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Unwelcome Refugees

Asylum applications in EU rise as more Venezuelans seek refuge

By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The number of people seeking political asylum in the European Union is rising again, driven up by Latin American refugees, but flows are expected to remain well below the high levels seen during Europe's 2015 migra…

bubmagJune 24, 2019

Recycling

Paper thin: Thai summit recycling drive mocked by environmentalists

Despite offering chairs and notebooks made from recycled paper at a Bangkok summit, Thailand and its Southeast Asian allies were accused Sunday of a "greenwash" with their oceans and communities brimming with plastic refuse. Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippi…

bubmagJune 24, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

Asylum applications in EU rise as more Venezuelans seek refuge

By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The number of people seeking political asylum in the European Union is rising again, driven up by Latin American refugees, but flows are expected to remain well below the high levels seen during Europe's 2015 migra…

bubmagJune 24, 2019

Paris

France 40C heatwave could break June records

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption A Canadian tourist cools down in the Trocadero's fountains in August 2018 amid another heatwave France is braced for a heatwave with temperatures forecast to exceed 40C this week potentially breaking the record for …

bubmagJune 24, 2019

NASDAQ

Nostrum Oil & Gas reviews business, mulls sale of company – Nasdaq

Nostrum Oil & Gas reviews business, mulls sale of company - Nasdaq

bubmagJune 24, 2019

Palestine

Iran says U.S. Middle East peace plan is ‘shameful’ and ‘doomed to failure’: Fars

LONDON (Reuters) - Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday the U.S. Middle East peace plan that is set to be presented at an international conference in Bahrain this week is “shameful” and “doomed to failure”. “This conference and the sale of Pale…

bubmagJune 24, 2019

Exoskeleton

Outdoor Retailer 2019: Editor’s Choice Gear Picks

Outdoor Retailer is a trade show held every summer where outdoor gear manufacturers come together and show off the gear they plan to bring to market in the upcoming year (2020). The big themes at the show were a move by the industry to eliminate single-use bo…

bubmagJune 24, 2019

Palestine

Explainer: Money talks in Trump’s Mideast plan. But can it pave way for peace?

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - More than two years after U.S. President Donald Trump first proposed a plan to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, its first phase will be formally unveiled on Tuesday at an economic workshop in Bahrain. The ‘Peace to Prosper…

bubmagJune 24, 2019

Yellow Vests

Meotti: The Suicide Of France

Authored by Giulio Meotti via The Gatestone Institute, "Frenchness" is disappearing and being replaced by a kind balkanization of enclaves not communicating with one another.... this is not a good recipe. The more the French élites with the…

bubmagJune 24, 2019

Slavery Abolition

Mermaid Parade, Lincoln’s Bible, District 12: News from around our 50 states

Birmingham: Experts estimate more than 670,000 people in the state live in areas currently affected by drought, and conditions are getting worse. The latest assessment last week from the U.S. Drought Monitor program says more than one-third of the state is ei…

bubmagJune 24, 2019

Asylum applications in EU rise as more Venezuelans seek refuge

Paper thin: Thai summit recycling drive mocked by environmentalists

Asylum applications in EU rise as more Venezuelans seek refuge

France 40C heatwave could break June records

Nostrum Oil & Gas reviews business, mulls sale of company – Nasdaq

Iran says U.S. Middle East peace plan is ‘shameful’ and ‘doomed to failure’: Fars

Outdoor Retailer 2019: Editor’s Choice Gear Picks

Explainer: Money talks in Trump’s Mideast plan. But can it pave way for peace?

Meotti: The Suicide Of France

Mermaid Parade, Lincoln’s Bible, District 12: News from around our 50 states

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