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Putin

US extracted high-level spy from inside Russia in 2017, reports say

Image copyrightAFPImage caption President Trump jokes with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and ambassador Sergei Kislyak The US extracted a high-level spy from inside Russia in 2017, reports say. Citing "multiple Trump administration officials wit…

bubmagSeptember 10, 2019

Food Industry

Sense of Brexit worry has doubled among Ireland’s farmers, food producers

The level of anxiety over Brexit has doubled over the past year in an agri-food industry beset by increasing pressure on multiple fronts, according to professional services firm Ifac. The surging sense of worry is highlighted in todays publication of the Foo…

bubmagSeptember 10, 2019

Alibaba

Alibaba’s Jack Ma Steps Down as China’s E-Commerce Industry Faces Trade War Uncertainty

BEIJING (AP) — Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma, who helped launch China’s online retailing boom, stepped down as chairman of the world’s biggest e-commerce company Tuesday at a time when its fast-changing industry faces uncertainty amid a U.S.-Chinese tariff wa…

bubmagSeptember 10, 2019

Skateboard

11-year-old skateboarder Sky Brown: ‘I want to show girls all over the world what is possible by making it to Tokyo 2020’

This is why she is the youngest Nike sponsored athlete in the world and why she is on course to become Great Britains youngest Olympian in Tokyo next summer. Although Brown lives in Japan, her father is British and the family decided she would compete for the…

bubmagSeptember 10, 2019

Black Hole

What caused blue and green lights to glow in a distant galaxy? Scientists are baffled by this interstellar mystery – CNN Philippines

(CNN) NASA scientists spotted pops of blue and green X-rays in a distant galaxy. What caused them to shine, exactly, is mystifying scientists. The bright rays belong to ULX-4, short for the fourth ultraluminous X-ray source found in the Fireworks Galaxy, ab…

bubmagSeptember 10, 2019

Alibaba

Jack Ma steps down as chairman of Alibaba on 55th birthday amid uncertainty, Sino-US trade tariff war

Beijing: Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma, who helped launch China's online retailing boom, stepped down as chairman of the world's biggest e-commerce company on Tuesday at a time when its fast-changing industry faces uncertainty amid a US-Chinese tariff war. M…

bubmagSeptember 10, 2019

Alibaba

Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma steps down as chairman amid uncertainty in industry, Sino-US trade war

Beijing: Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma, who helped launch China's online retailing boom, stepped down as chairman of the world's biggest e-commerce company on Tuesday at a time when its fast-changing industry faces uncertainty amid a US-Chinese tariff war. M…

bubmagSeptember 10, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

North Korea fires two short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan

North Korea test-fired two short-range missiles early Tuesday, just hours after offering to resume nuclear talks with the US. South Korea's military said the projectiles were fired from South Phyongan province, close to the capital Pyongyang, around 7am loca…

bubmagSeptember 10, 2019

Geely

Geely To Bring Air Taxis To China In Tie-up With DaimlerBacked Volocopter

German startup Volocopter said it plans to form a partnership with Zhejiang Geely Holding Group that will bring its air taxis to China and that it has raised 50 million euros ($55.13 million) in fresh funding from the Chinese company and others. Volocopter, …

bubmagSeptember 10, 2019

Holocaust

Taylor Swift ‘tried to sue’ Microsoft over racist chatbot Tay

Image copyrightGetty Images Taylor Swift tried to sue Microsoft over a chatbot which posted racist messages on Twitter, the president of the tech company has revealed. Taylor's lawyers made a move on Microsoft in 2016, according to a new biography by its bo…

bubmagSeptember 10, 2019

US extracted high-level spy from inside Russia in 2017, reports say

Sense of Brexit worry has doubled among Ireland’s farmers, food producers

Alibaba’s Jack Ma Steps Down as China’s E-Commerce Industry Faces Trade War Uncertainty

11-year-old skateboarder Sky Brown: ‘I want to show girls all over the world what is possible by making it to Tokyo 2020’

What caused blue and green lights to glow in a distant galaxy? Scientists are baffled by this interstellar mystery – CNN Philippines

Jack Ma steps down as chairman of Alibaba on 55th birthday amid uncertainty, Sino-US trade tariff war

Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma steps down as chairman amid uncertainty in industry, Sino-US trade war

North Korea fires two short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan

Geely To Bring Air Taxis To China In Tie-up With DaimlerBacked Volocopter

Taylor Swift ‘tried to sue’ Microsoft over racist chatbot Tay

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