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Protectionism

Euro-Area Factories Extend Slump as ECB Stimulus Debate Heats Up

(Bloomberg) -- Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here. The euro areas manufacturing recession continued for a seventh month in August, adding pressure on the European Central Bank and national gover…

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Scotland

Elephant and Castle closed: Tube station shut as police investigate double stabbing

Two men are in hospital after a double stabbing at a Tube station in south London. Officers were called to Elephant and Castle station just before 11.30pm on Sunday after two men were found seriously injured in a street nearby. The two men have been admitte…

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Panda

Berlin zoo delights in rare birth of panda twins

BERLIN: Berlin zoo said Monday its resident panda Meng Meng had delivered twins, as it voiced delight at the first such births in the country. "Meng Meng became a mom - twice! We are so happy, we are speechless," the zoo said on Twitter, also posting a video…

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Seleção

Dani Alves is playing in attack for São Paulo – but this is no marketing stunt – PlanetFootball

TrendingWalking up to the Morumbi stadium on Sunday morning, there was something in the air. Perhaps it was the warm sun and blue sky on the first real day of spring, but the sense of optimism was palpable. São Paulo had lost the previous week, away to Vasco…

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Confusion clouds China’s social credit system

From penalising irresponsible dog owners to blacklisting dissenters, critics warn China’s social credit system enables authorities to define “desirable and undesirable behaviour” and could allow unprecedented control of citizen’s lives. Confusion clouds Chin…

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Panda

Berlin zoo delights in rare birth of panda twins

Berlin (AFP) - Berlin zoo said Monday its resident panda Meng Meng had delivered twins, as it voiced delight at the first such births in the country. "Meng Meng became a mom - twice! We are so happy, we are speechless," the zoo said on Twitter, also posting …

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Panda

Berlin panda Meng Meng gives birth to twins

"Meng Meng and her two offspring coped well with the birth and are in good health, said Zoo director Andreas Knieriem in a press release on Monday. The first boy was born shortly before 7 pm on Saturday. Almost an hour later the second followed. Together the…

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Alibaba

Elon Musk and Jack Ma of Alibaba Debate Artificial Intelligence and Talk Technology

Alibaba co-founder and executive chairman Jack Ma and Tesla CEO Elon Musk hold a debate in Shanghai over artificial intelligence. They both agree that world population will decrease rapidly over the next few decades. Elon Musk statements :Elon thinks China …

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

[Ticker] EU cannot be more flexible on Ireland, Barnier says

The EU cannot offer the UK any new concessions on Ireland and is "not optimistic" of a Brexit deal, its chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, has said. "The backstop is the maximum amount of flexibility that the EU can offer to a non-member state," Barnier said i…

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

China's Strategy

Fact check: Has Europe surrendered its south to China?

According to French President Emmanuel Macron, Europe has made the mistake of systematically handing important European infrastructure in southern Europe to the Chinese. EURACTIV has done a fact-check. Speaking to French ambassadors on 27 August, Macron said…

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Euro-Area Factories Extend Slump as ECB Stimulus Debate Heats Up

Elephant and Castle closed: Tube station shut as police investigate double stabbing

Berlin zoo delights in rare birth of panda twins

Dani Alves is playing in attack for São Paulo – but this is no marketing stunt – PlanetFootball

Berlin zoo delights in rare birth of panda twins

Berlin panda Meng Meng gives birth to twins

Elon Musk and Jack Ma of Alibaba Debate Artificial Intelligence and Talk Technology

[Ticker] EU cannot be more flexible on Ireland, Barnier says

Fact check: Has Europe surrendered its south to China?

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