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Animal Protection

News24.com | Baby seal beating: Man pleads guilty after caught on video attacking seal pup

A man has pleaded guilty to crimes in terms of the Animal Protection Act after being caught on video stabbing a seal pup and smashing its body against a boat, the Swartland and West Coast Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) said on Tuesday…

bubmagJuly 9, 2019

Anti-Putin Protests

Putin rejects unanimous State Duma recommendation for sanctions against Georgia

Russias State Duma unanimously called on the countrys federal executive branch to introduce sanctions against Georgia in connection with anti-Russian provocations there. The recommendation chastised radical forces in that country for spurring the further degr…

bubmagJuly 9, 2019

Silk Road

The Russia-Pakistan Strategic Partnership. Russia’s Return to South Asia

The Russian-Pakistani Strategic Partnership (Rusi-Pakistani Yaar Yaar) entered a new phase last week following two significant developments that included their decision to establish a High-Level Inter-Parliamentary Commission and their efforts to expand joint…

bubmagJuly 9, 2019

Times Square

‘Rupaul’s Drag Race’ Alums Aquaria and Naomi Smalls Talk Shopping, in and out of Drag

Aquaria at RuPaul's DragCon LA 2019. Photo: Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images I'm in the basement of an empty Times Square theatre in the final hours leading up to World Pride weekend in New York City. It's not where I expected to spend my Friday afternoon, b…

bubmagJuly 9, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

Phil Hogan nominated for a second term as Ireland’s European Commissioner

TAOISEACH LEO VARADKAR has confirmed his intention to nominate Phil Hogan for a second term as Irelands representative in the European Commission. Each member State of the EU nominates a figure to become a commissioner; most European countries choose a forme…

bubmagJuly 9, 2019

Electric Car

BMW unveils the first all-electric Mini with the Cooper SE

The all-electric Mini Cooper was once just a demonstration car and a dream for EV fans, but now it’s a car people will actually be able to buy, with truly competitive range and a ground-up purely electric drivetrain. The new Mini Cooper SE is the brand’s firs…

bubmagJuly 9, 2019

Anti-Putin Protests

Georgian TV station decides not to fire journalist who unleashed a flood of anti-Putin profanity on-air

The Georgian television channel Rustavi 2 has decided not to fire journalist Georgy Gabunia, who spent the first minute of his Sunday show on an obscene tirade targeting Russian President Vladimir Putin. The channels CEO, Nika Gvaramia, said that he and his …

bubmagJuly 9, 2019

Elon Musk

Hyundai Reaffirms That Yes, Its Affordable Truck Is Happening

Hyundai gets off its ass, finally, on pickup trucks, Mini gets off its ass, finally, on electric vehicles, the UAW gears up for slower times and are women turned off by Elon Musk? You will get these stories and so much more on The Morning Shift of July 9, 201…

bubmagJuly 9, 2019

Neymar

Would PSG miss Neymar?

The sale of Neymar this summer would not be a huge loss to Paris Saint-Germain, according to French football expert Jonathan Johnson. Neymar's future at PSG is unclear after he failed to return for the first day of pre-season training. The club's sporting d…

bubmagJuly 9, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

Phil Hogan nominated for second term as a European Commissioner

Speaking today the Taoiseach said over the past five years, Commissioner Hogan has done an excellent job as European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development."He has highlighted the interests and concerns of the agricultural sector across Europe. P…

bubmagJuly 9, 2019

News24.com | Baby seal beating: Man pleads guilty after caught on video attacking seal pup

Putin rejects unanimous State Duma recommendation for sanctions against Georgia

The Russia-Pakistan Strategic Partnership. Russia’s Return to South Asia

‘Rupaul’s Drag Race’ Alums Aquaria and Naomi Smalls Talk Shopping, in and out of Drag

Phil Hogan nominated for a second term as Ireland’s European Commissioner

BMW unveils the first all-electric Mini with the Cooper SE

Georgian TV station decides not to fire journalist who unleashed a flood of anti-Putin profanity on-air

Hyundai Reaffirms That Yes, Its Affordable Truck Is Happening

Would PSG miss Neymar?

Phil Hogan nominated for second term as a European Commissioner

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