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Recycling

A few lines, one world: Gary Anderson and the Universal Recycling Symbol

For Ryan McGill, its legacy has been enormous. Earlier this year, the Glaswegian, London-based designer launched Two Degrees Creative, a collaborative platform for climate change solutions. Inspired by Anderson, Recycle(d) is an ongoing project set up by Two…

bubmagJuly 10, 2019

Singapore

James Dyson buys Singapore’s priciest penthouse to be near his car factory

SINGAPORE British billionaire and inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner James Dyson has bought the most expensive apartment in Singapore, where his company plans to build an electric car. The three-story so-called 'super penthouse' was sold for $73.8 millio…

bubmagJuly 10, 2019

NASDAQ

Stocks are dipping on fears the Fed might hold off on cutting interest rates — it’s ‘all investors care about’

Stocks slipped on Wednesday ahead of Jerome Powell's testimony in front of Congress, as traders worried the Federal Reserve's chief might signal the central bank won't cut interest rates this month as expected. Investors suspect the Fed will lower the fede…

bubmagJuly 10, 2019

Obamacare

Obamacare Is One Step Closer to Death After Tuesday’s Court Hearing

Donald Trumps dream of eliminating the Affordable Care Act appears closer to becoming reality after the two GOP-appointed judges on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sitting in New Orleans indicated on Tuesday that they were ready to strike down the entire l…

bubmagJuly 10, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

UN rapporteur urges US action over Khashoggi report

UN special rapporteur Agnes Callamard and Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, have warned that democratic values worldwide would be at risk should Saudi Arabia escape accountability for his murder. At an event in London on Tuesday…

bubmagJuly 10, 2019

Little Italy

Little Italy Meets Parisian Chic Inside This Fashionable Melbourne Home

bubmagJuly 10, 2019

Super Heroes

Wolverine & Captain America Discover Marvel’s Biggest Conspiracy

Warning: The following article contains spoilers for Wolverine & Captain America: Weapon Plus #1, by Ethan Sacks, Diogenes Neves, Adriano di Benedetto, Federico Blee and Joe Sabino, on sale now. Like many heroes of the Marvel Universe, Wolverine and Capt…

bubmagJuly 10, 2019

Biological Warfare

Could Barrhaven’s Amherst Crescent be in for a name change?

After Montreal recently changed the name of a street commemorating a man who advocated for biological warfare to exterminate Indigenous people, there are calls by some to do the same here in Ottawa. Jeffery Amherst was an officer in the British army during t…

bubmagJuly 10, 2019

Electric Car

Using Super-Efficient Solar Cells To Keep Your Electric Car’s Battery Topped Up

Who hasn’t thought of sticking a couple of solar panels onto an electric car’s roof to keep its battery at 100% charge while it’s parked out in the sun? While usually deemed impossible due to the large number and weight of PV solar cells required to get the n…

bubmagJuly 10, 2019

Iran Liberalism

Knuckling Down Under Maximum Pressure: Iran’s Basij in Transition

As tension builds between Washington and Tehran, the Islamic Republic of Iran is under a lot of pressure. And, in the wake of considerable domestic unrest in 2018 and sporadic unrest this year, we should not be surprised to see leadership changes across Irans…

bubmagJuly 10, 2019

A few lines, one world: Gary Anderson and the Universal Recycling Symbol

James Dyson buys Singapore’s priciest penthouse to be near his car factory

Stocks are dipping on fears the Fed might hold off on cutting interest rates — it’s ‘all investors care about’

Obamacare Is One Step Closer to Death After Tuesday’s Court Hearing

UN rapporteur urges US action over Khashoggi report

Little Italy Meets Parisian Chic Inside This Fashionable Melbourne Home

Wolverine & Captain America Discover Marvel’s Biggest Conspiracy

Could Barrhaven’s Amherst Crescent be in for a name change?

Using Super-Efficient Solar Cells To Keep Your Electric Car’s Battery Topped Up

Knuckling Down Under Maximum Pressure: Iran’s Basij in Transition

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