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Holocaust

Chernobyl selfies lead to warning from show’s writer

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption File photo: a visitor to the Chernobyl exclusion zone in the abandoned city of Pripyat this month poses for a selfie Tourists visiting Chernobyl must be respectful, the creator of the HBO show about the nuclear disa…

bubmagJune 12, 2019

Scotland

The Way to the Sea

The following is an excerpt from The Way to the Sea: The Forgotten Histories of the Thames Estuary by Caroline Crampton. As one of the key entrances and exits to England, the estuary has been pivotal to London’s economic fortunes and in defining its place in …

bubmagJune 12, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

N. Korea sends condolences for former S. Korean first lady

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent flowers and a message of condolence on Wednesday for the funeral of former South Korean first lady Lee Hee-ho, whose late husband held a historic summit with Kim's father in 2000. Senior South Kore…

bubmagJune 12, 2019

Electric Car

Market Snapshot: Stock-index futures drift lower ahead of U.S. inflation reading

Stock-index futures drifted lower Wednesday, a day after the Dow Jones Industrial Average snapped a six-day winning streak, with investors awaiting a reading on May consumer inflation as they continue to eye the U.S.-China trade fight. Dow futures YMM19, -…

bubmagJune 12, 2019

Electric Car

National Grid invests in 4 startups, 2 VC funds to boost energy tech

National Grid Partners, the investment arm of energy utility National Grid, has invested in four startups and two venture capital funds focused on energy and technology. NGP has invested in Audio Analytic, Carbon Lighthouse, Copperleaf and GoCardless, and ha…

bubmagJune 12, 2019

Nukes

The Cold War Project That Pulled Climate Science From the Ice

In 1961the year before he became the anchorman for CBS NewsWalter Cronkite visited Camp Century, an unusual military compound on the Greenland ice sheet. Carved under the snow and ice, Camp Century had a main street and prefab housing for 250 soldiers and sci…

bubmagJune 12, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey: US ultimatum over S-400s ‘not in spirit of alliance’

The language used in a letter sent from United States to Ankara regarding Turkey's removal from the F-35 fighter jet programme does not suit "the spirit of alliance", Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar has said. US acting Secretary of Defence Patrick Shana…

bubmagJune 12, 2019

Super Komachi

Take the (Night) Train

By Jerri-Lynn Scofield, who has worked as a securities lawyer and a derivatives trader. She is currently writing a book about textile artisans. Just finished reading Agatha Christies Murder on the Orient Express and am planning an upcoming European trip, so …

bubmagJune 12, 2019

NATO

Former NATO spokesperson Jamie Shea recalls Kosovo twenty years later

It all began with the break up of the old Yugoslavia. Unrest in Kosovo was followed by declarations of independence from ethnic Albanians - something Belgrade flatly rejected. By the late 1990's the former-neighbours were in open conflict. Belgrade begun eth…

bubmagJune 12, 2019

Singapore

Power Up: Fire and farmers: Trump and Biden duel in Iowa over ways to tackle China threat

Salutations, Power Peeps. Insert pithy greeting here. Reach out, sign up and forward to your friends. Thanks for waking up with us. Trump speaks following a tour of the Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy ethanol plant in Council Bluffs, Iowa yesterday. (Photo …

bubmagJune 12, 2019

Chernobyl selfies lead to warning from show’s writer

The Way to the Sea

N. Korea sends condolences for former S. Korean first lady

Market Snapshot: Stock-index futures drift lower ahead of U.S. inflation reading

National Grid invests in 4 startups, 2 VC funds to boost energy tech

The Cold War Project That Pulled Climate Science From the Ice

Turkey: US ultimatum over S-400s ‘not in spirit of alliance’

Take the (Night) Train

Former NATO spokesperson Jamie Shea recalls Kosovo twenty years later

Power Up: Fire and farmers: Trump and Biden duel in Iowa over ways to tackle China threat

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