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Elon Musk

Elon Musk faces trial over ‘pedo’ tweet

Image copyrightAFPImage caption Mr Musk (R) called British diver Mr Unsworth (L) "pedo guy" Elon Musk must defend himself in court after calling a diver who helped save Thai schoolboys trapped in a cave a paedophile, a Los Angeles judge says. The federal …

bubmagMay 11, 2019

Food Industry

Why Uber’s Smart Move Could Trigger Amazon’s Killer Move

Uber Eats was started in 2014 to deliver food from restaurants in return for a 30% cut of the action and a delivery fee. But Uber Eats seems to be more than just a delivery service. Besides delivering food from established restaurants, Uber also seems to be b…

bubmagMay 11, 2019

Star Wars

‘Shop Contest: Star Wars X Sonic, Winners!

Last weekend was filled with Sonic and Star Wars news. So I asked you, the wonderful readers of Kotaku, to mash up these two franchises in our latest contest. Our winning image this week comes from Mrichston who seems to hate us. Why else would this person r…

bubmagMay 11, 2019

Paris

Zuckerberg says breaking up Facebook “isn’t going to help”

With the look of someone betrayed, Facebook’s CEO has fired back at co-founder Chris Hughes and his brutal NYT op-ed calling for regulators to split up Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. “When I read what he wrote, my main reaction was that what he’s proposin…

bubmagMay 11, 2019

Belt and Road

At least 1 dead after gunmen attack luxury hotel in southwest Pakistan: officials – Global News

QUETTA, Pakistan Three gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Pakistan’s southwestern port city of Gwadar on Saturday, killing at least one guard and battling security forces inside, officials and the army said. Balochistan Home Minister Ziaullah Langove said most…

bubmagMay 11, 2019

Neymar

Neymar Scores as PSG Defeat Angers in 2-1 Win

JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER/Getty Images Neymar helped Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain reach 88 points by scoring and assisting in a 2-1 away win against Angers at Stade Raymond Kopa on Saturday. After his diving header opened the scoring in the first half, …

bubmagMay 11, 2019

Riots

Sam Pitroda remark on 1984 anti-Sikh riots: Congress tries to limit damage in Punjab

Congress president Rahul Gandhi is learnt to have spoken with Overseas Congress chief Sam Pitroda on Saturday, and expressed his disagreement with the latters comments on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh was not only qu…

bubmagMay 11, 2019

Putin

Russia accuses US military of deploying ‘threat to our country’ ahead of Pompeo talks – Washington Examiner

U.S. military assets are threatening Russia, Moscows top diplomat alleged just days before a high-profile visit by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov pointed to President Trump's sale of missile-defense systems to Japan as…

bubmagMay 11, 2019

Christianity

RHE & The Power Of Being Wronged

On a previous post discussing why the late progressive Evangelical writer Rachel Held Evans inspired such intense devotion, a reader — a Christian academic who has studied her for years — wrote: There is the power of knowing, in your bones, that you have bee…

bubmagMay 11, 2019

Hrant Dink

Azerbaijani Wikipedia accused of administrator abuse, Armenian genocide denial

There are currently four active Meta RFCs about the Azerbaijani Wikipedia: Requests for comment/Copyright violations and no reason block by sysop on Azwiki, Requests for comment/Sysop abuse in Azerbaijani Wikipedia, Requests for comment/Racism at Azerbaijani …

bubmagMay 11, 2019

Elon Musk faces trial over ‘pedo’ tweet

Why Uber’s Smart Move Could Trigger Amazon’s Killer Move

‘Shop Contest: Star Wars X Sonic, Winners!

Zuckerberg says breaking up Facebook “isn’t going to help”

At least 1 dead after gunmen attack luxury hotel in southwest Pakistan: officials – Global News

Neymar Scores as PSG Defeat Angers in 2-1 Win

Sam Pitroda remark on 1984 anti-Sikh riots: Congress tries to limit damage in Punjab

Russia accuses US military of deploying ‘threat to our country’ ahead of Pompeo talks – Washington Examiner

RHE & The Power Of Being Wronged

Azerbaijani Wikipedia accused of administrator abuse, Armenian genocide denial

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