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Trade War

More worry for China as industrial growth disappoints

China's economy showed further signs of weakness last month, with industrial output posting its slowest growth in 17 years, placing further pressure on the government as it tries to steady the ship while battling a trade war with the US. Authorities have for…

bubmagJune 14, 2019

Julian Assange

Imprisoned Swedish Programmer’s Dad: Ola Bini’s Arrest ‘All About Assange’

The father of imprisoned Swedish programmer and activist Ola Bini has called his son a political prisoner and suggested the US and Ecuador are concocting a fictional collaboration between his son and Julian Assange to put the latter behind bars.While UK Home …

bubmagJune 14, 2019

Korean War

Why Aren’t Magneto and Professor X As Old As They Should Be?

Comic Book Questions Answered where I answer whatever questions you folks might have about comic books (feel free to e-mail questions to me at brianc@cbr.com). My pal Avash I. asked me, "Did Marvel ever explain how Magneto can still be alive and relatively y…

bubmagJune 14, 2019

Black Hole

Silver Surfer Comes Face-to-Face With An Ancient, Villainous Marvel God

WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Silver Surfer: Black #1 by Donny Cates, Tradd Moore, Dave Stewart and Clayton Cowles, in stores now. Marvel writer Donny Cates is weaving an intricate cosmic web. The scribe recently launched a new Guardia…

bubmagJune 14, 2019

Water Scarcity

A ‘Responsibility to Prepare’: A Strategy for Presidential Leadership on the Security Risks of Climate Change

Presidential candidates are offering their plans on climate change, and its a competition over whos the most ambitious. Thats good news, given that its a major security threat that requires a major response. Thus far, most of the candidates plans understandab…

bubmagJune 14, 2019

Yellow Vests

Fake online stories claim Trudeau begged foreign leaders ‘to send him a million immigrants’

"Canada's Prime Minister begs Nigeria President for one million immigrants," reads the headline on an article published in April on the website CBTV. The article claims that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had announced the creation of a new employment and mig…

bubmagJune 14, 2019

Iran Liberalism

Iran’s Green Movement: Why US policies strengthen the regime

The hard-line Iranian regime, which had faced little public resistance since it seized power in 1979, was taken by surprise by a mass movement in the wake of the 2009 elections reformists called fraudulent. Although the mass protests were targeted at then-Pre…

bubmagJune 14, 2019

Monsanto

Bayer to invest €5bn in new weed killers

While glyphosate will continue to play an important role in agriculture and in Bayers portfolio, the company is committed to offering more choices for growers, Bayer said in a statement on Friday.Bayer said these measures seek to address public concerns arisi…

bubmagJune 14, 2019

Refugees

When Rohingya Refugees Fled to India, Hate on Facebook Followed

Other videos inaccurately said that Rohingya Muslims had attacked B.J.P. workers and beaten up a Hindu priest in West Bengal. Facebook said that after independent fact checkers disproved these claims, it buried those posts. In a more subtle attack, two India…

bubmagJune 14, 2019

Julian Assange

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces extradition hearing

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is expected to appear at hearing in a London court via video link as he continues his fight against extradition to the United States. The 47-year-old Assange is currently in Belmarsh Prison on the outskirts of London serving a…

bubmagJune 14, 2019

More worry for China as industrial growth disappoints

Imprisoned Swedish Programmer’s Dad: Ola Bini’s Arrest ‘All About Assange’

Why Aren’t Magneto and Professor X As Old As They Should Be?

Silver Surfer Comes Face-to-Face With An Ancient, Villainous Marvel God

A ‘Responsibility to Prepare’: A Strategy for Presidential Leadership on the Security Risks of Climate Change

Fake online stories claim Trudeau begged foreign leaders ‘to send him a million immigrants’

Iran’s Green Movement: Why US policies strengthen the regime

Bayer to invest €5bn in new weed killers

When Rohingya Refugees Fled to India, Hate on Facebook Followed

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces extradition hearing

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