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Feudalism

The Biggest Exhibitions In London Right Now – Reviewed

Welcome to our pick of the best London exhibitions to see right now get your Spring dose of culture. We've roughly split the list by London regions to make it easier to navigate. Exhibitions in South London The artist in front of his installation. Copyright…

bubmagApril 23, 2019

Solar Storm

Astronomer warns that solar storms could one day DEVASTATE every electrical device on Earth

Auroras may be one of nature's beauties but the solar storms that create them are beasts that could overload every electronic device on the Earth, an expert warns. Juan Carlos Casado snapped a beautiful aurora that lit up the night sky of Iceland in a swirl …

bubmagApril 23, 2019

Protectionism

Nonfiction: Dismantling the Myth of ‘The Heartland’

In the end, Hoganson is not overturning the heartland myth to demonstrate that Midwesterners are cultivated citizens of the world, but rather to prove that they are, and always have been, agents of empire. Her book follows in the footsteps of the historian Wi…

bubmagApril 23, 2019

Refugees Welcome

United Airlines worker charged with calling black passenger ‘a shining monkey’

A United Airlines employee has been charged after she allegedly used racially abusive language, repeatedly calling a black customer a monkey and a shining monkey". Carmella Davano was charged with a misdemeanour for disorderly conduct after verbally abusing …

bubmagApril 23, 2019

Slavery Abolition

A Few Comments on the recent PBS Series: Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

The Civil War which ended in 1865, demolished slavery and emancipated four million human beings. What happened next in the South remains largely unknown to most Americans. In a recent poll of high school graduates, only 20 percent had even heard of Reconstruc…

bubmagApril 23, 2019

Greta Thunberg

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg: ‘Listen to climate scientists’

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg: 'Listen to climate scientists'

bubmagApril 23, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

Asian countries assess impact of US sanctions against Iran

The reaction from Asias top economies following the United States' decision to not reissue waivers for Iran oil imports has ranged from cautious to combative. On Monday, the US government told five countries - Japan, South Korea, Turkey, China and India - th…

bubmagApril 23, 2019

Scotland

Reviewed: New Logo and Identity for The Fife Arms by Here Design

Opened in late 2018, The Fife Arms is a new luxury, boutique hotel in the historic Scottish village of Braemar set against the landscape of Cairngorms National Park in north east Scotland. Built in the nineteenth century, the Victorian coaching inn has been r…

bubmagApril 23, 2019

Grexit

EPP’s Manfred Weber launches EU election campaign in Athens

The Capitals brings you the latest news from across Europe, through on-the-ground reporting by EURACTIVs media network. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. /// Weber in Athens: Manfred Weber, the leading candidate of the centre-right European People’s…

bubmagApril 23, 2019

Alibaba

Fed up with 72-hour, six-day working weeks, IT workers emit cries for help via GitHub repo

A protest by tech employees in China over the expectation of 72-hour work weeks has this week attracted the support of 30 workers from Microsoft and its GitHub subsidiary. In late March, Katt Gu, an attorney and informatics doctoral student at University of …

bubmagApril 23, 2019

The Biggest Exhibitions In London Right Now – Reviewed

Astronomer warns that solar storms could one day DEVASTATE every electrical device on Earth

Nonfiction: Dismantling the Myth of ‘The Heartland’

United Airlines worker charged with calling black passenger ‘a shining monkey’

A Few Comments on the recent PBS Series: Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg: ‘Listen to climate scientists’

Asian countries assess impact of US sanctions against Iran

Reviewed: New Logo and Identity for The Fife Arms by Here Design

EPP’s Manfred Weber launches EU election campaign in Athens

Fed up with 72-hour, six-day working weeks, IT workers emit cries for help via GitHub repo

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