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Orangutan

Doomsday cult leader who beat and tortured followers to ‘drive out evil spirits’ is jailed

The leader of a South Korean doomsday cult has been sentenced to six years in prison for beating her followers and detaining them in Fiji. Shin Ok-ju, founder of the Grace Road Church, convinced 400 of her followers to move to Fiji in 2014 after she claimed …

bubmagJuly 31, 2019

Hrant Dink

If a no-deal Brexit happens, mega corporations could sue the government for billions in secret courts

Imagine a world where transnational corporations dont have to follow the same laws as everyone else, but instead have their own corporate courts, where the law is tailored to their interests. Not courts where the companies are put on trial, but where corporat…

bubmagJuly 31, 2019

China's Strategy

Today on Fox News, July 31, 2019

STAY TUNED On Fox News: Fox & Friends, 6 a.m. ET: Former U.S. Rep. John Delaney, D-Md., on his performance in Tuesday's 2020 Democratic presidential primary debate; Fox Nation host Tomi Lahren on the student loan crisis and the 2020 Democrats who voted…

bubmagJuly 31, 2019

Bubble

Wang & Söderström on their watery identity and exhibition design for Ocean Plastics

If you were inclined, you could spend all day shouting ever more overwhelming plastic stats at passersby. For instance every day eight million pieces of plastic wash into the ocean, meaning that there are something like 5.25 trillion pieces floating in the se…

bubmagJuly 31, 2019

Brexit

Steve Bannon says Boris Johnson ‘has done a terrific job’

Boris Johnson has a done a "terrific job" and will provide "true leadership" as prime minister of the United Kingdom, according to Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon. Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Bannon said "it was inevitabl…

bubmagJuly 31, 2019

Super Komachi

Hitachi to build 165 train cars for British railway operator Abellio U.K.

Hitachi Ltd. said Wednesday it has reached a deal with British railway operator Abellio U.K. to build 165 train cars for £400 million (¥52.8 billion). Abellio U.K. plans to introduce a new fleet of trains made by Hitachi on the Midland Main Line in England, …

bubmagJuly 31, 2019

Julian Assange

Swedish Prosecutor Wants to Question WikiLeaks Founder Assange in UK – Swedish Ambassador

Swedish Prosecutor Wants to Question WikiLeaks Founder Assange in UK - Swedish Ambassador

bubmagJuly 31, 2019

Little Red Riding Hood

The Strange Voyage to Treasure Planet – Part One

Was the animated feature film Treasure Planet (2002) one of Disney's biggest failures since it was the worst performing Disney animated film of all time, or is it a lost cinematic gem waiting to be rediscovered? The science fantasy was a long time dream proje…

bubmagJuly 31, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

North Korea fires two ‘new’ short-range ballistic missiles 155 miles into the sea

North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles, almost exactly a week after it tested two other missiles in an attempt to put pressure on the US to halt military drills with South Korea and restart nuclear disarmament talks. The two missiles fired …

bubmagJuly 31, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

Pink Seesaws Installed along US-Mexico Border

Two design professors have designed and built a set of fluorescent pink seesaws along the US-Mexico border, seeking to evoke a concept of unity and play between the two sides. As reported by The Guardian, the set was installed along the steel border fence on …

bubmagJuly 31, 2019

Doomsday cult leader who beat and tortured followers to ‘drive out evil spirits’ is jailed

If a no-deal Brexit happens, mega corporations could sue the government for billions in secret courts

Today on Fox News, July 31, 2019

Wang & Söderström on their watery identity and exhibition design for Ocean Plastics

Steve Bannon says Boris Johnson ‘has done a terrific job’

Hitachi to build 165 train cars for British railway operator Abellio U.K.

Swedish Prosecutor Wants to Question WikiLeaks Founder Assange in UK – Swedish Ambassador

The Strange Voyage to Treasure Planet – Part One

North Korea fires two ‘new’ short-range ballistic missiles 155 miles into the sea

Pink Seesaws Installed along US-Mexico Border

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