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Yellow Vests

EU countries have ‘no concrete plans’ to phase out fossil fuel subsidies: report

Not a single EU member state has so far spelled out a comprehensive plan to phase out fossil fuel subsidies, despite a commitment taken at the G20 ten years ago to eliminate them by 2025, according to a fresh analysis of the blocs 28 National Energy and Clima…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Bees

The story of our native honeybees

Conservation stems from understanding a species. This is at the heart of Rajani Manis documentary film Colonies in Conflict, a work in progress, in which she addresses the importance of Apis dorsata or Asian honey bees. They are one of the most important ho…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Super Komachi

A tropical subject: Could typhoons hit Rugby World Cup?

TOKYO: 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 (Sep 9) by powerful typhoon Faxai has reig…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Bubble

The Strange Case of Daniel Defoe’s Civet Scheme

Today Daniel Defoe is best remembered for his books, especially Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders, and A Journal of the Plague Year. These were all later-life works. In his earlier days, he was focused on his financial books…which were a disaster. Inflation and …

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Putin

Russia’s ruling party loses a third of seats in Moscow election after protests -RIA

* Ruling party loses about a third of seats in Moscow -RIA * Result follows biggest street protests in years * Many opposition candidates were excluded * Opposition advised people to vote tactically By Andrew Osborn and Andrey Kuzmin MOSCOW, Sept 9 (Reut…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

BUK-Missile

Prisoner swap a big win for Ukraine’s Zelensky, but at a price

A recently exchanged Ukrainian prisoner gets off a plane upon arrival in Kiev after Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap, at Borispil International Airport, outside Kiev, Ukraine. PHOTO: Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky scored a big win by exchanging …

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Anti-Putin Protests

Russia Slams Facebook And Google With New Allegations Of ‘Election Interference’

LightRocket via Getty Images The irony has not been lost on anyone. Russia has accused both Facebook and Google of election interference during a poll in the country. And, no, you didnt read that wrong. The facts, the countrys communications regulator Rosk…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Super Komachi

Typhoon Faxai hits Tokyo area causing transport chaos

Posted September 09, 2019 15:03:20 A typhoon blew across the Tokyo metropolitan area on Monday morning, killing one person and causing dozens of injuries, while disrupting rush-hour travel and knocking out power. Key points: Authorities say about…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Air Pollution

Food-tech company creates protein powder from CO2

Spotted: Finnish food-tech company Solar Foods has launched a protein-powder made from air pollution. The texture and taste of Solein powder are similar to flour; however, production is completely different from that of traditional agriculture. Arable land i…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Filter Bubble

Una Mullally: How YouTube can suck you into an extremist swamp

In her recent quarterly letter, Susan Wojcicki, the chief executive of YouTube wrote: A commitment to openness is not easy. It sometimes means leaving up content that is outside the mainstream, controversial or even offensive. But I believe that hearing a bro…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

EU countries have ‘no concrete plans’ to phase out fossil fuel subsidies: report

The story of our native honeybees

A tropical subject: Could typhoons hit Rugby World Cup?

The Strange Case of Daniel Defoe’s Civet Scheme

Russia’s ruling party loses a third of seats in Moscow election after protests -RIA

Prisoner swap a big win for Ukraine’s Zelensky, but at a price

Russia Slams Facebook And Google With New Allegations Of ‘Election Interference’

Typhoon Faxai hits Tokyo area causing transport chaos

Food-tech company creates protein powder from CO2

Una Mullally: How YouTube can suck you into an extremist swamp

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