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Big Data

How Cities Are Becoming Smarter With Big Data

Cities are growing at alarming speeds as they become highly populated and more urbanized. Citizens are living in closed environments, and climate issues are providing ever more threats to citizens. Busy roads, traffic, and public services are all issues that …

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Julian Assange

What the U.S. charges against Julian Assange mean for press freedom

Nothing good. The United States today filed 17 new charges against Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks. Assange is charged with publishing classified material. The Justice Department says they charged this because he revealed the names of confidential sourc…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Cold War

Stock Market Falls as Trade War Between the U.S. and China Gets Nastier by the Day

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The U.S. Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), which measures business activity in the manufacturing and service sectors, fell to its lowest level in nine years this month. At a reading of 50.6, the P…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Hiroshima

FLASHBACK – Lawsuit Challenges U.S. “Ambiguity” Toward Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal

Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, January/February, 2015, pp. 28-29 Special Report By Grant F. Smith In 1958 Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion designated super-lobbyist Abraham Feinberg as the North American coordinator to raise funds for Isr…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Xi Jinping

Trump pledges $16B for farmers hurt by China trade war – Global News

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump rolled out another $16 billion in aid for farmers hurt by his trade policies, and financial markets shook Thursday on the growing realization that the U.S. and China are far from settling a bitter, year-long trade disp…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Putin

Trump Today: Trump Today: Saying Pelosi has ‘lost it,’ president defends his demeanor

President Donald Trump says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has lost it. President Donald Trump on Thursday tore into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, saying the California Democrat had lost it after she suggested his family hold an intervention for the good of the c…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Cold War

Fresh Narratives of Familiar Wars

Another military venture in which the 45th Division played a part was the landing on the French Riviera in August 1944. Two Navy sailors who participated in that generally neglected operation were named Yogi Berra and Lenny Bruce, but the landing in southern …

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Holocaust

Judith Kerr, Beloved Children’s Author Who Fled Nazi Germany, Dies at 95

Ms. Kerrs modest humility and wry wit made her a beloved figure. She received many awards in her lifetime and was named in 2012 an OBE, or an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, for childrens literature and Holocaust education. In a 20…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Julian Assange

Julian Assange faces 17 new charges over WikiLeaks, attempted hacks – CNET

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures from the window of a prison van as he is driven into Southwark Crown Court in London on May 1, 2019. Daniel Leal-olivas / AFP/Getty Images The Justice Department has announced 17 new charges against Julian Assange o…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Julian Assange

Your Friday Briefing

But the history of the hamburger is a winding food tale that dates back to the first century, when Romans served a minced meat dish. Hamburg was known for its high-quality beef, so when German immigrants began going to the U.S. in the mid-19th century, resta…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

How Cities Are Becoming Smarter With Big Data

What the U.S. charges against Julian Assange mean for press freedom

Stock Market Falls as Trade War Between the U.S. and China Gets Nastier by the Day

FLASHBACK – Lawsuit Challenges U.S. “Ambiguity” Toward Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal

Trump pledges $16B for farmers hurt by China trade war – Global News

Trump Today: Trump Today: Saying Pelosi has ‘lost it,’ president defends his demeanor

Fresh Narratives of Familiar Wars

Judith Kerr, Beloved Children’s Author Who Fled Nazi Germany, Dies at 95

Julian Assange faces 17 new charges over WikiLeaks, attempted hacks – CNET

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