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Anti-Putin Protests

‘Smart vote’ protests in Russia deal Putin’s party a blow in elections

In Russia's municipal elections on Sunday, President Vladimir Putin's party, United Russia, was dealt a significant blow. The results were part of a "smart vote" strategy orchestrated by the opposition. At the suggestion of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, …

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Super Komachi

A tropical subject: Could typhoons hit Rugby World Cup?

Namibia 0, New Zealand 0 at the Rugby World Cup. An improbable scoreline but one that could happen if their pool match is cancelled due to a typhoon. The disruption caused in Tokyo in the early hours of Monday by powerful typhoon Faxai has reignited question…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Drones

Remote identification ruling for drones delayed once again

Remote Identification (Remote ID) is the concept that drones should have a digital license plate. If officials can track who is flying where, when, and for what purpose, then drones may be permitted to fly beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) and above people.…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Nukes

North Korea says it’s willing to resume nuclear talks with US by end of September

North Korea has said it was willing to meet with the U.S. in late September to resume talks focused on its nuclear weapons program -- a move that President Donald Trump heralded as a "good thing" after weeks of quiet in the diplomatic process. Interested in …

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Refugees

Trump claims Bahamians need ‘totally proper documentation’ to enter US

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump seemed to contradict his acting Customs and Border Protection head Monday over what would happen to Bahamian refugees landing in the US without proper documentation. Trump told reporters outside the White House that any…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Hiroshima

Experts Warn ‘100 Percent’ Chance Of Asteroid Colliding With Earth And Action Needed To Prevent Mass Extinction

There are astronomy experts who are warning that there is a “100% chance” that an asteroid will collide with the Earth and there is a possibility that the impact will cause a mass extinction. Greg Leonard is a professor at the University of Otagos School of…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Climate Change

Austrian football stadium hosts forest as dystopian vision comes to life

Image copyrightEPAImage caption The free exhibition opened its doors to visitors on Sunday An Austrian football stadium has been transformed into a native central European forest. Designed by Klaus Littmann, the installation is a statement against climate…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Electric Car

Hyundai, Kia join Ionity electric car charging network in Europe – Roadshow

I predict we only have about five more years of these silly quasifuturistic names before we run out of 'em. Ionity Automakers have nothing to do with the gas station you choose to fill your tank up at, but that's becoming increasingly different when it come…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

Former Brexit negotiator Olly Robbins to join Goldman Sachs (Financial Times)

memeorandum is an auto-generated summary of the stories that US political commentators are discussing online right now. Unlike sister sites Techmeme and Mediagazer, it is not a human-edited news outlet, but rather a media-monitoring tool for sophisticated ne…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Matteo Salvini

Matteo Salvini Is Out But Not Down

Editors Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos. Matteo Salvini, the leader of Italys popular far-right party the League, was ousted from power in August amid the formation of a new coalition government between the Five Star Movement and t…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

‘Smart vote’ protests in Russia deal Putin’s party a blow in elections

A tropical subject: Could typhoons hit Rugby World Cup?

Remote identification ruling for drones delayed once again

North Korea says it’s willing to resume nuclear talks with US by end of September

Trump claims Bahamians need ‘totally proper documentation’ to enter US

Experts Warn ‘100 Percent’ Chance Of Asteroid Colliding With Earth And Action Needed To Prevent Mass Extinction

Austrian football stadium hosts forest as dystopian vision comes to life

Hyundai, Kia join Ionity electric car charging network in Europe – Roadshow

Former Brexit negotiator Olly Robbins to join Goldman Sachs (Financial Times)

Matteo Salvini Is Out But Not Down

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