School widens its role in connecting students with the global community
Waseda University’s beginnings hark back to 1882, when samurai turned politician-cum-educator Shigenobu Okuma founded Tokyo Senmon Gakko (Tokyo College). The institution acquired university status in 1902 and was renamed Waseda University. Since its establis…
bubmagJune 27, 2019
Gangster’s €1m ‘crown jewel’ seized for sale by CAB
His house in Dublin was officially handed over to the CAB after midnight yesterday and is the final asset seized from the Byrne-organised crime gang.CAB investigators were on hand to ensure workers could safely board up the luxury house, previously valued at …
bubmagJune 27, 2019
US is woefully unprepared for cyber-warfare
John Donnelly and Gopal Ratnam are reporters with CQ-Roll Call. Reprinted by permission from CQ Roll Call. Last fall, when the Navy was examining gaping holes in its cybersecurity, its outside consultant leading the project ordered his team to learn the anci…
bubmagJune 27, 2019
Factbox: Trump plans breakneck bilateral schedule on sidelines of G20
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump plans to hold nine bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, the White House said on Wednesday. Here are the scheduled times for Trump’s talks. THURSDAY Dinner meeting with Australian Prime M…
bubmagJune 27, 2019
Trump-Xi trade meeting set for Saturday morning in Osaka: White House
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is set to hold much-anticipated trade talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Osaka at 11:30 a.m. (0230 GMT) on Saturday, a White House spokesman told reporters on Wednesday. The bilateral meet…
bubmagJune 27, 2019
Digitizing Food Safety: Tracking The Supply Chain From Seed To Store
Full-grown maize plants seen in a corn field. Photo by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images LightRocket via Getty Images Imagine tracking every piece of your Caesar salad from the wheat that became croutons to the seeds that turned into…
bubmagJune 27, 2019
Gold mine with $100B lode to get lifeline from Trump EPA
The Trump administration is throwing a lifeline to the massive Pebble Mine planned near Alaska’s Bristol Bay, as regulators move toward undoing Obama-era environmental restrictions that have thwarted the project. The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednes…
bubmagJune 27, 2019
Opinion: The real reason Megan Rapinoe sets Donald Trump off
Amy Bass (@bassab1) is the author of "One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game That Brought a Divided Town Together" and "Not the Triumph but the Struggle: The 1968 Olympics and the Making of the Black Athlete," among other titles. The views expressed here are…
bubmagJune 27, 2019
Teen on scooter killed in Humboldt Park, 3 others hurt in shootings
A 17-year-old boy on an electric scooter was fatally shot on the citys West Side Wednesday, while three others were hurt in two separate daylight shootings on the South Side, Chicago police said. In the latest outburst of violence, authorities said the teen …
bubmagJune 27, 2019