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Jerusalem Controversy

Exposed: What Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib were planning to do

By now it seems clear that Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib are not going to be visiting Israel or the Palestinian Authority-controlled areas of Judea and Samaria. Israel’s government announced Thursday that it would not allow the Democratic congresswomen …

bubmagAugust 18, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

This country gave all its rivers their own legal rights

An aerial view of a river in Bhimruli, Jhalokathi, Bangladesh. All rivers in the country now have legal rights. | Mohammad Saiful Islam/NurPhoto via Getty Images It’s part of a nascent “rights of nature” movement that’s inspiring many — but encountering probl…

bubmagAugust 18, 2019

Protectionism

What’s Your Best Guess?

Mr. McKinney: You call me cowardly for not naming, in this post, those individuals who I accuse of being motivated by political opportunism into abandoning their support for free trade. Wrong. My motivation in this matter isnt cowardice; its civility. You …

bubmagAugust 18, 2019

Boeing 737max

Project Sunrise Update: Airbus seems to be getting the upper hand over Boeing

One of the big contests in the aviation industry of late has been the contest for offering the longest flying routes. I’d like to imagine it is purely commercial and nothing to do with bragging rights, but we’ve seen some pretty impressive aircraft come on to…

bubmagAugust 18, 2019

Hrant Dink

Turkey’s Tan, Bakır win bronze in world wrestling

ISTANBUL-Anadolu Agency Turkey's Bedirhan Tan and Hamza Bakr won bronze medals in JuniorWorldWrestlingChampionships on Aug. 17. In the tournament in Estonian capital Tallinn, Tan bagged a bronze medal in men's 87kg category after beating Sweden's Jacob Edwa…

bubmagAugust 18, 2019

Matteo Salvini

Spain says migrants on charity boat can disembark in Algeciras

MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish government on Sunday offered Algeciras as a port to disembark the more than a hundred migrants on a charity rescue ship stranded off the coast of Italy after the boat had spent more than two weeks waiting for a port to dock. T…

bubmagAugust 18, 2019

Exoskeleton

Steel exoskeleton covers timber extension to Australian bungalow

bubmagAugust 18, 2019

Recycling

Recycling Is in Crisis. Could These Innovations Be the Answer?

Recyling isn’t a one size fits all solution and there is a reason its the last R. The New York Times made this list of some ways recycling can innovate: MELBOURNE, Australia — Since China stopped accepting much of the world’s recyclable waste last year, many…

bubmagAugust 18, 2019

Protectionism

Argentina’s economy minister resigns as peso sheds value – BBC News

Image copyrightAFPImage caption Nicolas Dujovne resigned on Saturday after a week of economic turmoil Argentina's economy minister Nicolas Dujovne has resigned amid a financial crisis exacerbated by the president's defeat in a primary poll. The country's…

bubmagAugust 18, 2019

Doping in Cycling

One Way Ticket by Jonathan Vaughters

Autobiographies from reformed dopers are now commonplace, which means that One Way ticket won't count as an exposé; however, books that reveal the machinations behind the scenes of a cycling team are less common. While it is hard to get excited about Vaughter…

bubmagAugust 18, 2019

Exposed: What Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib were planning to do

This country gave all its rivers their own legal rights

What’s Your Best Guess?

Project Sunrise Update: Airbus seems to be getting the upper hand over Boeing

Turkey’s Tan, Bakır win bronze in world wrestling

Spain says migrants on charity boat can disembark in Algeciras

Steel exoskeleton covers timber extension to Australian bungalow

Recycling Is in Crisis. Could These Innovations Be the Answer?

Argentina’s economy minister resigns as peso sheds value – BBC News

One Way Ticket by Jonathan Vaughters

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