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Pompeo ups pressure on Russia over four MH17 accused

Moscow must ensure that those charged with murder over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 face justice, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, after international investigators accused three Russians and a Ukrainian over the disaster. The trial of…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Chinese Economy

Kim, Trump and Xi to resume a shifting dance of diplomacy

Chinese president Xi Jinping and US president Donald Trump (File photo) By Mark Landler US President Donald Trump revels in his friendships with the leaders of China and North Korea, but can seem jealous when his two friends spend time with each other. He o…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

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Investigators indict the suspected killers of 298 people on flight MH17

BODIES RAINED down from the sky on July 17th 2014, landing in the sunflower fields of eastern Ukraine. Limbs littered the gardens in the village of Grabovo, and travel books lay along the roads. The 298 people who took off aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 i…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

The Deciders: Meet the voters defining America’s politics

(Reuters) - A retiree worried about his granddaughter’s future in Pinellas County, Florida. A factory worker in Racine County, Wisconsin, who doubts politicians will improve her life as a single mother. John Lenges, 65, a resident of Pinellas County, who ch…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Cold War

Cold War-era spy satellites have a lot to tell us about the changing climate

Dead bodies starting to thaw on Mount Everest, flooding from glacial lakes, dams bursting and destroying villages: This is a picture of global heating in the Himalayas. A group of researchers have managed to essentially3D-map the slow descent of glacial ice …

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Bees

Our Love Of Almonds Is Seriously Jeopardizing Honeybees

In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives. A lot of their bees were dead or sick. Beekeepers reported losing as much as half their hives over the winter. Jack Brumley…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Matteo Salvini

Papa, Don’t Preach

Speaking earlier this month at a rally for local elections in Foligno, a small town in central Italy, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said he felt like a father to 60 million Italians. The liberal mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, replied that he wo…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Nukes

By 2029, America Will Have a New ICBM That Can Launch a Nuclear War

Kris Osborn Security, The program is a cooperative effort between the Air Force and the Navy that will share common-use technologies and take advantage of the Navy progress on its Trident II D5 nuclear armed submarine launched missile. By 2029, America Wi…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

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Malaysia rejects idea of Russian involvement in MH17 downing

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has rejected the implication that Russia may have been involved in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine in 2014. Mahathir says he doesn’t think the findings of an internation…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Star Wars

The ‘Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back’ Mistake Hiding In Plain Sight For 39 years

The “Star Wars” saga takes place a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. But one goof that’s been hiding in plain sight for decades is of much more recent and far, far more local vintage. If you take a close look at Luke’s lightsaber in the wampa…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Pompeo ups pressure on Russia over four MH17 accused

Kim, Trump and Xi to resume a shifting dance of diplomacy

Investigators indict the suspected killers of 298 people on flight MH17

The Deciders: Meet the voters defining America’s politics

Cold War-era spy satellites have a lot to tell us about the changing climate

Our Love Of Almonds Is Seriously Jeopardizing Honeybees

Papa, Don’t Preach

By 2029, America Will Have a New ICBM That Can Launch a Nuclear War

Malaysia rejects idea of Russian involvement in MH17 downing

The ‘Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back’ Mistake Hiding In Plain Sight For 39 years

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