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Korean War

North Korea says Trump’s proposal to meet Kim Jong Un in the DMZ is very interesting

North Korea said on Saturday that President Donald Trump's offer to meet leader Kim Jong Un at the Korean Demilitarized Zone is a 'very interesting suggestion,' brightening prospects for a third face-to-face meeting between the two leaders. Trump heads to th…

bubmagJune 29, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

At G20, Trudeau highlights plight of Canadians in China, but details scarce – The Globe and Mail

Images are unavailable offline. United States President Donald Trump puts his hand on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's shoulder as they talk before the start of a plenary session at the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, Saturday June 29, 2019. THE CANADIAN…

bubmagJune 29, 2019

Bubble

Bitcoin’s 10-Minute, $1,800 Plunge Wednesday Shows Its Volatility

> Volatility is a good thing. Yeah right. There certainly are very good arguments that exist for a free and open marketplace. But the extremes in volatility as seen in "Bitcoin" are not advantageous for it at all. Who, in their right mind would ever ke…

bubmagJune 29, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

Putin says Russia, US looking into new nuclear talks

Moscow and Washington are mulling new talks on limiting their nuclear arsenals, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on the sidelines the G20 summit in Osaka on Saturday. Putin was commenting on his meeting with US President Donald Trump the day before, mos…

bubmagJune 29, 2019

Neymar

Neymar for Coutinho at Barca?

Philippe Coutinho is the "obvious candidate" to be involved in any potential deal which sees Neymar return to Barcelona from Paris Saint-Germain, according to South American football expert Tim Vickery. Neymar, who left Barcelona for PSG in 2017 for a world…

bubmagJune 29, 2019

Plastic Pollution

New Rock and Plastic Blend: Permanent Type of Plastic Pollution

Plastic waste has led to the rise of plastic pollution, a feat that we have yet to fully defeat by segregating our garbage or by proper waste disposal. It seems that there is another feat of plastic pollution that we need to defeat : Researchers have identif…

bubmagJune 29, 2019

Korean War

Korean War vet remembers his fallen comrade

It may be known as the Forgotten War, but what happened in a freshly divided Korea between 1950 and 1953 left more than 600,000 people dead. Cliff Benoit served in the Army during the war, and survived. He's now 90 years old and lives outside Boston, where he…

bubmagJune 29, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

Federal Judge Blocks Trump From Using $2.5 Billion in Military Funds for Border Wall

View of the Mexico-U.S. wall on June 18, 2019, in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. The Post-Debate Presidential Candidate Power Rankings, From 1 to 20 The Weirdest Three Minutes of the Second Democratic Debate E. Jean Car…

bubmagJune 29, 2019

Black Hole

Astronomers See Evidence of Supermassive Black Holes Forming Directly in the Early Universe

Super-Massive Black Holes (SMBH) are hard to explain. These gargantuan singularities are thought to be at the center of every large galaxy (our Milky Way has one) but their presence there sometimes defies easy explanation. As far as we know, black holes form …

bubmagJune 29, 2019

Drones

Libyan fighters seize U.S. and Chinese missiles from Haftar’s forces

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Forces allied to Libya’s internationally recognized government based in Tripoli captured sophisticated U.S. and Chinese rockets as well as drones when they seized a town from eastern forces last week, officials said on Saturday. On Wedne…

bubmagJune 29, 2019

North Korea says Trump’s proposal to meet Kim Jong Un in the DMZ is very interesting

At G20, Trudeau highlights plight of Canadians in China, but details scarce – The Globe and Mail

Bitcoin’s 10-Minute, $1,800 Plunge Wednesday Shows Its Volatility

Putin says Russia, US looking into new nuclear talks

Neymar for Coutinho at Barca?

New Rock and Plastic Blend: Permanent Type of Plastic Pollution

Korean War vet remembers his fallen comrade

Federal Judge Blocks Trump From Using $2.5 Billion in Military Funds for Border Wall

Astronomers See Evidence of Supermassive Black Holes Forming Directly in the Early Universe

Libyan fighters seize U.S. and Chinese missiles from Haftar’s forces

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