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Anti-Putin Protests

Former advisor to Mikhail Khodorkovsky, sentenced to 10 years in prison in absentia after 15-year-long case

A Moscow court has sentenced attorney Pavel Ivlev to 10 years in prison in absentia. Ivlev, who advised Mikhail Khodorkovsky when the anti-Putin businessman led the YUKOS oil company, was charged in a case alleging that the companys leadership stole more than…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

Theresa May attempted what increasingly looks like the impossible. Lesser beings would have caved long ago

Posted May 24, 2019 23:52:39 Yes, Theresa May did sign up for this. It could be argued Mrs May knew what she was in for when she took over as Prime Minister from David Cameron. But lesser beings would have caved months or years ago. At every turn she ha…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Filter Bubble

Social media hampers dialogue, independent thought, German politician says

Wolfgang Schäuble, president of the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament, who served as finance minister during the eurozone's debt crisis, has lamented the impact social media is having on communication and decision-making. In an interview with ne…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Paris

What’s Steve Bannon up to? Stoking race war in Paris, hugging RT’s George Galloway in Kazakhstan

Lo, how the mighty have fallen. Theresa May, yes, but also Steve Bannon. Steve Bannon is in Almaty, Kazakhstan, today, just a few of days before the long-planned handover of power from President Nursultan Äbishuly Nazarbayev to his hand-picked successor. H…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Animal Protection

After Gucci and Burberry, Prada announces its decision to go fur-free by 2020

Fur for Fashion is not deemed cool anymore with top design brand across the globe also dropping its use from their collections. After the likes of Burberry, Gucci and Versace, its now time for Prada to join the bandwagon and go fur-free. The marquee in associ…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Obamacare

U.S. health agency proposes reversing Obamacare transgender protections

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Friday proposed a rule that would roll back protections for transgender patients under Obamacare, the second rule this month the agency has put forward that would allow health pr…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

North Korea Nuclear Talks

CNN’s David Axelrod calls Trump’s presser ‘North Korean’: Maybe he’s ‘hanging with Kim Jong Un’ too much – Fox News

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bubmagMay 24, 2019

VR

If you want to unlink your Facebook account it’s a breeze

Oculus Quest gives you access to all kinds of awesome experiences in VR, and you can get extra perks if you've linked your Facebook account. But, if you decide that you want to remove the app, it's easy to do. You won't even get locked out the Oculus app, sin…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

eSports

Why We Still Need a Women-Only ‘Counter-Strike’ Tournament

This week, esports tournament organizer DreamHack announced a new Counter-Strike: Global Offensive eventthe DreamHack Showdown, which is set to be held in Valencia, Spain in early July. Its got a massive $100,000 prize pool, and will pit eight womens CS:GO te…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Doping in Cycling

Lance Armstrong on Using PEDs: I ‘Wouldn’t Change a Thing’

Lance Armstrong says he "wouldn't change a thing" regarding doping that eventually led him to winning seven Tour de France titles. Armstrong for years denied that he was cheating, but finally fessed up interview in a January 2013 interview with Oprah Winfrey…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Former advisor to Mikhail Khodorkovsky, sentenced to 10 years in prison in absentia after 15-year-long case

Theresa May attempted what increasingly looks like the impossible. Lesser beings would have caved long ago

Social media hampers dialogue, independent thought, German politician says

What’s Steve Bannon up to? Stoking race war in Paris, hugging RT’s George Galloway in Kazakhstan

After Gucci and Burberry, Prada announces its decision to go fur-free by 2020

U.S. health agency proposes reversing Obamacare transgender protections

CNN’s David Axelrod calls Trump’s presser ‘North Korean’: Maybe he’s ‘hanging with Kim Jong Un’ too much – Fox News

If you want to unlink your Facebook account it’s a breeze

Why We Still Need a Women-Only ‘Counter-Strike’ Tournament

Lance Armstrong on Using PEDs: I ‘Wouldn’t Change a Thing’

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