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Greta Thunberg

#ClimateStrike founder Greta Thunberg, Native American D-Day vet: Time to save civilization

Climate activist Greta Thunberg on Sunday urged people to recognize "the link between climate and ecological emergency and mass migration, famine, and war" as she was given the first Freedom Prize from France's Normandy region for her ongoing school strikes f…

bubmagJuly 22, 2019

Belt and Road

Australia and PNG pledge closer ties as Canberra seeks to renew Pacific influence

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia and Papua New Guinea said on Monday their leaders will meet annually in a bid to foster closer ties, which Canberra believes is important in its bid to counter China’s quest for greater influence in the Pacific. The pledge came …

bubmagJuly 22, 2019

Belt and Road

Cambodia denies deal to allow Chinese forces at its naval base

Cambodia has denied a report that it has reached a secret agreement to allow China to station its armed forces at a coastal naval base. The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that Cambodia had agreed to allow China exclusive access to part of Cambodia's …

bubmagJuly 22, 2019

Big Data

Israeli startup uses artificial intelligence to predict auto crash injuries – Detroit Free Press

Three top executives at the Israeli start-up MDGo - Eli Zerah, Gilad Avrashi and Itay Bengad, pictured from left to right - are hoping to revolutionize how first responders dispatch to car crashes. Their technology applies artificial intelligence to car senso…

bubmagJuly 22, 2019

Anti-Putin Protests

Oliver Stone Asks Vladimir Putin to Be His Daughter’s Godfather

Filmmaker Oliver Stone got up close and personal while interviewing Russian president Vladimir Putin, with the two discussing the country’s ban on “homosexual propaganda,” the “behaviours and the thinking of the new generation”… and the possibility of Putin b…

bubmagJuly 22, 2019

eSports

Geoff “iNcontroL” Robinson Dies At 33

Former StarCraft 2 pro Geoff Robinson, aka iNcontroL, died on Saturday due to sudden illness. A statement released via Robinsons official social media accounts announced his passing earlier today: Robinson was a former StarCraft 2 pro with Evil Geniuses, be…

bubmagJuly 22, 2019

California Launches Creepy “Cradle-To-Career” Data System To Track Everything About Children

Authored by Daisy Luther via The Organic Prepper blog, Just in case we havent provided you with enough creepy dystopian news lately, the nations leader in Creepy Dystopia, California, has a brand new program. The Cradle to Career Data System will study and d…

bubmagJuly 22, 2019

Electric Car

1898 Riker Electric Car heads to auction in Monterey

A pioneer electric car of great historical significance will be going to auction during Monterey Car Week next month. Built by electric car pioneer Andrew L. Riker, the car won three of America's first car races, and was exhibited alongside the famous Lohner …

bubmagJuly 22, 2019

Hiroshima

Chernobyl and I

2004: I saw the nuclear plant from the window of the plane. We arrive in a small village, where an improvised museum was created. A sleepy young man take the five people to a room where there arte some artifacts, masks, and a projector connected to an old tel…

bubmagJuly 22, 2019

Climate Change

Saving an Ice Shelf, Lunar Conspiracies, and the Butterfly Effect: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

The third week of July 2019 is past usand if you live in much of the Midwest or the East Coast, its been one helluva hot one with a heat wave breaking one-day temperature records in NYC and conditions in Washington, D.C. and Cincinnati compared to Death Valle…

bubmagJuly 22, 2019

#ClimateStrike founder Greta Thunberg, Native American D-Day vet: Time to save civilization

Australia and PNG pledge closer ties as Canberra seeks to renew Pacific influence

Cambodia denies deal to allow Chinese forces at its naval base

Israeli startup uses artificial intelligence to predict auto crash injuries – Detroit Free Press

Oliver Stone Asks Vladimir Putin to Be His Daughter’s Godfather

Geoff “iNcontroL” Robinson Dies At 33

1898 Riker Electric Car heads to auction in Monterey

Chernobyl and I

Saving an Ice Shelf, Lunar Conspiracies, and the Butterfly Effect: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

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