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Mexico Border Wall

US border: Calls for inquiry after teen dies in detention

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Border officials say their facilities for processing migrants are at breaking point Opposition Democrats in the US have demanded an inquiry after a 16-year-old migrant died at a detention centre on the border with M…

bubmagMay 22, 2019

Brexit

May Faces Pressure to Abandon Vote on Brexit Law and Resign

(Bloomberg) -- Follow @Brexit, sign up to our Brexit Bulletin, and tell us your Brexit story. Theresa May is facing pressure to abandon her Brexit deal and quit as British prime minister within days, according to people familiar with the matter. Several se…

bubmagMay 22, 2019

Barack Obama

Best of Late Night: Late-Night Hosts Await Trump’s Financial Records

The judge rejected the White House claim that Congress does not have legitimate oversight, pointing to precedents involving James Buchanan, Warren G. Harding, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton. Or, as history will remember them, bizarro Mount Rushmore. STEPHEN C…

bubmagMay 22, 2019

Yemen Civil War

France Threatens Journalists With Jail Time For Exposing Government Lies About Yemen

Via Middle East Eye, France has threatened three French journalists with potential jail time for using secret documents to reveal the country's involvement in the Yemen civil war. In a series of reports published in April, investigative journalists from Di…

bubmagMay 22, 2019

Brexit

May’s Desperate Gamble on a New Brexit Referendum Falls Flat

(Bloomberg) -- Follow @Brexit, sign up to our Brexit Bulletin, and tell us your Brexit story. Theresa May made a desperate final gamble to get her Brexit deal through the British Parliament before shes thrown out of office -- but her efforts looked doomed. …

bubmagMay 22, 2019

Animal Protection

Canada shuts down zoo, charges owner with cruelty

Norman Trahan, owner of the Saint-Edouard Zoo in Saint-Edouard-de-Maskinonge, about 120 kilometres northeast of Montreal, faces charges of animal cruelty and neglect. SCREENGRAB: SAINT-EDOUARD ZOO WEBSITE MONTREAL: Canadian authorities on Tuesday raided a z…

bubmagMay 22, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Marking GDPR Anniversary, nCipher Survey Reveals Americans’ Data Privacy Attitudes

SUNRISE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect in the European Union a year ago this month. GDPR, which gives EU citizens more control over their personal data by mandating how businesses must handle th…

bubmagMay 22, 2019

Protectionism

China’s trade-war weapon against the US: ancient proverbs

Americans certainly like quoting Chinese proverbs. The pithy dictums are found in fortune cookies, and politicians like to use them to make a point, toonever mind the fact that the veracity of the wise sayings attributed to Confucius are often in doubt. Earl…

bubmagMay 22, 2019

Doping in Cycling

Alex Rasmussen – Zwift’s ‘Man in Scandinavia’

Past Champ Interview: Great Dane, Alex Rasmussen is a star rider from not that long ago, last Pro road race in September 2016, so no 'dinosaur'. Ed Hood caught up with his old '6 Day' compadre to talk of his career and his new venture into the possible future…

bubmagMay 22, 2019

Global Warming

Is your favorite fashion brand greenwashing? Use this checklist to find out

Recommender The apps, books, movies, music, TV shows, and art are inspiring our some of the most creative people in business this month

bubmagMay 22, 2019

US border: Calls for inquiry after teen dies in detention

May Faces Pressure to Abandon Vote on Brexit Law and Resign

Best of Late Night: Late-Night Hosts Await Trump’s Financial Records

France Threatens Journalists With Jail Time For Exposing Government Lies About Yemen

May’s Desperate Gamble on a New Brexit Referendum Falls Flat

Canada shuts down zoo, charges owner with cruelty

Marking GDPR Anniversary, nCipher Survey Reveals Americans’ Data Privacy Attitudes

China’s trade-war weapon against the US: ancient proverbs

Alex Rasmussen – Zwift’s ‘Man in Scandinavia’

Is your favorite fashion brand greenwashing? Use this checklist to find out

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