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Unwelcome Refugees

Stop Surveillance Humanitarianism

Biometric and digital identity technologies can seriously disrupt the lives of displaced people. Interviewing dozens of migrants and refugees in Europe who fled conflict in East Africa, I was told how minor discrepancies in identity databases can cause bureau…

bubmagJuly 12, 2019

Donald Trump

President Trump doubles down on ‘stable genius’ boast

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bubmagJuly 12, 2019

Drones

U.A.E. Pulls Most Forces From Yemen in Blow to Saudi War Effort

Aid officials warn the fighting could deepen an already grave humanitarian situation in those areas, threatening a fresh spike in disease and malnutrition levels in a country that has been threatened with famine for the past year. The Saudis and Emiratis hav…

bubmagJuly 12, 2019

Big Data

Trudeau Liberals pledge $150M toward big-data cancer research initiative – Kimberley Bulletin

Months after first promising money to a cancer research network bearing Terry Fox’s name, the federal health minister touted the spending at an event Thursday. The infusion $150 million in federal funding over five years will help build a network of top-tier…

bubmagJuly 12, 2019

Black Hole

Hubble spots black hole surrounded by material that shouldn’t be there

The Hubble Space Telescope, which is operated by NASA and the ESA, is fantastic for spotting objects residing in the distant reaches of space. Black holes, which are impossible to actually see, give their position away thanks to the galaxies that often surrou…

bubmagJuly 12, 2019

Air Pollution

India air pollution: Will Gujarat’s ‘cap and trade’ programme work?

Image copyrightAFPImage caption Much of the air pollution is caused by factory emissions Air pollution contributed to the deaths of at least 1.2 million Indians in 2017 - but a unique pilot scheme to combat air pollution in the western state of Gujarat cou…

bubmagJuly 12, 2019

Exoskeleton

The “Beam-Me-In Strategy” – remote haptic therapist-patient interaction with two exoskeletons for stroke therapy

bubmagJuly 12, 2019

Protectionism

Have we reached peak integration between China and the world?

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bubmagJuly 12, 2019

Silk Road

Welfare effects of the Belt and Road Initiative

Common transport infrastructure can improve welfare for participating countries, but they are costly undertakings with potentially asymmetric effects on trade and income of individual countries. This column uses new data on Chinas Belt and Road transport proj…

bubmagJuly 12, 2019

Animal Protection

World Animal Protection celebrates JPMorgan Chase decision to cancel advertising featuring elephant performers

bubmagJuly 12, 2019

Stop Surveillance Humanitarianism

President Trump doubles down on ‘stable genius’ boast

U.A.E. Pulls Most Forces From Yemen in Blow to Saudi War Effort

Trudeau Liberals pledge $150M toward big-data cancer research initiative – Kimberley Bulletin

Hubble spots black hole surrounded by material that shouldn’t be there

India air pollution: Will Gujarat’s ‘cap and trade’ programme work?

The “Beam-Me-In Strategy” – remote haptic therapist-patient interaction with two exoskeletons for stroke therapy

Have we reached peak integration between China and the world?

Welfare effects of the Belt and Road Initiative

World Animal Protection celebrates JPMorgan Chase decision to cancel advertising featuring elephant performers

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