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NATO

In NATO debut, new Pentagon chief aims to ‘internationalize’ Iran effort

Mark T Esper emphasized diplomacy over military action as he briefed reporters for the first time since taking the helm of the US military on Monday. (Source: Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times/File) Acting US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday h…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

The GoFundMe Border Wall Was Illegally Built, The City Says. Now The Landowner Could Face Jail Time.

The controversial crowdfunded wall built along the New Mexico border was illegally constructed, city officials say, charging the landowner where the wall was erected with building without a permit, a crime punishable by up to three months in jail. City offic…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

NASDAQ

Snapdragon 855 certified as secure zone for payments, encryption and eSIM

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Becomes First Mobile SoC to Receive Smart Card Equivalent Security Certification —Secure Processing Unit can run High Assurance Applications Previously Only Performed by External Security Chips, Saving OEMs Bill of Materials Cost— SA…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

Obamacare

Did Trump Meet With 30 Men in Congress to Discuss Maternity Care?

In June 2019, social media users began resharing a 2017 image originally tweeted by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence depicting a meeting between President Donald Trump and the U.S. House of Representatives Freedom Caucus about the American Health Care Act (AHCA…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

Cold War

When Pepsi Had a Navy

In 1989, just before the collapse of the USSR, the Pepsi Company cut a deal with Soviet Premiere Mikhail Gorbachev that left it with a fleet of Russian military ships, making PepsiCo temporarily the sixth-largest Navy in the world. In the 1950s, the Cold War…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

Daily briefing: Some ‘stem-cell doctors’ are naturopaths and dentists

Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Activities such as collecting honey ants (pictured) have a strong cultural value for many Indigenous Australians.Credit: BiosphotoAvalon As many as one in…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

John Sanders Resigns as Head of Customs and Border Protection – The Wall Street Journal

A top U.S. border-enforcement official resigned amid growing clamor about the treatment of migrant children in U.S. custody, while the House approved billions of dollars in funding to address the surge of Central American families seeking asylum at the southw…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

Paris

France’s raw recruits sign up for return of national service

Image caption The first recruits are volunteers, but the SNU national service programme will become compulsory Across a field outside Paris, a few hundred teenagers slog through the French national anthem in a low murmur. It's not the liveliest rendition…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

Electric Scooter

Vespa’s First Electric Scooter Melds Iconic Design with Total Connectivity

The quintessential Italian scooter has gone electric. Vespa, the name that started an international scooter movement in the 1950s—initially with two-stroke and then four-stroke power plants—has thrown its hat into the burgeoning electric ring with the all-new…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

Geely

Lithium Miners News For The Month Of June 2019

Welcome to the June 2019 edition of the lithium miner news. This past month saw lithium prices slightly lower. Industry leader Tianqi states: "Tianqi: Lithium demand is solid, prices to stabilize." As usual, the past month was packed full of news. Lithium sp…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

In NATO debut, new Pentagon chief aims to ‘internationalize’ Iran effort

The GoFundMe Border Wall Was Illegally Built, The City Says. Now The Landowner Could Face Jail Time.

Snapdragon 855 certified as secure zone for payments, encryption and eSIM

Did Trump Meet With 30 Men in Congress to Discuss Maternity Care?

When Pepsi Had a Navy

Daily briefing: Some ‘stem-cell doctors’ are naturopaths and dentists

John Sanders Resigns as Head of Customs and Border Protection – The Wall Street Journal

France’s raw recruits sign up for return of national service

Vespa’s First Electric Scooter Melds Iconic Design with Total Connectivity

Lithium Miners News For The Month Of June 2019

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