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Food Industry

Philippines to study economic impact of halting online gambling

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' anti-money laundering body is studying the scope of the country's online gambling industry to determine the impact on the economy if it stopped operating, its chairman said on Tuesday. Benjamin Diokno, who is governor of B…

bubmagAugust 27, 2019

Solar Storm

NASA’s BITSE Solar Scope Is Ready for Balloon Flight Over New Mexico

NASA and the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, or KASI, are getting ready to test a new way to see the Sun, high over the New Mexico desert. A balloon - large enough to hug a football field - is scheduled to take flight no earlier than Aug. 26,…

bubmagAugust 27, 2019

Drones

UPDATE 2-Netanyahu tells Hezbollah’s Nasrallah to “calm down” after drone incident

* Hezbollah chief warned Israel of imminent response * Israel has not claimed responsibility for Beirut drones * Netanyahu also puts Lebanon on notice if fighting erupts * Israel and Hezbollah last went to war in 2006 (Adds comments by Netanyahu, U.N. peac…

bubmagAugust 27, 2019

Geely

Volvo’s Polestar opens China factory to export to Europe, US

BEIJING (AP) Amid rising trade tension, Volvo's electric brand, Polestar, is going ahead with plans to export its first Chinese-made model to the United States next year, the automaker's CEO said Tuesday. Polestar opened a factory Tuesday in the western city…

bubmagAugust 27, 2019

Trade War

Farmers’ Frustration With Trump Grows as U.S. Escalates China Fight

The administration is looking for other ways to help farmers, including scrambling to secure additional trade deals. At the G7 summit in France this week, Mr. Trump said the United States and Japan were nearing an agreement that would result in Japanese compa…

bubmagAugust 27, 2019

Monsanto

Boris Johnson, GMOs and Glyphosate: Irresponsible, Negligent and Criminal?

In his first speech to parliament as British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson said: Lets start now to liberate the UKs extraordinary bioscience sector from anti-genetic modification rules and lets develop the blight-resistant crops that will feed the world. Joh…

bubmagAugust 27, 2019

Trade War

Asian markets bounce back on positive news for US-China trade talks – CNN Philippines

(CNN) Asian markets regained some lost ground on Tuesday, but investors are still wary about the US-China trade war. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was slightly up earlier, but down about 0.2% around 2 p.m. Hong Kong time. It tumbled 1.9% on Monday. China's S…

bubmagAugust 27, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

Boris Johnson will send his top Brexit ‘sherpa’ to Brussels for backstop talks

brexit countdown_bg Created with Sketch. Boris Johnson's top Brexit negotiator is set to be sent to Brussels for talks amid mounting optimism of a breakthrough as EU diplomats said the new Prime Minister has 'moved the dial'. David Frost, Downing Street's…

bubmagAugust 27, 2019

Neymar

PSG Demand Barcelona Offer Both Ousmane Dembele & Nelson Semedo in Swap Deal for Neymar

Paris Saint-Germain have demanded that Barcelona pay 100m plus both Ousmane Dembele and Nelson Semedo if they want to sign Neymar this summer. The Blaugrana have long been linked with the wantaway Brazilian, but the cost of the deal has forced them to consid…

bubmagAugust 27, 2019

Panda

Berlin Zoo says panda Meng Meng is pregnant

Meng Meng, a giant panda on loan from China and one of the stars of the Berlin Zoo, is pregnant, the zoo announced on Tuesday. An ultrasound revealed the good news marking a breakthrough in the zoo's efforts to breed Meng Meng and her male partner Jiao Qing …

bubmagAugust 27, 2019

Philippines to study economic impact of halting online gambling

NASA’s BITSE Solar Scope Is Ready for Balloon Flight Over New Mexico

UPDATE 2-Netanyahu tells Hezbollah’s Nasrallah to “calm down” after drone incident

Volvo’s Polestar opens China factory to export to Europe, US

Farmers’ Frustration With Trump Grows as U.S. Escalates China Fight

Boris Johnson, GMOs and Glyphosate: Irresponsible, Negligent and Criminal?

Asian markets bounce back on positive news for US-China trade talks – CNN Philippines

Boris Johnson will send his top Brexit ‘sherpa’ to Brussels for backstop talks

PSG Demand Barcelona Offer Both Ousmane Dembele & Nelson Semedo in Swap Deal for Neymar

Berlin Zoo says panda Meng Meng is pregnant

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