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The wrong US response to Russia and China may trigger a “new Cold War,” warns Stanford University’s Larry Diamond

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the SPIEF 2019 Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum on June 7, 2019. | Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images If America frames its response to Russia and China as one of “civilizational stru…

bubmagAugust 7, 2019

Food Industry

UK food industry looks to avoid shortages in no-deal Brexit

LONDON (AP) The U.K. food industry is asking the government to set aside competition rules so companies can coordinate supply decisions to combat shortages in the event Britain leaves the European Union without an agreement on future trade relations. The Foo…

bubmagAugust 7, 2019

Elon Musk

Elon Musk used to claim the Tesla Model 3 was the safest car on earth. Then he got a cease-and-desist from the US government.

Elon Musk earned a harsh rebuke from the US road safety regulator for claiming that the Tesla Model 3 is the safest car in the world, according to newly-published documents. Musk was sent a cease-and-desist letter by the National Highway Traffic Safety Adm…

bubmagAugust 7, 2019

Little Italy

Baltimore Flooding: Images, Video Show Severe Thunderstorms Cause Huge Deluge in Parts of Maryland

Baltimore residents shared images on social media of some freak flash flooding that saw water levels rise over cars on Tuesday evening. According to the Baltimore Sun, there was "pockets of flooding" in the city following a "significant thunderstorm" that hi…

bubmagAugust 7, 2019

Exoskeleton

Created From The Recycled Tire Tubes, The Pangolin By Cyclus Takes Backpacks To Another Level

2010’s Steel Pencil Design Award winner, the Pangolin by Cyclus takes backpacks to another level. Handmade by Colombian people in need and consisted of recycled tire inner tubes, the backpack is inspired by the pangolin, a mammal that possesses large keratin …

bubmagAugust 7, 2019

Elon Musk

Elon Musk tweets spectacular video of a boat catching a SpaceX rocket nose falling from space

SpaceX snatched a rocket nose out of the sky — and CEO Elon Musk posted a video of the moment on Twitter. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched an AMOS-17 communications satellite at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Tuesday. The launch took place…

bubmagAugust 7, 2019

NATO

NATO needs to address China’s rise, says Stoltenberg

SYDNEY (Reuters) - NATO needs to understand the implications of China’s rise as Beijing expands its power around the world, including areas that may challenge members of the North Atlantic security body, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday. …

bubmagAugust 7, 2019

Animal Protection

‘We need a meat tax’: German politicians pitch plan to improve animal welfare

German politicians are speaking out in favour of raising the VAT (Mehrwertsteuer) on meat in a bid to improve animal welfare and cut CO2 emissions. The decision makers want to raise the tax to the standard VAT, or 19 percent, up from the current seven perce…

bubmagAugust 7, 2019

NATO

Taliban claim suicide car bombing in west Kabul, dozens hurt

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) A suicide car bomber targeted the police headquarters in a minority Shiite neighborhood in western Kabul on Wednesday, setting off a huge explosion that wounded dozens of people, Afghan officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibilit…

bubmagAugust 7, 2019

Times Square

Motorcycles backfiring mistaken for an active shooter in Times Square – WPTV.com

After a weekend of two mass shootings that left a combined total of at least 31 dead, police say motorcycles backfiring in the popular New York tourist destination Times Square led people to believe they were at the center of a third. The confusion took plac…

bubmagAugust 7, 2019

UK food industry looks to avoid shortages in no-deal Brexit

Elon Musk used to claim the Tesla Model 3 was the safest car on earth. Then he got a cease-and-desist from the US government.

Baltimore Flooding: Images, Video Show Severe Thunderstorms Cause Huge Deluge in Parts of Maryland

Created From The Recycled Tire Tubes, The Pangolin By Cyclus Takes Backpacks To Another Level

Elon Musk tweets spectacular video of a boat catching a SpaceX rocket nose falling from space

NATO needs to address China’s rise, says Stoltenberg

‘We need a meat tax’: German politicians pitch plan to improve animal welfare

Taliban claim suicide car bombing in west Kabul, dozens hurt

Motorcycles backfiring mistaken for an active shooter in Times Square – WPTV.com

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