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Old-Age Poverty

WWII PoW, 99, blasts BBC for axing free TV licences for 3.7m over-75s

A prisoner of war during the World War Two bombing of Dresden has blasted the BBC for axing free licences for £3.7million over-75s, calling the decision an insult to veterans 'just days after we were being 'patted on the back' over D-Day. Victor Gregg, 99, …

bubmagJune 12, 2019

Old-Age Poverty

The Demands of Domestic Labor: A Conversation with Megan K. Stack

Megan K. Stack had reported on war in dozens of countries, but it was inside the confines of her own home, she says, that she was radicalized. She quotes Adrienne Rich in the authors note of her raw and unshrinking new memoir Women’s Work: A Reckoning with Wo…

bubmagJune 12, 2019

Electric Car

Tesla CEO lifts shareholder spirits, takes aim at media

Tesla CEO Elon Musk assured shareholders the electric car maker has recovered from a disappointing start this year and promised to counter media coverage that he believes has distorted perceptions about the unprofitable company's long-term prospects. "It has…

bubmagJune 12, 2019

Animal Protection

Japan passes bill requiring microchipping of pets

Pet owners in Japan will be aske to microchip their pets in a bid to reduce the number of strays. (Kyodo photo) TOKYO: The Japanese parliament on Wednesday passed a bill requiring dog and cat breeders to microchip animals and owners to voluntarily do the sam…

bubmagJune 12, 2019

Hong Kong’s protesters used low-tech street smarts to smash China’s powerful techno-authoritarianism – Business Insider

Protesters in Hong Kong, numbering in the millions and skewing young, pulled off the extraordinary feat of defeating the will of China's Communist Party over the weekend, and they did it with little more than street smarts, household goods, and unbreakable de…

bubmagJune 12, 2019

Android

WWDC 2019

Apples press release announcing the companys annual developer conference featured an illustration of a robot head () bursting with code symbols, emoji, and Apple iconography. All last week, attendees saw this motif in slides and signage throughout …

bubmagJune 12, 2019

Little Red Riding Hood

10 Darkest Fairy Tales

As children, we’re put to sleep with the help of tales designed to ease us through the darkness and into the wide space of our imaginations. Growing up, these stories have developed with profound messages designed to push us in the right direction in life. B…

bubmagJune 12, 2019

Feudalism

Japan-Saudi Ties: An Interview With the Japanese Ambassador

In December 2017, Tsukasa Uemura was appointed Japans ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). It was not his first posting to the country; 20 years before, he had been appointed to the KSA to serve as a councilor of political affairs. In the interven…

bubmagJune 12, 2019

Xi Jinping

Q&A: Why bill proposed in Hong Kong set off huge protests

BEIJING (AP) Thousands of protesters blocked entry to Hong Kong's government headquarters Wednesday, delaying a debate over a legislative proposal that would allow criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland China. The protest, which follows a weekend demo…

bubmagJune 12, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

Kim Jong Un’s sister to visit DMZ separating two Koreas, Seoul says

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister will visit the demilitarized zone separating the North from the South on Wednesday to pay her condolences to former South Korean First Lady Lee Hee-ho, South Korea's Unification Ministry said. North …

bubmagJune 12, 2019

WWII PoW, 99, blasts BBC for axing free TV licences for 3.7m over-75s

The Demands of Domestic Labor: A Conversation with Megan K. Stack

Tesla CEO lifts shareholder spirits, takes aim at media

Japan passes bill requiring microchipping of pets

WWDC 2019

10 Darkest Fairy Tales

Japan-Saudi Ties: An Interview With the Japanese Ambassador

Q&A: Why bill proposed in Hong Kong set off huge protests

Kim Jong Un’s sister to visit DMZ separating two Koreas, Seoul says

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