China & N. Korea ‘to boost military ties & provide security in Asia-Pacific’ amid tensions with US
Days after North Korea made headlines with fresh missile tests, a delegation from Pyongyang has met with Chinese officials in Beijing. It was headed by a high-ranking military official, Kim Su-gil, director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People…
bubmagAugust 17, 2019
Welcome Place to lose one-third of budget after federal funding cut
A Manitoba organization that provides settlement services for refugees and newcomers says it's losing the federal funding it uses to support government-sponsored refugees. Welcome Place learned last Friday the money it normally gets from Immigration, Refugee…
bubmagAugust 17, 2019
Marium, The Dugong That Charmed Thailand, Dies After Ingesting Plastic
An official of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources hugs Marium, a lost baby dugong. The 8-month-old mammal, who captured hearts online, died after biologists believe she ate plastic waste. Sirachai Arunrugstichai/AP Marium, an orphaned dugong car…
bubmagAugust 17, 2019
Hong Kong protests lead to police standoffs, but no clashes
Some supporters of the protest movement might have been saving their energy for Sunday, when organizers are hoping for a large turnout in Victoria Park, in the Causeway Bay district. They had applied for a permit to march from the park to the Central district…
bubmagAugust 17, 2019
After launch of two projectiles into East Sea, North Korea announces it has ‘new weapon’
A North Korean official stated that South Korea’s attempts to maintain peace talks would make boiled head of a cow a side-splitting laughter.North Korea fired two more projectiles into the East Sea, further raising tensions on the peninsula, and t…
bubmagAugust 17, 2019
Sunday Vs Monday: Which day do you consider the start of the week?
Posted August 18, 2019 06:00:00 What's the first day of the week? Are you a fan of Sunday fun-day, do you suffer from the Monday blues? Debate has been raging in Darwin over which day should be the official start to the week after confusion from a Burea…
bubmagAugust 17, 2019
No Man’s Sky Players Are Really Excited About Sitting In Chairs
The universe of No Mans Sky is huge. Like genuinely huge. Billions upon billions upon billions of planets, galaxies, and solar systems. And the latest update to the game added a ton of new features to this already massive galactic sandbox, including VR suppor…
bubmagAugust 17, 2019
Italy’s Salvini lets 27 teenagers off Open Arms migrant ship – BBC News
Image copyrightAFPImage caption One of the 27 unaccompanied minors arrives on Lampedusa Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has agreed to let 27 unaccompanied teenagers leave a migrant rescue ship amid a row between the far-right leader and his fellow…
bubmagAugust 17, 2019
This Week In Techdirt History: August 11th – 17th
from the if-i-remember-correctly dept Five Years Ago The fight for government transparency continued this week in 2014, with a judge giving the DOJ until the end of the month to submit a declassified FISA court opinion explaining the justifications for Sect…
bubmagAugust 17, 2019