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Yellow Vests

Paris protesters, police clash around Champs-Elysees after parade: AFP

Paris (AFP) - French police fired tear gas at protesters during a tense standoff in central Paris on Sunday in the aftermath of the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees, AFP reporters said. Officers attempted to disperse dozens of protes…

bubmagJuly 14, 2019

Refugees

The UN Operation to Disarm Mosul’s IEDs and Unexploded Bombs

Two years ago this month, a US-led military coalition declared victory against ISIS in Mosul, liberating one of Iraq's largest cities after three years of occupation by the radical Islamist group. While the eastern part of the city is on the road to recovery,…

bubmagJuly 14, 2019

NSA

Florida DMV makes millions selling Floridians’ data…for pennies (and you can’t opt out)

Axciom buys records from Florida's DMV (which include non-driver IDs) at $0.01/each. They're just one of many, many data-brokers who buy data from the state's DMV. So many, in fact, that the state turned over $77m in data-sales in 2017. These get sold for b…

bubmagJuly 14, 2019

Animal Protection

SPA Estrie offers free course on canine behaviour after Townshippers left spooked by string of dog attacks

The brutal dog attack that nearly cost a Potton, Que., woman her life this spring has left many people in the Eastern Townships traumatized and afraid of unknown dogs. In response, the animal protection agency in the region is offering free courses to instru…

bubmagJuly 14, 2019

Old-Age Poverty

6 Ways You’re Unknowingly Sabotaging Your Retirement

What would you do if you discovered a leak in your roof? Repair it as soon as possible or wait until it led to more costly, long-term damage? For most people, the answer is easy: repair it now. But what if you didnt know about the leak until it was…

bubmagJuly 14, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

UN calls for Libyan migrant detention centres to be shut

Media captionThe attack on the Tajoura Detention Centre on 3 July killed more than 50 people The UN has called for the dismantling of all detention centres for refugees in Libya, saying the facilities are not fit to house migrants. The appeal comes nearly t…

bubmagJuly 14, 2019

Greta Thunberg

The future of flight is electric

By Molly Taft This fall, teen Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg will be touring the United States, attending two different climate summits in New York and Brazil to speak with world leaders. But the hardest part of the trip may not be wrangling foreign…

bubmagJuly 14, 2019

Obamacare

The New Plot Against Obamacare

The Affordable Care Act was an imperfect and incomplete reform. The political compromises needed to get it through Congress created a complex system in which too many people fall through the holes. Read Full Article »

bubmagJuly 14, 2019

Riots

CRISPR is less like molecular scissors and more like molecular malware

Last week I read an article about CRISPR, the latest tool scientists are using to edit DNA. It was a great piece well researched, beautifully written, factually accurate. It covered some of the amazing projects scientist are working on using CRISPR, like brin…

bubmagJuly 14, 2019

Jerusalem Controversy

Watch: New Religious Zionist party’s first campaign video

The “Noam” party, whose name and logo were revealed last week, on Sunday released its first campaign video, in which it takes aim at values propagated by the LGBT and Reform movements. The party is associated with the Har Hamor yeshiva in Jerusalem. Har Hamo…

bubmagJuly 14, 2019

Paris protesters, police clash around Champs-Elysees after parade: AFP

The UN Operation to Disarm Mosul’s IEDs and Unexploded Bombs

Florida DMV makes millions selling Floridians’ data…for pennies (and you can’t opt out)

SPA Estrie offers free course on canine behaviour after Townshippers left spooked by string of dog attacks

6 Ways You’re Unknowingly Sabotaging Your Retirement

UN calls for Libyan migrant detention centres to be shut

The future of flight is electric

The New Plot Against Obamacare

CRISPR is less like molecular scissors and more like molecular malware

Watch: New Religious Zionist party’s first campaign video

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