The City of Sydney has officially declared a climate emergency
Read More In 2007, the City of Sydney revealed its long-term strategic plan, Sustainable Sydney 2030, in which 97 per cent of residents said they wanted strong climate action. “We set a goal to reduce our emissions by 70 per cent by 2030, and following the Paris Climate Agreement in…
bubmagJune 24, 2019
Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques set to return after more than six months in space – TheSpec.com
LONGUEUIL, Que. David Saint-Jacques is set to return to Earth on Monday after more than six months aboard the International Space Station. The Canadian astronaut will join NASA astronaut Anne McClain and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko aboard a Soyuz capsul…
bubmagJune 24, 2019
Biz tells ransomware victims it can decrypt their files… by secretly paying off the crooks and banking a fat margin
A Scottish managed services provider is running a lucrative sideline in ransomware decryption however, a sting operation by a security firm appears to show that decryption merely means paying off the malware's masterminds. The services provider, Red Mosquito…
bubmagJune 24, 2019
Football gossip: Tierney, Kovacic, Neymar, Pogba, Ceballos, Sancho
Arsenal will need to spend half of their summer transfer budget to bring in Celtic's Scotland left-back Kieran Tierney, 22, with the player valued by the Scottish champions at £25m. (Telegraph) The future of Croatia midfielder Mateo Kovacic, 25, at Chelsea i…
bubmagJune 24, 2019
70% want ‘noisy’ rally restricted during Hiroshima A-bomb ceremony
Nearly 70 percent of Hiroshima citizens who had attended or seen on TV annual ceremonies to mark the wartime U.S. atomic bombing of the city said shouts by demonstrators from just outside the venue should be restricted by an ordinance, a survey showed Monday.…
bubmagJune 24, 2019
UK’s Johnson warns EU against any ‘Napoleonic’ tariffs in no-deal Brexit
By Guy Faulconbridge and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - Boris Johnson, the favorite to become British prime minister, said he was prepared to lead Britain out of the European Union without a deal on Oct. 31 and said any EU attempt to impose trade tariffs…
bubmagJune 24, 2019
Prada’s Popular Nylon Bags To Be Made Using Only Yarns From Recycled Plastic Waste
Frank Ocean at the 2019 Met Gala wearing a nylon Prada zip-up jacket. (Photo by Theo Wargo/WireImage) WireImage Luxury fashion brand Prada has announced a brand new sustainability initiative: All of its popular nylon products will now made made using ECONYL…
bubmagJune 24, 2019
Watch SpaceX perform a complicated Falcon Heavy launch
Elon Musk says tonights Falcon Heavy mission is one of SpaceXs most difficult ever. He always says that, but the bombastic entrepreneur usually has a point. Tonights flight will feature some unusual (for SpaceX) orbital choreography to help show the US Air F…
bubmagJune 24, 2019
Press release: International Trade Secretary’s vision for new UK-USA trade agreement
A new UK-USA free trade agreement should be ambitious in emerging sectors such as fintech and data-driven technology. In a speech at the Centre for Policy Studies, International Trade Secretary Dr Liam Fox will set out how the UK and USA can both benefit fro…
bubmagJune 24, 2019