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The Iranian oil tanker row has left everyone with a win – except bungling John Bolton and the US hawks

When Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was wagging his finger at the UK earlier this month shouting peace for peace, war for war and oil for oil, he clearly knew very well the vulnerabilities of his British counterparts. He was talking to a rusty political cla…

bubmagAugust 16, 2019

Korean War

End Endless War and Bring Peace to Korea

July 27 marked the 66th anniversary of the signing of the Korean War armistice, which brought an end to hostilities that killed nearly five million people, including almost 40,000 U.S. service members. The war ended in a temporary cease-fire, which is why th…

bubmagAugust 16, 2019

Xi Jinping

French ‘Spiderman’ Climbs Hong Kong Skyscraper, Hoists Reconciliation Flag

HONG KONG, Aug 16 (Reuters) - French spiderman climber Alain Robert scaled a 68-story skyscraper in Hong Kong on Friday to hoist a flag symbolizing reconciliation between China and the territory as weeks of escalating pro-democracy protests show no signs of a…

bubmagAugust 16, 2019

Electric Scooter

Virginia Tech study issuing 300 electric scooters on campus, exploring safety concerns – 8News

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WFXR) As electric scooter usage is becoming increasingly popular in cities across the country, its also been met with controversy. Through a research study conducted by Virginia Techs Transportation Institute (VTTI), 300 electric scooters wil…

bubmagAugust 16, 2019

Electric Scooter

China’s Ninebot unveils scooters that drive themselves to charging stations

BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Segway-Ninebot Group, a Beijing-based electric scooter maker, on Friday unveiled a scooter that can return itself to charging stations without a driver, a potential boon for the burgeoning scooter-sharing industry. Ninebot said…

bubmagAugust 16, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

North Korea rejects talks with the South

North Korea on Friday called South Korean President Moon Jae-in's vow to continue talks between the two Koreas "foolish." In a speech on Thursday, to mark the anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan's 1910-45 rule, Moon had spoken of a goal of "achievin…

bubmagAugust 16, 2019

Recycling

How to Recycle Clothes

Explore this ArticleDonating ClothesSwapping or Reselling Your ClothesRepurposing Your ClothesAsk a QuestionRelated Articles This article was co-authored by our trained team of editors and researchers who validated it for accuracy and comprehensiveness. Toge…

bubmagAugust 16, 2019

CCTV

Uganda’s cash-strapped cops spend $126 million on CCTV from Huawei

Traffic flows under the surveillance closed-circuit television camera (CCTV) system along Bakuli street in Kampala, Uganda August 14, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS KAMPALA: A forest of slender white poles topped with dark, unblinking eyes is quietly sprouting on th…

bubmagAugust 16, 2019

Machine Learning

Data Leviathan: China’s Burgeoning Surveillance State

Billy H.C. Kwok/Getty ImagesLaser pointers being used by protesters in Hong Kong in an effort to defeat surveillance cameras and facial recognition software used by the authorities, China, August 7, 2019 Classical totalitarianism, in which the state controls…

bubmagAugust 16, 2019

Drones

The future of the global shipping industry is… bikes

In the rush to get packages to your doorstep faster, delivery companies are experimenting with far-out technologies like drones and robots that can circumvent traffic—and that, most importantly, don’t need a conventional place to park while they deliver. But …

bubmagAugust 16, 2019

The Iranian oil tanker row has left everyone with a win – except bungling John Bolton and the US hawks

End Endless War and Bring Peace to Korea

French ‘Spiderman’ Climbs Hong Kong Skyscraper, Hoists Reconciliation Flag

Virginia Tech study issuing 300 electric scooters on campus, exploring safety concerns – 8News

China’s Ninebot unveils scooters that drive themselves to charging stations

North Korea rejects talks with the South

How to Recycle Clothes

Uganda’s cash-strapped cops spend $126 million on CCTV from Huawei

Data Leviathan: China’s Burgeoning Surveillance State

The future of the global shipping industry is… bikes

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