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Orangutan

Trump abandons ‘invaluable brake on nuclear war’ as US withdraws from Cold War weapons treaty with Russia

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres says that "the world will lose an invaluable brake on nuclear war" as a landmark treaty between Moscow and Washington expired on Friday. In February, the US began withdrawing from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear For…

bubmagAugust 2, 2019

Slavery Abolition

Quentin Tarantino’s movies are about the power of stories to mold reality. Especially in unexpected ways.

This essay discusses plot points in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. The author strongly recommends bookmarking this for after you have seen the movie. The notion that Quentin Tarantinos films are too obsessed with other films has always struck me as intriguin…

bubmagAugust 2, 2019

Little Italy

The 8 most unhealthy foods on your favorite restaurant menus

Though many US restaurant chains are making concerted efforts to integrate healthier meal and ingredient options, there are still some especially calorie-packing items lurking on their menus. The Center for Science in the Public Interest recently released …

bubmagAugust 2, 2019

NATO

Demise of U.S-Russia missile treaty sparks concerns of domino effect

The official pullout from the INF Treaty comes six months after the Trump administration previewed its intention to scrap the 1987 agreement, citing repeated Russian violations. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The departure of the U.S. from the Intermediate-…

bubmagAugust 2, 2019

Holocaust

Jesse Jackson pays homage to Roma at Auschwitz ceremony

OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) American civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson prayed and mourned at Auschwitz-Birkenau on Friday as he joined survivors paying homage to an often forgotten genocide that of the Roma people on a key 75th anniversary. In addition …

bubmagAugust 2, 2019

Gundam

Gundam Battle: Gunpla Warfare brings Gundam building and mech fighting to mobile

The dream is now real. Players can build specialized Gundams to fight Zeon Zakus in Gundam Battle: Gunpla Warfare while on the go. Available on Android and iOS title, Gundam Battle: Gunpla Warfare features a complex virtual workshop for players to put togeth…

bubmagAugust 2, 2019

Biological Warfare

Trump slaps new sanctions on Russia over chemical weapons use

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump slapped new sanctions on Russia for its poisoning of an ex-spy in the United Kingdom in 2018, a move that combines months of delay from the Trump administration and mounting pressure from Congress for the President to ac…

bubmagAugust 2, 2019

Monsanto

How a fierce debate over GMO could determine the future of agriculture in Africa

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. All images by Ankur Paliwal for Undark. Under the noonday sun, Alimatu Alidu uses a stone to grind tomato, red pepper, and small crayfish into a red paste. Drops of sweat collect on her forehea…

bubmagAugust 2, 2019

Electric Car

Trump is trying to kill electric cars but will kill jobs and the climate instead

bubmagAugust 2, 2019

Filter Bubble

This hacker will trick you, and you’ll be glad she did – CNET

Most hackers attack software. _sn0ww hacks the real world. She's a master of disguise who carries gadgets that can secretly copy your keyfobs, she can program a mobile app to copy and mimic your phone, and she discovered our passwords without writing a single…

bubmagAugust 2, 2019

Trump abandons ‘invaluable brake on nuclear war’ as US withdraws from Cold War weapons treaty with Russia

Quentin Tarantino’s movies are about the power of stories to mold reality. Especially in unexpected ways.

The 8 most unhealthy foods on your favorite restaurant menus

Demise of U.S-Russia missile treaty sparks concerns of domino effect

Jesse Jackson pays homage to Roma at Auschwitz ceremony

Gundam Battle: Gunpla Warfare brings Gundam building and mech fighting to mobile

Trump slaps new sanctions on Russia over chemical weapons use

How a fierce debate over GMO could determine the future of agriculture in Africa

Trump is trying to kill electric cars but will kill jobs and the climate instead

This hacker will trick you, and you’ll be glad she did – CNET

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