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Teaching in China

Writes William L Anderson: Lew, Im teaching a course at Hunan University of Commerce in Changsha (Intermediate Microeconomics) and read part of your article to Paulette this morning. It is interesting to see the transformation in China, and, as always, I am…

bubmagMay 22, 2019

Bees

Declining bee populations threaten global food security, nutrition — FAO

The global decline in bee populations poses a serious threat to a wide variety of plants critical to human well-being and livelihoods, and countries should do more to safeguard them in the fight against hunger and malnutrition, FAO stressed Monday, as it mark…

bubmagMay 22, 2019

Trade War

US firms in China fear ‘retaliation’ against Huawei curbs: AmCham

Image copyrightGetty Images A top business lobby group representing American firms in China said they have "real concerns" over how Beijing may respond to US action taken against Huawei. Speaking to the BBC, AmCham China chairman Tim Stratford said its mem…

bubmagMay 22, 2019

NATO

Europe’s Far-Right Leaders Are Using Facebook to Transcend Borders

ATHENS—Late last year, a video titled “Time to Shake Up Brussels!” appeared in my Facebook News Feed. It depicted images of violence, painted refugees and Muslims as a threat to the Continent, and laid blame with a Belgian politician who has consistently been…

bubmagMay 22, 2019

Korean War

US business group: Tariffs are hurting US firms in China

A major business lobby group in the United States has said increased tariffs between Washington and Beijing are hurting the competitiveness of US firms operating in China, adding that many are moving or planning to relocate their factories elsewhere in the w…

bubmagMay 22, 2019

Palestine

Lina Soualem’s ‘Their Algeria’ Wins First Docs-in-Progress Award

CANNES–Lina Soualem’s “Their Algeria” won the inaugural Docs-in-Progress Award, a €10,000 ($11,300) cash prize given out by the Cannes Film Market’s Doc Corner with the support of the Intl. Film Talent Association (IEFTA), which was presented Tuesday at a cer…

bubmagMay 22, 2019

Barack Obama

Stephen Colbert Hits Mitch McConnell With Supreme Warning: ‘Payback’s A Mitch!’

Stephen Colbert appears to be enjoying the irony of the latest legal twist in a court case involving President Donald Trump. Trump lost when he went to court to try to block a House committee from obtaining his financial records, and his attorney vowed to ap…

bubmagMay 22, 2019

Google

Following a report about misleading ads placed by anti-abortion groups, Google Ads updates its policies

Starting next month, Google will enforce new policies for ads related to abortion in the United States, United Kingdom and Ireland. Google will now require advertisers that want to run ads with abortion-related keywords to apply for certification as an organi…

bubmagMay 22, 2019

SpaceX

How to watch SpaceX launch its first 60 Starlink satellites – CNET

Falcon 9 blasts off. SpaceX SpaceX is again gearing up to send the first 60 satellites in the Starlink megaconstellation to space. After multiple delays, the company announced Monday the new launch window will open May 23. Here's when and how to follow the …

bubmagMay 22, 2019

Singapore

Podcast | Digging Deeper: India#39;s online grocery market is green and still a battle of unequals

Harish Puppala | Rakesh Sharma Online grocery is witnessing something of a boom in India. According to US grocery shopper trends in 2018, 43 percent of all millennials occasionally or fairly often shopped for groceries online. The trickledown effect of this…

bubmagMay 22, 2019

Declining bee populations threaten global food security, nutrition — FAO

US firms in China fear ‘retaliation’ against Huawei curbs: AmCham

Europe’s Far-Right Leaders Are Using Facebook to Transcend Borders

US business group: Tariffs are hurting US firms in China

Lina Soualem’s ‘Their Algeria’ Wins First Docs-in-Progress Award

Stephen Colbert Hits Mitch McConnell With Supreme Warning: ‘Payback’s A Mitch!’

Following a report about misleading ads placed by anti-abortion groups, Google Ads updates its policies

How to watch SpaceX launch its first 60 Starlink satellites – CNET

Podcast | Digging Deeper: India#39;s online grocery market is green and still a battle of unequals

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