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Animal Protection

France’s ‘wolf brigade’: Alps guards with licence to kill

Wolves were nearly hunted to extinction in France in the early 20th century. (AFP pic) BREIL-SUR-ROYA: As the sun sets over the southern French Alps on a cool evening in early June, a flock of sheep huddle in an enclosure at an altitude of 1,500 metres. Nex…

bubmagJune 15, 2019

Seleção

Brazil vs Bolivia result: Philippe Coutinho finally thrives as the anti-Neymar to inspire hosts in Copa America opener

As Brazils players trudged off after 45 minutes of sleep-walk football at the Morumbi, the crowd finally awoke from their stupor. The boos filled the night air, their message clear. Not good enough. Not by a long shot. There was plenty of frustration to go …

bubmagJune 15, 2019

Little Italy

Golden Crab House | Outer Sunset – San Francisco

Golden Crab House is the new offshoot of the popular PPQ Dungeness Island. When we were there on a Friday night in late March, the soft opening was in its third month. Eyeing the three large tables pushed against the wall that did not look like they were cl…

bubmagJune 15, 2019

Doping in Cycling

Chris Froome: Briton fractured neck in crash and faces six weeks in hospital

The six-time Grand Tour winner was warned by a team-mate to 'not take risks' after taking his hands off the handlebars to put a jacket on Britain's Chris Froome suffered a fracture to his neck in Wednesday's serious crash, scans have shown. The four-time To…

bubmagJune 15, 2019

Matteo Salvini

Why Europe’s Far Right Is Targeting Gender Studies

When Federico Batini, an Italian academic, wanted to research classroom bullying, he distributed a questionnaire to 54 schools in central Italy. The survey was carried out in partnership with local education authorities and sought to explore the extent to whi…

bubmagJune 15, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

Trump blames Iran for tanker attacks but calls for talks

WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump has blamed Iran for attacks on oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, but he also held out hope that implicit U.S. threats to use force will yield talks with the Islamic Republic as the Pentagon considers beefi…

bubmagJune 15, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

Trump blames Iran for tanker attacks but calls for talks

WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump has blamed Iran for attacks on oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, but he also held out hope that implicit U.S. threats to use force will yield talks with the Islamic Republic as the Pentagon considers beefi…

bubmagJune 15, 2019

Gundam

Kana-Boon Rock Band Cancel Live Event in Wake of Bassist’s Disappearance

Rock band KANA-BOON announced on their website on Thursday that because they have not been able to get in contact with the band's bassist Yma Meshida (pictured second from the left) since June 5, that his family has contacted the police to start an investigat…

bubmagJune 15, 2019

eSports

E3 Equals Esports Enthusiasm Everywhere, But Caution Flags Fly

E3 Esports Zone at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles in June 2019. (Photo credit by David Bloom) The just-finished Electronic Entertainment Expo, the giant video-game conference that sprawls across downtown Los Angeles and beyond every June,…

bubmagJune 15, 2019

Water Pollution

Sindh allocates Rs8.4b for agriculture sector

PHOTO: FILE KARACHI: The Sindh government has proposed an allocation of Rs8.4 billion for the agriculture sector, which includes Rs4.7 billion in foreign assistance, in the provincial budget for fiscal year 2019-20. Agriculture plays a significant role in …

bubmagJune 15, 2019

France’s ‘wolf brigade’: Alps guards with licence to kill

Brazil vs Bolivia result: Philippe Coutinho finally thrives as the anti-Neymar to inspire hosts in Copa America opener

Golden Crab House | Outer Sunset – San Francisco

Chris Froome: Briton fractured neck in crash and faces six weeks in hospital

Why Europe’s Far Right Is Targeting Gender Studies

Trump blames Iran for tanker attacks but calls for talks

Trump blames Iran for tanker attacks but calls for talks

Kana-Boon Rock Band Cancel Live Event in Wake of Bassist’s Disappearance

E3 Equals Esports Enthusiasm Everywhere, But Caution Flags Fly

Sindh allocates Rs8.4b for agriculture sector

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