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Hiroshima

The 70 Years of NATO: From War to War: NATO Is Born from the Bomb

The Following text is Chapter of 1 of The 70 Years of NATO: From War to War, by the Italian Committee No War No NATO This Documentation was presented at the International Conference on the 70th Anniversary of NATO, Florence, April 7, 2019 In the course of…

bubmagApril 25, 2019

Monsanto

Glysophate, The Multiplicity of Truth, And The Fallibility of Science

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Agriculture workers. Photocredit: Getty Getty If science is our holy grail to truth, what happens when science finds conflicting truths? And who gets to decide which truth is true? These are…

bubmagApril 25, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

Elon Musk banks on his self-driving taxi service as Tesla burns through cash

Tesla's robo-taxis are needed more than ever. The company lost $702 million in the first three months of the year and the EV maker doesn't expect to be profitable again until the second half of the year, according to first quarter earnings results reported W…

bubmagApril 25, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

With U.S. Talks Faltering, North Korea Turns to Russia

There are no other effective international mechanisms at the moment, Mr. Peskov said. Therefore, it is not possible to get completely detached from this mechanism. On the other hand, you know that other countries are also applying their efforts to achieve set…

bubmagApril 25, 2019

Protectionism

The global macroeconomics of a trade war

Increasing protectionism will slow down world trade and may dampen global economic growth. This column examines the global macroeconomic consequences of a major trade conflict between the US and China, and shows that the two countries would be the biggest los…

bubmagApril 25, 2019

Global Warming

Hurricane Maria’s catastrophic rains are linked to global warming

Some 23 million girls worldwide were never born because of the use of sex-selective abortions during the past half-century. China and India account for the vast majority of these missing girls, with 11.9 million and 10.6 million, respectively. Fengqing Chao…

bubmagApril 25, 2019

Global Warming

Hurricane Maria’s catastrophic rains are linked to global warming

Some 23 million girls worldwide were never born because of the use of sex-selective abortions during the past half-century. China and India account for the vast majority of these missing girls, with 11.9 million and 10.6 million, respectively. Fengqing Chao…

bubmagApril 25, 2019

Hiroshima

Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Museum reopens

(CNN) It's one of the most popular museums in Japan and an incredibly moving memorial to the Hiroshima atomic bomb attack of 1945. The restored space uses personal artifacts such as victims' clothing to underscore the human cost of the first deployment of w…

bubmagApril 25, 2019

Paris

Notre-Dame fire: Has too much money been given to rebuild it?

Image copyrightEPA Since the fire that tore through Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris last week, donations have been pouring in from across the world to restore the structure to its former glory. Ordinary people and billionaires have pledged at least 750m (£65…

bubmagApril 25, 2019

Jerusalem Controversy

UNRWA textbooks don’t mention Israel once

JNS reported that according to a report by the Center for Near East Policy Research in Jerusalem, textbooks used by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for the grades 1 through 10 do not contain any references to Israel. In the textbooks, the J…

bubmagApril 25, 2019

The 70 Years of NATO: From War to War: NATO Is Born from the Bomb

Glysophate, The Multiplicity of Truth, And The Fallibility of Science

Elon Musk banks on his self-driving taxi service as Tesla burns through cash

With U.S. Talks Faltering, North Korea Turns to Russia

The global macroeconomics of a trade war

Hurricane Maria’s catastrophic rains are linked to global warming

Hurricane Maria’s catastrophic rains are linked to global warming

Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Museum reopens

Notre-Dame fire: Has too much money been given to rebuild it?

UNRWA textbooks don’t mention Israel once

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