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The U.S.’ Welcome of China on Afghan Peace Process Headed for Win-win Results

“We welcome the positive role of Russia, China, and any other country in the Afghan peace process”, a U.S. State Department official said on Friday, an unexpected announcement considering the increased trade tensions between the U.S. and China after Washingto…

bubmagMay 13, 2019

Scotland

Best world whiskies: Find a dram to suit all budgets

Heard in every note of every ancient song belted on Burns Night, raised in loving memory on the distant coasts of Ireland, warming the chest of an isolated fisherman in Canada, rousing memories of yesteryear on a porch in Tennessee, toasting well earned retir…

bubmagMay 13, 2019

Blockchain

Flexa will let you pay at Whole Foods using your bitcoin

A new payment network called Flexa is launching today that’ll let you spend cryptocurrencies in physical stores. The technology currently supports bitcoin, ether, bitcoin cash, and the gemini dollar, and it’ll work at retailers including GameStop, Nordstrom, …

bubmagMay 13, 2019

Geely

Trump Administration Identifies Who Will Pay For the Trade War: You

A Trump administration official contradicts Trump over the trade war with China that will affect cars and much more, Lotus is getting a ton of investment, theres a shakeup at Fiat Chrysler, and more for The Morning Shift of Monday, May 13, 2019. 1st Gear: Tr…

bubmagMay 13, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

Automate the Freight: Shipping Containers Sorted by Robot Stevedores

Towering behemoths are prowling the docks of Auckland, New Zealand, in a neverending shuffle of shipping containers, stacking and unstacking them like so many out-sized LEGO bricks. And they’re doing it all without human guidance. Its hard to overstate the i…

bubmagMay 13, 2019

Skateboard

35 things to inspire you during your 2019 self-love sessions

May is National Masturbation Month, and we're celebrating with Feeling Yourself, a series exploring the finer points of self-pleasure. So far, 2019 hasn't been a particularly sexy year. When you think about, we've all had to watch a lot of straight-up nonse…

bubmagMay 13, 2019

Protectionism

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Tweet George Will explains the danger of dabbling in protectionism. A slice: Protectionists, who are comfortable with cognitive dissonance, say their policy is necessary because economic conditions would be even better with more protection. And they say pro…

bubmagMay 13, 2019

Filter Bubble

Instagram unveils curated @shop account to showcase online merchants

Brief: Instagram created a special account called @shop that brings together posts from online merchants that sell products through the image-sharing app, according to an announcement from the Facebook-owned company. The curated account aims to showcase top…

bubmagMay 13, 2019

Xi Jinping

China announces tariff retaliation as Trump defends US moves

President Donald Trump on Monday continued to defend his escalating trade war with China as good economic policy as China announced plans to retaliate against the latest U.S. move to hike the tariff rate on Chinese goods. Interested in China? Add China as a…

bubmagMay 13, 2019

Air Pollution

Delhi hit by rare summer air pollution alert

New Delhi suffered a rare summer air pollution alert Monday as dust storms and heat over northern India took smog to hazardous levels. The world's most polluted capital city is blanketed in a toxic smog of car fumes, agricultural smoke and factory waste most…

bubmagMay 13, 2019

The U.S.’ Welcome of China on Afghan Peace Process Headed for Win-win Results

Best world whiskies: Find a dram to suit all budgets

Flexa will let you pay at Whole Foods using your bitcoin

Trump Administration Identifies Who Will Pay For the Trade War: You

Automate the Freight: Shipping Containers Sorted by Robot Stevedores

35 things to inspire you during your 2019 self-love sessions

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Instagram unveils curated @shop account to showcase online merchants

China announces tariff retaliation as Trump defends US moves

Delhi hit by rare summer air pollution alert

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