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Greta Thunberg

‘War on nature must end,’ says activist Greta Thunberg in New York

Teenage climate campaigner Greta Thunberg on Wednesday said the war on nature must end and called on Donald Trump to listen to science after she sailed into New York on a zero-emissions yacht. The 16-year-old completed a 15-day journey across the Atlantic sh…

bubmagAugust 29, 2019

Little Italy

Fumagalli Store – Little Italy

So this place just opened up across from Milano on St Laurent a few days ago. I've always enjoyed their cold cuts, something I rarely but but Fumagalli products are quite good. This is awesome as it's pretty much all they carry at their deli counter. They al…

bubmagAugust 29, 2019

Xi Jinping

China rotates new batch of troops into Hong Kong

BEIJING, Aug 29 (Reuters) - China's military has rotated a new batch of troops into Hong Kong describing the move as routine, state media said on Thursday, as protests against Beijing continue to rock the Asian financial hub. Asian and Western diplomats in H…

bubmagAugust 29, 2019

New York City

Self-driving cars must be experts on ridiculously specific road rules

If you're driving in San Francisco one week and then New York City the next, you're probably not paying attention to the small differences in rules when it comes to sharing bikes lanes, passing school buses, and turning right on red. If you're in a self-dri…

bubmagAugust 29, 2019

NATO

Is Trump, Um, Slipping? Even More?

His talks with reporters were a good example. He claimed he had personally gotten many important high-level calls from Chinese officials who wanted to make a deal, something the Chinese seemed to know nothing whatsoever about. On this occasion Mnuchin, playi…

bubmagAugust 29, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty ‘Vital to Ensuring There Are No More Victims’, Says Secretary-General, in Message for International Day

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres message for the International Day against Nuclear Tests, observed today: The International Day against Nuclear Tests marks the closing, in 1991, of the nuclear test site in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, the lar…

bubmagAugust 29, 2019

Korean War

Montana Men Who Lied About Military Service Ordered To Wear ‘I Am A Liar’ Signs

Montana's Cascade County District Judge Greg Pinksi on Friday handed down harsh punishments for Ryan Patrick Morris and Troy Allan Nelson, who both fabricated stories about serving in the military to get more lenient sentences after having violated probation.…

bubmagAugust 29, 2019

Bees

Over 500 bee colonies in Maharashtra lost due to heavy rainfall

Reports of similar losses are being flagged by other states that have been experiencing heavy rainfall since June. (Express photo by Bhupendra Rana) Beekeeping in Maharashtra has hit rough waters, with over 500 bee colonies in the state lost due to heavy rai…

bubmagAugust 29, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

‘Why not? We didn’t come here for nothing’: Erdogan on buying Russian Su-57 as alternative to F-35

Erdogan was in Moscow earlier this week, checking out the Su-35 and Su-57 jets at the MAKS 2019 air salon in the company of his host, Russian President Vladimir Putin. On the way back to Ankara, he was asked if Turkey was interested in the Russian planes. “W…

bubmagAugust 29, 2019

Refugees

TM30: The form getting expats in Thailand into a bureaucratic tangle

Image caption Zareeka Gardner says she's reconsidering her decision to live in Thailand Thailand has long been an attractive destination for Western expats - where money goes further and can buy a good quality of life. But the revival of an arcane immigrat…

bubmagAugust 29, 2019

‘War on nature must end,’ says activist Greta Thunberg in New York

Fumagalli Store – Little Italy

China rotates new batch of troops into Hong Kong

Self-driving cars must be experts on ridiculously specific road rules

Is Trump, Um, Slipping? Even More?

Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty ‘Vital to Ensuring There Are No More Victims’, Says Secretary-General, in Message for International Day

Montana Men Who Lied About Military Service Ordered To Wear ‘I Am A Liar’ Signs

Over 500 bee colonies in Maharashtra lost due to heavy rainfall

‘Why not? We didn’t come here for nothing’: Erdogan on buying Russian Su-57 as alternative to F-35

TM30: The form getting expats in Thailand into a bureaucratic tangle

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