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Mexico Border Wall

Mexico touts efforts to curb flow of migrants to U.S. border

MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mexico’s president on Tuesday thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for saying Mexico was keeping its commitment to reduce the flow of U.S.-bound migrants, as criticism mounted within the United States over conditions in the T…

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

Scotland

Amazon heading to New Zealand to film its Lord of the Rings series

Anyone looking to immerse themselves in the world of Middle-earth knows that visiting New Zealand is the best way to do it. After all, Peter Jackson shot extensively there while filming both his Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies both using its landscape …

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

Monsanto

Austrian parliament backs EU’s first total ban of weedkiller glyphosate

VIENNA: Austria's lower house of parliament passed a bill on Tuesday banning all uses of the weedkiller glyphosate, the first time a European Union country has taken such strong action against the chemical over concerns that it can cause cancer. Other EU cou…

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

Trade War

Wall St. muted as trade optimism fades – Investing.com

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks managed modest gains on Tuesday after holding near the unchanged mark for much of the session as enthusiasm over the U.S.-China trade truce faded after the United States threatened tariffs on additional E…

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

Seleção

Mia Hamm Tells 90min Why Marta Was Right in Plea to Young Girls to Keep Women’s Football Alive

USWNT and two-time Women's World Cup winner Mia Hamm has backed the message delivered by Brazilian superstar Marta earlier in the tournament, during which the six-time FIFA World Player of the Year implored young players in Brazil to keep the fire burning. B…

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

Star Wars

Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge FOMO Has Turned Me Into a Garbage Monster, and I Hate It

Ever since it was announced, I managed to care very little for Disneys reveal that Star Wars would be coming to its American theme parks in the form of a whole new land. Sounds neat, but its on the other side of the planet, Ill never go so why think…

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

New York City

‘I Got Up From the Table and Left the Diner to Inspect the Mirror ’

As we trundle down the West Side, she tells me about the trip to the emergency room back on Long Island, the doctor her husband is seeing at NewYork-Presbyterian and how her father died from a stroke. Her monologue stops abruptly. How do you pay your bills?…

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

Cold War

Key Words: U.S.-China ‘cold war’ threatens ‘global recession and financial crisis’ by 2020, says Roubini

Economist Nouriel Roubini, who earned the appellation Dr. Doom a decade ago for his predictions of a global financial crisis sparked by the bursting of the U.S. real estate bubble, is once again warning of a dire economic outlook, this time sparked by the U.S…

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

Christianity

The Randomly Generated Art Made By My Dwarf Fortress Dwarves Is Terrible

One of my favorite parts of playing Dwarf Fortress is the randomly generated legendary artifacts that my dwarves make. Usually, theyre epic pieces of armor or furniture or crafts that are decorated in brilliant gems and images from the dwarves memories. In th…

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

Food Industry

After Cancer, a Tiramisu With New Meaning—& New Ingredients

People always ask me if I learned to cook and bake from my mother. They dont know her, so they have no idea how hilarious that question is. Even though she wasnt a domestic goddess à la Nigella Lawson, she formed my earliest relationships to food because, wel…

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

Mexico touts efforts to curb flow of migrants to U.S. border

Amazon heading to New Zealand to film its Lord of the Rings series

Austrian parliament backs EU’s first total ban of weedkiller glyphosate

Wall St. muted as trade optimism fades – Investing.com

Mia Hamm Tells 90min Why Marta Was Right in Plea to Young Girls to Keep Women’s Football Alive

Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge FOMO Has Turned Me Into a Garbage Monster, and I Hate It

‘I Got Up From the Table and Left the Diner to Inspect the Mirror ’

Key Words: U.S.-China ‘cold war’ threatens ‘global recession and financial crisis’ by 2020, says Roubini

The Randomly Generated Art Made By My Dwarf Fortress Dwarves Is Terrible

After Cancer, a Tiramisu With New Meaning—& New Ingredients

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