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Riots

#PrideForever: Seven Googlers on the fight for LGBTQ+ rights

Earlier this month, we launched Pride Forever, celebrating the past, present and future of the LGBTQ+ community by elevating stories from around the world, like the ones from the Stonewall Forever living monument. This interactive digital monument was created…

bubmagJune 28, 2019

Paris

France Just Obliterated Its All-Time Heat Record

France has never been hotter.The intense dome of high pressure sitting over Europe has shattered heat records across the continent. At least five countries set June heat records on Thursday and on Friday, France smashed its all-time temperature record at at l…

bubmagJune 28, 2019

Monsanto

European Equities: The G20 Summit Kicks Off and Will Drive the Majors

Economic Calendar: Friday, 28th June French Consumer Spending m/m (May)French CPI m/m (June) PrelimFrench HICP m/m (June) PrelimSpanish GDP q/q (Q1)Italian CPI m/m (Jun) PrelimEurozone Core CPI y/y (Jun) …

bubmagJune 28, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

Elusive Grand Bargain on EU Jobs Builds Suspense Before Brussels

(Bloomberg) -- European Union leaders are hunting for a candidate to break the deadlock over who should lead the next EU Commission ahead of a key summit on Sunday. Officials speculating on who might fit the bill suggested Brexit negotiator Michel Barniers …

bubmagJune 28, 2019

Bees

Native bees are going extinct without much buzz

While the nation buzzes about the massive die-off of honeybees, native bumblebees are quietly going extinct. Although their role as pollinators contributes approximately $4 billion dollars to the countrys food system, honeybees are not native to the United St…

bubmagJune 28, 2019

Climate Change

Here’s What You Missed on Day Two of the Democratic Debates

In case you missed all two hours of Thursdays heated debate (and three hours of post-debate coverage), here are some highlights: South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg called out the hypocrisy of the Republican Party, author Marianne Williamson discussed love as her…

bubmagJune 28, 2019

Climate Change

Automation Should Be a Major 2020 Issue. Andrew Yang Failed to Put it On the Map

Its early yet, but automation is already on track to become the most ignored issue this campaign cycleoutpacing even the neglected climate change, which, while broached both nights of the first Democratic presidential debate this week, deserves a much larger …

bubmagJune 28, 2019

Alibaba

How long does it take to become super-rich? Time it took world’s wealthiest to make first billion

For some people making their first billion takes a whole lifetime, but a growing number today are crushing their way to the benchmark in just a few years, The majority of the world's most wealthy men have made their billions rapidly in tech, including Jeff B…

bubmagJune 28, 2019

Obamacare

Will Democratic front-runners regret rejecting private insurance?

In the first two debates, leading Democratic presidential candidates Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders raised their hands when asked if they would abolish private health insurance in favor of a government-run health care plan. This had conse…

bubmagJune 28, 2019

Water Scarcity

Things to do to avoid another water crisis

Chennai has been reeling under its worst water crisis in decades with its four main reservoirs (Sholavaram, Chembarambakkam, Poondi and Red Hills) nearly empty. The city has not had rain in nearly 200 days; only over the past few days has the city has seen li…

bubmagJune 28, 2019

#PrideForever: Seven Googlers on the fight for LGBTQ+ rights

France Just Obliterated Its All-Time Heat Record

European Equities: The G20 Summit Kicks Off and Will Drive the Majors

Elusive Grand Bargain on EU Jobs Builds Suspense Before Brussels

Native bees are going extinct without much buzz

Here’s What You Missed on Day Two of the Democratic Debates

Automation Should Be a Major 2020 Issue. Andrew Yang Failed to Put it On the Map

How long does it take to become super-rich? Time it took world’s wealthiest to make first billion

Will Democratic front-runners regret rejecting private insurance?

Things to do to avoid another water crisis

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