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Belt and Road

The Real Trade War: Whose Rules Will Reign?

Ray Gaesser, a soybean farmer in Corning, Iowa, is on the front lines of the escalating trade war between the U.S. and China. Last fall, he was optimistic that the world’s two largest economies would seal a deal that would keep his crops moving to market in C…

bubmagMay 16, 2019

Greta Thunberg

Italy’s Climate Change-Skeptic Government Wants To Host The UN’s Flagship Climate Change Conference

LONDON Italy is banking on European Union governments backing its bid to host next years UN flagship climate change summit, despite its deputy prime ministers sketchy record on the issue. The nationalist Lega party, the junior partner in Italys governing coa…

bubmagMay 16, 2019

New York City

New York City Mayor de Blasio to join crowded Democratic presidential field

By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who emerged as a progressive standard-bearer in 2013 but has struggled amid middling approval ratings to build a national profile, will enter the 2020 presidential race on Thursday, accord…

bubmagMay 16, 2019

China says social credit system ‘will restore morality’ after listing millions as ‘untrustworthy’

China's social credit system, which rates its 1.4 billion citizens based on their daily behaviour, will help the country restore morality, state media reported. 'China's ongoing construction of the world's largest social credit system will help the country …

bubmagMay 16, 2019

Electric Scooter

Boosted Rev electric scooter unveiled for $1,599

Electric personal vehicle manufacturer and design company Boosted has unveiled their latest creation in the form of the Boosted Rev electric scooter which will be officially available worldwide during the summer months of 2019 priced at roughly $1,599. The ne…

bubmagMay 16, 2019

Monsanto

The media has turned against Monsanto, and Bayer is now facing a “snowball effect” of new lawsuits from victims of Roundup (glyphosate) exposure

The media has turned against Monsanto, and Bayer is now facing a "snowball effect" of new lawsuits from victims of Roundup (glyphosate) exposure

bubmagMay 16, 2019

Drones

Rescue Drones Need to Learn How Lost Humans Think

Frantic parents call 911 to report a child has wandered away from a state forest campsite. An unexpected storm strands hunters deep in a wilderness preserve. The U.S. National Park Service documented almost 3,500 search and rescue missions in 2017 alone. And …

bubmagMay 16, 2019

Venezuela

5 things to know for May 16: Immigration, abortion, Sudan, California wildfires, Venezuela

(CNN)A Hershey's candy bar with emojis? It's going to happen as the popular treat gets a makeover for the first time in its history. Here's what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get "5 Things You Need to Know Today" del…

bubmagMay 16, 2019

Little Italy

Why Chinatown Is So Delicious, And Why It Might Not Be So Forever

During summers when I was in high school, my cousins and I would help out at my uncles Chinese restaurant on Staten Island, N.Y. Wed stay at his house, wake up early and ride into the city with him in a Chevy Lumina minivan with the back two rows of…

bubmagMay 16, 2019

Geely

Lotus Promises Type 130 Electric Hypercar Will Be “Mind-Blowing”

Lotus is working on an all-electric hypercar and, according CEO Phil Popham, it will be extraordinary. The British car manufacturer announced the Type 130 roughly one month ago after weeks of speculation that it was teaming up with Williams to develop such a…

bubmagMay 16, 2019

The Real Trade War: Whose Rules Will Reign?

Italy’s Climate Change-Skeptic Government Wants To Host The UN’s Flagship Climate Change Conference

New York City Mayor de Blasio to join crowded Democratic presidential field

Boosted Rev electric scooter unveiled for $1,599

The media has turned against Monsanto, and Bayer is now facing a “snowball effect” of new lawsuits from victims of Roundup (glyphosate) exposure

Rescue Drones Need to Learn How Lost Humans Think

5 things to know for May 16: Immigration, abortion, Sudan, California wildfires, Venezuela

Why Chinatown Is So Delicious, And Why It Might Not Be So Forever

Lotus Promises Type 130 Electric Hypercar Will Be “Mind-Blowing”

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