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Xi Jinping

China’s Xi says ‘bigger step’ possible in offshore oil, gas development with Philippines

SHANGHAI, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping said China and the Philippines could take a "bigger step" in the joint development of oil and gas resources in the South China Sea if they can "properly" handle their dispute over sovereignty. Xi made…

bubmagAugust 30, 2019

Korean War

North Korea changes constitution to solidify Kim Jong Un’s rule – ABS-CBN News

SEOUL - North Korea's parliament has approved changes to the country's constitution to solidify leader Kim Jong Un's role as head of state, official state media said on Thursday. The move comes after Kim was formally named head of state and commander-in-chie…

bubmagAugust 30, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

Business, bedfellows, Brexit and Boris – BBC News

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Creating divisions: Boris Johnson Markets have priced in uncertainty from Brexit and constitutional crisis, but the costs keep coming for business, and they're getting really fed up about it.There a…

bubmagAugust 30, 2019

Nukes

How nuclear scientists are decoding Russia’s mystery explosion

Nuclear radiation was detected in northwestern Russia after an explosion earlier this month.Credit: Sputnik/SPL Rumours continue to swirl about a blast at a Russian naval base on 8 August, which killed five scientists and caused a short, unexplained spike in…

bubmagAugust 30, 2019

Google

Google lets David Drummond do the talking

Anyone wondering if Alphabet might reprimand its chief legal officer, David Drummond, for a long-ago extramarital, inter-office affair that continues to be a distraction to the company, the answer seems to be . . . not right now. Though a former subordinate o…

bubmagAugust 30, 2019

Matteo Salvini

Italy’s bitter political foes unite in bid to foil Salvini

ROME Days after stepping down, Italys ex-premier accepted the role of premier-designate Thursday in a bid to cobble together a new coalition of longtime political foes with the aim of blocking a power grab by Matteo Salvini, the right-wing leader whose anti-m…

bubmagAugust 30, 2019

Trade War

Has President Trump’s trade war cost China three million jobs?

Claim: President Trump says three million jobs have been lost in China as a consequence of the trade war with the United States. Verdict: While estimates for China's employment vary widely, they do not generally support Mr Trump's claim. When asked, the Whi…

bubmagAugust 30, 2019

Protectionism

The Frauding of America’s Farmers

At one level, its not hard to see why farmers supported Trump. Hostility to nonwhite immigrants was central to his campaign, and such hostility tends to be highest in places where there arent actually many immigrants. So rural America, with its still tiny imm…

bubmagAugust 30, 2019

SpaceX

As Dorian looms, Florida’s Space Coast braces for possible unprecedented impact – Ottawa Citizen

WASHINGTON — As Hurricane Dorian advances on a course likely to slam the Florida peninsula within days, U.S. space agencies and aerospace companies are sheltering millions of dollars in hardware and assets along the Space Coast. Dorian, expected to strengthe…

bubmagAugust 30, 2019

Star Wars

Astronomers find hints of a dangerous lava world hidden by giant planet – CNET

An illustration of a volcanic exo-Io with patches of sodium clouds trailing the lunar orbit, possibly driven by the gas giant's magnetosphere University of Bern/Thibaut Roger Scientists say there could be a rocky exomoon 550 light-years away with a hellish …

bubmagAugust 30, 2019

China’s Xi says ‘bigger step’ possible in offshore oil, gas development with Philippines

North Korea changes constitution to solidify Kim Jong Un’s rule – ABS-CBN News

Business, bedfellows, Brexit and Boris – BBC News

How nuclear scientists are decoding Russia’s mystery explosion

Google lets David Drummond do the talking

Italy’s bitter political foes unite in bid to foil Salvini

Has President Trump’s trade war cost China three million jobs?

The Frauding of America’s Farmers

As Dorian looms, Florida’s Space Coast braces for possible unprecedented impact – Ottawa Citizen

Astronomers find hints of a dangerous lava world hidden by giant planet – CNET

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