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Yellow Vests

French Economy Unexpectedly Cools in Setback for Euro Area

(Bloomberg) -- French economic growth unexpectedly slowed, adding to risks for a euro area already shaken by a manufacturing slump and frailties in its largest economy, Germany. France was expected to show greater resilience as its less exposed to the slowdo…

bubmagJuly 30, 2019

Monsanto

Bayer Cautions on Profit as Roundup Plaintiffs Rise to 18,400

(Bloomberg) -- Bayer AG said that reaching its full-year forecast looks increasingly ambitious as bad weather threatens its agricultural divisions performance, while reporting that the number of plaintiffs in Roundup weedkiller suits increased. The number of…

bubmagJuly 30, 2019

Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg to hitch ride across Atlantic on high-speed racing boat

Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg has organised a lift across the Atlantic by boat from the UK to New York where she'll attend two climate conferences. The Swede will make the crossing with the crew of the Malizia II — an 18-metre racing boat. "Team Mali…

bubmagJuly 30, 2019

Air Pollution

App provides real-time visualisation of air pollution

Spotted: MyAir is an app provides real-time visualisation of air pollution around Skopje, North Macedonia. The app, designed by local tech developer Gorjan Jovanovski, is currently used by almost 5 percent of North Macedonias entire population. The app runs …

bubmagJuly 30, 2019

Riots

Deadly unrest in Latin America’s jails…

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - The deadly riot in a prison at Altamira in northern Brazil, which left more than 50 dead on Monday, is the latest unrest in Latin America's notoriously overcrowded jails. Of the deadliest prison riots around the world in recent years, …

bubmagJuly 30, 2019

Hiroshima

This Day in History — July 30

Today is the 211th day of 2019. There are 154 days left in the year. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT 1945: The USS Indianapolis, which had just delivered key components of the Hiroshima atomic bomb to the Pacific island of Tinian, is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. On…

bubmagJuly 30, 2019

Slavery Abolition

Dissecting ‘Uncle Tom’ as an insult

I recently reread one of my favorite books, Uncle Tom's Cabin. I'm fond of the book, partly because I spent my early 20s living on Forest Street in Hartford, Connecticut, and got to gaze at the beautiful Harriet Beecher Stowe house daily. Because of this pr…

bubmagJuly 30, 2019

Skateboard

This Innovative Skateboarder’s Secret Weapon: Skydiving

It doesnt matter if hes dropping in on a 65-foot mega ramp or jumping out of a plane 13,000 feet above the patchwork ground below him being airborne feels like home for Mitchie Brusco. The 22-year-old pro skateboarder has never been satisfied just spinning …

bubmagJuly 30, 2019

Belt and Road

China Belt and Road power investments surge from 2014-2019: study

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese equity investment in solar, wind and coal power projects in Belt and Road countries has surged from 2014 to 2019, with planned capacity up more than tenfold compared to the previous five-year period, environmental group Greenpeace…

bubmagJuly 30, 2019

Belt and Road

China Belt and Road power investments surge from 2014-2019: study

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese equity investment in solar, wind and coal power projects in Belt and Road countries has surged from 2014 to 2019, with planned capacity up more than tenfold compared to the previous five-year period, environmental group Greenpeace…

bubmagJuly 30, 2019

French Economy Unexpectedly Cools in Setback for Euro Area

Bayer Cautions on Profit as Roundup Plaintiffs Rise to 18,400

Greta Thunberg to hitch ride across Atlantic on high-speed racing boat

App provides real-time visualisation of air pollution

Deadly unrest in Latin America’s jails…

This Day in History — July 30

Dissecting ‘Uncle Tom’ as an insult

This Innovative Skateboarder’s Secret Weapon: Skydiving

China Belt and Road power investments surge from 2014-2019: study

China Belt and Road power investments surge from 2014-2019: study

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