a small office at the Pakistani Television Corporation (PTV) headquarters in Islamabad, producers are preparing to air a video interview of a Pakistani man and his Chinese bride. The woman in the footage is dressed in traditional Pa…

bubmagSeptember 11, 2019

Xi Jinping

UPDATE 1-Philippines’ Duterte says Xi offering gas deal if arbitration case ignored

(Adds Chinese foreign ministry comment) By Martin Petty MANILA, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said his Chinese counterpart has offered Manila a controlling stake in a joint energy venture in the South China Sea, if it sets aside a…

bubmagSeptember 11, 2019

Neymar

Neymar Sr. Says Negotiations Between PSG and Barcelona for Neymar Are ‘Not Over’

FRANCK FIFE/Getty Images Talks between Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona over Neymar have not yet concluded, according to the star's father. The forward was linked with a return to the Camp Nou throughout the summer but remained at the Parc des Princes. N…

bubmagSeptember 11, 2019

CCTV

Ugandan leader calls for eye-for-an-eye-style sentences after nephew murdered

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has said he wants courts to hand out eye-for-an-eye-style sentences for all murder convicts, to help stem soaring violent crime that claimed the life of his nephew last week. From killings to violent ro…

bubmagSeptember 11, 2019

Turkish court acquits Austrian activist, lifts travel ban: lawyer

Power and Tragedy

Fortnite Season 10/X Leaked Week 7 Loading Screen – Fortnite Insider

AWS announces general availability of Amazon Quantum Ledger Database, its centralized blockchain service used to maintain a permanent record of transactions (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

Jamal Khashoggi murder: Journalist’s last words before he was suffocated

China waives tariffs on some US goods for first time since the trade war began

China boosts soft power in Pakistan via film and social media

UPDATE 1-Philippines’ Duterte says Xi offering gas deal if arbitration case ignored

Neymar Sr. Says Negotiations Between PSG and Barcelona for Neymar Are ‘Not Over’

Ugandan leader calls for eye-for-an-eye-style sentences after nephew murdered

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