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Anti-Putin Protests

Victory Day: Remembering the Fallen or Propaganda for Putin? – The Moscow Times

The national holiday, Victory Day, which takes place on May 9 every year, celebrating Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, isn’t just Russia’s most important holiday. The memory of victory, known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War, is the glue …

bubmagMay 8, 2019

Singapore

Boston airport gives fast-track security clearance to bus passengers

One of Americas leading airports, Boston, is offering fast-track security clearance to anyone who travels from the city by bus. Massport, the operator of the citys Logan airport, is trying to encourage more passengers to use public transport rather than cars…

bubmagMay 8, 2019

NSA

Days before Uber’s IPO, its drivers go on strike

Fear-based local social media rises, Google releases auto-transcribing, and Chinese hackers co-opt NSA tools. Today, thousands of Uber drivers are going on strike for better wages and working conditions. Drivers in at least eight cities in the US and several …

bubmagMay 8, 2019

Food Industry

A new business in NJ — It’s rare and worth a celebration – New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio

JimmyDawn's Killer Cheesesteaks has moved from a food truck to a brick and mortar store front and I couldn't be happier for the family! It's great to see a business move in the opposite direction and actually stay in New Jersey! JimmyDawn's stopped by our st…

bubmagMay 8, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

Google Duplex is boring now. And that’s probably good – CNET

Google CEO Sundar Pichai unveiled a version of Duplex that was tamer than last year's. James Martin/CNET From the very moment Google pushed play on a mundane recording of a guy booking a dinner reservation last year, the search giant became embroiled in an…

bubmagMay 8, 2019

Greta Thunberg

Sixteen-Year-Old Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Has Book Deal For Prominent Speeches

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg has a UK book deal for a collection of her speeches, No One Is Too Small to Make A Difference, to be published in June 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra…

bubmagMay 8, 2019

Super Komachi

10 magical Japanese gardens you must visit

For centuries, the Japanese have re-created their favourite native scenery in their gardens, not only in their pond plots but also in their more esoteric-looking stone-and-gravel dry gardens. Travelling by Japan's well-organised transport network is an excel…

bubmagMay 8, 2019

AR-15

Meghan McCain would like to see Seth Meyers’ manager after he suggests being more careful with words

The inviolable line between show-biz camaraderie and political difference fairly trembled on last nights Late Night, when Seth Meyers invited The View co-host and former Saturday Night Live intern Meghan McCain on to talk about Representative Ilhan Omar. Natu…

bubmagMay 8, 2019

Nukes

Factbox: Iran’s commitments under its nuclear deal

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran’s president on Wednesday threatened to reduce his country’s implementation of its nuclear commitments under its landmark 2015 deal with major powers. That deal, signed by the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany,…

bubmagMay 8, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

Pentagon suspends efforts to recover troops’ remains as North Korea talks stall

SEOUL (Reuters) - It was one of the most concrete agreements to come out of the first U.S.-North Korea summit last year, but now the Pentagon says it has given up hope of recovering any more remains of U.S. troops killed in the 1950-1953 Korean War in the nea…

bubmagMay 8, 2019

Victory Day: Remembering the Fallen or Propaganda for Putin? – The Moscow Times

Boston airport gives fast-track security clearance to bus passengers

Days before Uber’s IPO, its drivers go on strike

A new business in NJ — It’s rare and worth a celebration – New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio

Google Duplex is boring now. And that’s probably good – CNET

Sixteen-Year-Old Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Has Book Deal For Prominent Speeches

10 magical Japanese gardens you must visit

Meghan McCain would like to see Seth Meyers’ manager after he suggests being more careful with words

Factbox: Iran’s commitments under its nuclear deal

Pentagon suspends efforts to recover troops’ remains as North Korea talks stall

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