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Animal Protection

Colorado Proclaims Statewide Annual Animal Welfare Day

On May 1, 2019, Colorado Governor Jared Polis and First Gentleman Marlon Reis (also see) proclaimed May 1 as Colorado Animal Welfare Day. They also established a People for Animal Welfare (PAW) committee to play an advisory role on issues related to animal we…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi Arabia Temporarily Releases Four Detained Women’s Rights Activists

Saudi Arabian authorities on Thursday temporarily released at least four women’s rights activists whose arrests, on charges of undermining state security, had provoked an international outcry and added to criticism of the kingdom’s human rights record. The d…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Air Pollution

India election 2019: The killer air no one’s talking about

Image copyrightGetty Images Pollution killed at least 1.2 million Indians in 2017, but as the country votes in a general election, is fixing the bad air any party or politician's priority? The BBC's Geeta Pandey reports from Kanpur which topped a global list…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Maiko

おしゃれな人に訊いた、おしゃれな人。vol.27 maiko

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Greta Thunberg

The Greta effect? Meet the schoolgirl climate warriors

This Friday, like many Fridays before it, Haven Coleman will not be attending school. The 13-year-old is taking a stand. Coleman, from Denver, Colorado, is risking her education to strike for climate change action. She told the BBC her decision was down to o…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

Trail Blazers’ Enes Kanter, NBPA Respond to ‘Go Back to Turkey’ Comment From Nuggets Fan

During Game 2 of the Trail Blazers' second-round series against the Nuggets, a Denver fan told Enes Kanter, "Go back to Turkey, oh wait, you can't," according to ESPN.com's Royce Young. Kanter called the comment "hurtful" when he responded on Twitter Thursda…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Times Square

Surprise! Blake Lively debuts baby bump at Ryan Reynolds’ ‘Detective Pikachu’ premiere

Ryan Reynolds stars as the adorable title gumshoe of the family-friendly action comedy 'Pokemon Detective Pikachu,' based in the hit video games. USA TODAY Baby on board! Blake Lively, 31, debuted a baby bump at the premiere of her husband Ryan Reynolds' …

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Bubble

Comment of the Day: Automotive Evolution Edition

I want to begin by saying that the Autech Stelvio Zagato is a spectacular rendition of late 1980s excess. It is the large beautiful wedge love of my life, and I will not hear a single disparaging word against it. While it may not be classically handsome, it h…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Star Wars

Peter Mayhew, soul of Chewbacca, has died at 74

Days before his 75th birthday, and mere weeks before the 42nd anniversary of Star Wars, one of its leading lights has gone out of the world. Peter Mayhew, the 7-ft.-2-in. British actor whose name is forever synonymous with Chewbacca the Wookiee, died this w…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

Early Uber advisor Bradley Tusk looks back — and forward — on the eve of its IPO

Bradley Tusk’s story is well-known by now. A political operative who managed Michael Bloomberg’s successful third mayoral campaign, Tusk soon turned a bonus from his powerful boss into an opportunity that most people can only dream about. He launched his own …

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Colorado Proclaims Statewide Annual Animal Welfare Day

Saudi Arabia Temporarily Releases Four Detained Women’s Rights Activists

India election 2019: The killer air no one’s talking about

おしゃれな人に訊いた、おしゃれな人。vol.27 maiko

The Greta effect? Meet the schoolgirl climate warriors

Trail Blazers’ Enes Kanter, NBPA Respond to ‘Go Back to Turkey’ Comment From Nuggets Fan

Surprise! Blake Lively debuts baby bump at Ryan Reynolds’ ‘Detective Pikachu’ premiere

Comment of the Day: Automotive Evolution Edition

Peter Mayhew, soul of Chewbacca, has died at 74

Early Uber advisor Bradley Tusk looks back — and forward — on the eve of its IPO

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