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Anti-Putin Protests

Dozens detained in Moscow as opposition demands to be included in vote

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police in Moscow detained more than 25 protestors at a rally to demonstrate against a possible ban on opposition candidates running in elections to the Russian capital’s parliament. Opposition leaders cried foul after Moscow’s election co…

bubmagJuly 14, 2019

Yellow Vests

Attacker of French Jewish philosopher convicted

A man was convicted for shouting anti-Semitic epithets at French philosopher and writer Alain Finkielkraut. The 36-year-old salesman from the easteryellow vesdtsn Alsace region was sentenced to two-months’ probation, though prosecutors requested six months. …

bubmagJuly 14, 2019

Alibaba

China can effectively sanction US companies who sell weapons to Taiwan: experts

Global Times By Liu Xuanzun, Li Xuanmin and Leng Shumei Source:Global Times Published: 2019/7/14 23:23:40 Washington applying 'double standards' on Beijing's sanctions The US is deploying a double standard by calling China's proposed sanctions on US comp…

bubmagJuly 14, 2019

Yellow Vests

French police fire tear gas as protests follow Bastille Day parade

By Bate Felix PARIS (Reuters) - French police fired tear gas to disperse protesters from Paris's Champs Elysees avenue on Sunday, a few hours after President Emmanuel Macron had reviewed the traditional Bastille Day military parade alongside other European l…

bubmagJuly 14, 2019

Recycling

Secret Montreal lab makes used plastic new again – Toronto Sun

KRIS ABEL A secret Montreal laboratory has developed a breakthrough technology that may help save the planet – and keep your local taxes low at the same time. While you dutifully separate household waste into a rainbow of colorful recycling bins, many citie…

bubmagJuly 14, 2019

Xi Jinping

Huawei, Still on Commerce Department Blacklist, Reportedly Planning U.S. Layoffs

Chinese tech firm Huawei is planning on laying off hundreds of U.S. workers after landing on a Commerce Department blacklist that has savaged its ability to do business stateside, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The layoffs are expected to hit Fu…

bubmagJuly 14, 2019

Julian Assange

‘Unity4J’ Twitter Account Aimed at Supporting Julian Assange Suspended Without Explanation

bubmagJuly 14, 2019

Hiroshima

Were the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki a War Crime and a Crime Against Humanity?

Was President Harry Truman a murderer, as the renowned British analytic philosopher Gertrude Elizabeth Anscombe once charged? Were the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki indeed a war crime and a crime against humanity, as she and other academic luminar…

bubmagJuly 14, 2019

Boeing 737max

Would you fly 8 hours in a narrow-body aircraft?

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bubmagJuly 14, 2019

Refugees

Trump tells Democratic congresswomen to ‘go back’ to ‘fix’ countries they came from

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday told a group of mostly American-born Democratic congresswomen to “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came,” a comment that was condemned by Democrats a…

bubmagJuly 14, 2019

Dozens detained in Moscow as opposition demands to be included in vote

Attacker of French Jewish philosopher convicted

China can effectively sanction US companies who sell weapons to Taiwan: experts

French police fire tear gas as protests follow Bastille Day parade

Secret Montreal lab makes used plastic new again – Toronto Sun

Huawei, Still on Commerce Department Blacklist, Reportedly Planning U.S. Layoffs

‘Unity4J’ Twitter Account Aimed at Supporting Julian Assange Suspended Without Explanation

Were the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki a War Crime and a Crime Against Humanity?

Would you fly 8 hours in a narrow-body aircraft?

Trump tells Democratic congresswomen to ‘go back’ to ‘fix’ countries they came from

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