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Paris

Backstory:D-Day as lived by a Reuters correspondent

PARIS (Reuters) - (Backstory is a series of reports showing how Reuters journalists work and the standards under which they operate. This one is part of a series marking the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day landings in World War Two.) Seventy-five years ago, a…

bubmagJune 4, 2019

Do you believe in UFOs? CBeijing hints at test of new missile…

BEIJING, June 4 (Reuters) - With a cryptic message about UFOs and a picture of a missile launcher, China's military has hinted that it has carried out a test of a new missile, after images of an object streaking towards the sky circulated on Chinese social me…

bubmagJune 4, 2019

Silence, high security on 30th anniversary of Tiananmen…

Beijing (AFP) - Beijing marked 30 years since the deadly Tiananmen crackdown on Tuesday with a wall of silence and extra security, as the anniversary turned into a diplomatic slugfest between the United States and China. Police checked the identification car…

bubmagJune 4, 2019

Chinese Economy

China’s Rapid Growth

There continues to be a great deal of skepticism about whether China is actually growing at 6.5%/year. Here is China expert Michael Pettis, in a blog post from January of this year: The Chinese economy is not growing at 6.5 percent. It is probably growing by…

bubmagJune 4, 2019

Air Pollution

On the eve of World environment Day, Union Environment Minister launches #selfiewithsapling campaign

Union Environment Minister, Shri Prakash Javadekar today launched a peoples campaign #SelfiewithSapling urging all to join and plant a sapling and post the selfie with the sapling on social media. Shri Javadekar stressed that Jan Bhagidari is integral towards…

bubmagJune 4, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

How Investing In AI Is Distinctly Different From Investing In General Technology

Data mining. Deep learning. Decision trees. These terms arent common at a tech startup unless the business specifically operates in artificial intelligence (AI). Many big-name companies, like Facebook and Twitter, write conventional rule-based softwa…

bubmagJune 4, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

Beto O’Rourke pays bill for El Paso rally, Donald Trump still owes $470,000

President Donald Trump charged ahead with his pledge to build a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, making the case for it in El Paso, Texas on Monday night. (Feb. 12) AP EL PASO, Texas Sales tax revenues and $400,000 in back taxes claimed from a high-profile …

bubmagJune 4, 2019

Refugees Welcome

Trump UK visit: Funniest and most inventive placards at anti-Trump protests

Thousands of demonstrators are lining central Londons streets to rally against the state visit of president Donald Trump. Starting in Trafalgar Square, those taking part in the Together Against Trump protest plan to travel to Parliament Square via Embankment…

bubmagJune 4, 2019

Monsanto

Australian gardener sues Bayer’s Monsanto over cancer link

SYDNEY: Lawyers of an Australian gardener on Tuesday said they had filed a lawsuit against Bayer AG agricultural chemicals unit Monsanto for severe harm caused by an ingredient used in its weed killer Roundup, the first such case in the country. The lawsuit …

bubmagJune 4, 2019

Food Industry

4 Food Tech Incubators Startups You Should Look Into Right Now – The Spoon

Last week, The Spoon chatted with WeWork Labs Tessa Price and Food-Xs Peter Bodenheimer about foodtech accelerator programs and what they can offer to startups seeking the next phase of growth. Brought up during the conversation was an important point that …

bubmagJune 4, 2019

Backstory:D-Day as lived by a Reuters correspondent

China’s Rapid Growth

On the eve of World environment Day, Union Environment Minister launches #selfiewithsapling campaign

How Investing In AI Is Distinctly Different From Investing In General Technology

Beto O’Rourke pays bill for El Paso rally, Donald Trump still owes $470,000

Trump UK visit: Funniest and most inventive placards at anti-Trump protests

Australian gardener sues Bayer’s Monsanto over cancer link

4 Food Tech Incubators Startups You Should Look Into Right Now – The Spoon

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