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Jamal Khashoggi

Activist claims Saudi Arabian campaign of terror continues

Arab pro-democracy campaigner Iyad el-Baghdadi attends news conference in Oslo, Norway, May 13, 2019. NTB SCANPIX/REUTERS An Arab pro-democracy activist in Europe has told CBS News that he and two other colleagues of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi -- incl…

bubmagMay 13, 2019

Hiroshima

Glassy menagerie of particles in beach sands near Hiroshima is fallout debris, study concludes

Mario Wannier, a career geologist with expertise in studying tiny marine life, was methodically sorting through particles in samples of beach sand from Japan's Motoujina Peninsula when he spotted something unexpected: a number of tiny, glassy spheres and othe…

bubmagMay 13, 2019

Chinese Economy

Beijing’s tariff retaliation exposes Trump’s weak negotiating position

Beijing hit back at the Trump administrations latest trade tariffs today, saying it would apply duties as high as 25% on more than 5,000 US products, a move expected to hit US exporters of everything from liquified natural gas to peanut oil. Starting in June…

bubmagMay 13, 2019

Doping in Cycling

Roger De Vlaeminck is still racing

Roger De Vlaeminck’s record speaks for itself. In a career spanning nearly two decades he notched up more than 160 victories, not least four Paris-Roubaix titles (the equal record), three wins at Milan-San Remo, six overall titles at Tirreno-Adriatico (with 1…

bubmagMay 13, 2019

Little Red Riding Hood

Review: The Grimm Forest:: Grimm Forest – The Family Game for Adults [ Review ]

Hello Everyone, welcome to the first review of my channel on BGG. I'm excited to take you to the land of Fairy Tales where up to 4 little piggies are trying to build sturdy houses. Designer: Tim EisnerArtist: Noah Adelman, Lina Cossette, David ForestPublis…

bubmagMay 13, 2019

Black Hole

Ancient neutron-star crash made enough gold and uranium to fill Earth’s oceans

Enough gold, uranium and other heavy elements about equal in mass to all of Earth's oceans likely came to the solar system from the collision of two neutron stars billions of years ago, a new study finds. If the same event were to happen today, the light fro…

bubmagMay 13, 2019

Iran Liberalism

Trump Has No Intentions of Going to War with Iran

In this edition of The Interview, Fair Observer talks to Hooman Majd, a prominent Iranian-American journalist and author. Those who follow international news come across mentions of Iran almost constantly. Over the past two decades, the regime in Tehran has …

bubmagMay 13, 2019

Black Hole

Tesla tumbles to its lowest level since January 2017 (TSLA)

bubmagMay 13, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

North, South Korean Musicians Hold Rare Joint Performance

South Korean violinist Won Hyung Joon took the stage, nodded once to his North Korean soprano partner, and placed his instrument on his shoulder. With a flick of the conductors wrist, she began to sing, and he began to bow the beginning of a rare joint perfor…

bubmagMay 13, 2019

Feudalism

Every Palme d’Or Winner From the Cannes Film Festival, Ranked

Annual awards hype tends to drive the perception that the Oscar is the highest award in the film community. But for countless filmmakers and cinephiles around the world, the Palme d’Or comes out ahead. Ever since 1955, the Cannes Film Festival has assembled a…

bubmagMay 13, 2019

Activist claims Saudi Arabian campaign of terror continues

Glassy menagerie of particles in beach sands near Hiroshima is fallout debris, study concludes

Beijing’s tariff retaliation exposes Trump’s weak negotiating position

Roger De Vlaeminck is still racing

Review: The Grimm Forest:: Grimm Forest – The Family Game for Adults [ Review ]

Ancient neutron-star crash made enough gold and uranium to fill Earth’s oceans

Trump Has No Intentions of Going to War with Iran

Tesla tumbles to its lowest level since January 2017 (TSLA)

North, South Korean Musicians Hold Rare Joint Performance

Every Palme d’Or Winner From the Cannes Film Festival, Ranked

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