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Protectionism

A new trade deal has FOMO as its secret sauce

THE MOTIVE force behind trade deals is supposed to be FOMOthe fear of missing out. If negotiators fail to grab new markets for their exporters, the theory goes, rivals may snap those markets up first. On June 28th two trading partners seized better access to …

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

Who would dare to speak for Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump?

DONALD TRUMP claims that his weekend meeting with Kim Jong Un at the Korean border village of Panmunjom came about thanks to an impromptu invitation issued less than a day before on Twitter (the North Korean dictator follows him there, of course). In fact, pr…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

Who would dare to speak for Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump?

DONALD TRUMP claims that his weekend meeting with Kim Jong Un at the Korean border village of Panmunjom came about thanks to an impromptu invitation issued less than a day before on Twitter (the North Korean dictator follows him there, of course). In fact, pr…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Air Pollution

Watch: Indonesia sues its government for air pollution epidemic in Jakarta

Indonesian environmental campaigners have filed a lawsuit against their government for the worsening epidemic of air pollution in the capital. Jakarta consistently ranks highly in lists of cities with the most dangerous air in the world. AirVisual's Air Qual…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Super Heroes

Spider-Man: Far From Home — our biggest spoiler-filled WTF questions – CNET

Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Far From Home. Columbia Pictures As opposed to the grand, sweeping epic that is Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Far From Home is a fun, smaller-scale romp. That's fitting considering Peter Parker's supposed to b…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Fortnite

Fortnite Week 9 Challenge List (Season 9) – Visit A Solar Array, Search Chests, More

Death; taxes; Fortnite challenges--the three certainties of life. Like clockwork, new Fortnite: Battle Royale challenges arrive every week, and Season 9, Week 9's set is now live. In the free section (challenges that anyone can do without buying the Battle P…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Biological Warfare

James Wesley Rawles: Post SHTF–Isolated Retreat vs Small Town

by SP Found an article by James Wesley Rawles at The SurvivalBlog.com addressing the question of which is best for the Post-SHTF world, a Remote Rural Retreat versus a Small Town. Quoting JWR Dear Jim:I found an interesting article that argues against a re…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Little Italy

Italian Airline Apologizes For Promotional Video With Actor Playing Barack Obama in Blackface

An Italian airline has “deeply apologized” after one of its promotional videos featured an actor wearing blackface in an apparent attempt to portray former U.S. president Barack Obama. Alitalia, Italy’s flag carrier airline, quickly faced backlash on social …

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

CCTV

Khayelitsha Lacks a Proper Sexual Offenses Court

By Mary-Anne Gontsana"We need a sexual offences court in Khayelitsha immediately," Nombulelo Sithilanga of Thuthuzela Care Centre told a panel discussion at the Isivivana Centre last month. According to Crime Stats SA, 444 sexual offences cases, including 36…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

Dozens feared dead after boat capsizes off Tunisia

A boat carrying at least 86 migrants and refugees capsized off the coast of Tunisia and many are feared drowned. Some of the four initial survivors told the Tunisian coastguard on Thursday the boat sunk off the town of Zarzis, Tunisian Red Crescent official…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

A new trade deal has FOMO as its secret sauce

Who would dare to speak for Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump?

Who would dare to speak for Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump?

Watch: Indonesia sues its government for air pollution epidemic in Jakarta

Spider-Man: Far From Home — our biggest spoiler-filled WTF questions – CNET

Fortnite Week 9 Challenge List (Season 9) – Visit A Solar Array, Search Chests, More

James Wesley Rawles: Post SHTF–Isolated Retreat vs Small Town

Italian Airline Apologizes For Promotional Video With Actor Playing Barack Obama in Blackface

Khayelitsha Lacks a Proper Sexual Offenses Court

Dozens feared dead after boat capsizes off Tunisia

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