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Cold War

When Pepsi Had a Navy

In 1989, just before the collapse of the USSR, the Pepsi Company cut a deal with Soviet Premiere Mikhail Gorbachev that left it with a fleet of Russian military ships, making PepsiCo temporarily the sixth-largest Navy in the world. In the 1950s, the Cold War…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

Daily briefing: Some ‘stem-cell doctors’ are naturopaths and dentists

Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Activities such as collecting honey ants (pictured) have a strong cultural value for many Indigenous Australians.Credit: BiosphotoAvalon As many as one in…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

John Sanders Resigns as Head of Customs and Border Protection – The Wall Street Journal

A top U.S. border-enforcement official resigned amid growing clamor about the treatment of migrant children in U.S. custody, while the House approved billions of dollars in funding to address the surge of Central American families seeking asylum at the southw…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

Paris

France’s raw recruits sign up for return of national service

Image caption The first recruits are volunteers, but the SNU national service programme will become compulsory Across a field outside Paris, a few hundred teenagers slog through the French national anthem in a low murmur. It's not the liveliest rendition…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

Electric Scooter

Vespa’s First Electric Scooter Melds Iconic Design with Total Connectivity

The quintessential Italian scooter has gone electric. Vespa, the name that started an international scooter movement in the 1950s—initially with two-stroke and then four-stroke power plants—has thrown its hat into the burgeoning electric ring with the all-new…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

Geely

Lithium Miners News For The Month Of June 2019

Welcome to the June 2019 edition of the lithium miner news. This past month saw lithium prices slightly lower. Industry leader Tianqi states: "Tianqi: Lithium demand is solid, prices to stabilize." As usual, the past month was packed full of news. Lithium sp…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

Iran Liberalism

Lawrence Wilkerson: Trump Is Deepening the ‘Economic War’ Against Iran

Yves here. Colonel Larry Wilkerson, an astute critic of American foreign policy, weighs in on the latest effort by the Administration to toughen sanctions against Iran. This was an obvious face-saving effort after Trump had the good sense to pull back on an p…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

Yemen Civil War

Overnight Defense: Trump says he doesn’t need exit strategy with Iran | McConnell open to vote on Iran war authorization | Senate panel advances bill to restrict emergency arms sales

Happy Tuesday and welcome to Overnight Defense. I'm Ellen Mitchell, and here's your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter. THE TOPLINE: President TrumpDonald John Trump…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

Yemen Civil War

Canada’s labour movement must take a stand against the Saudi arms deal

As Canadas largest labour organization and the political arm of the labour movement, the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) has long been a voice for peace, human rights and social justice. But on one of the most controversial issues in Canadian politics, Canad…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

Global Warming

Exclusive: Investors with $34 trillion demand urgent climate change action

LONDON (Reuters) - Investors managing more than $34 trillion in assets, nearly half the world’s invested capital, are demanding urgent action from governments on climate change, piling pressure on leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies meeting this week.…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

When Pepsi Had a Navy

Daily briefing: Some ‘stem-cell doctors’ are naturopaths and dentists

John Sanders Resigns as Head of Customs and Border Protection – The Wall Street Journal

France’s raw recruits sign up for return of national service

Vespa’s First Electric Scooter Melds Iconic Design with Total Connectivity

Lithium Miners News For The Month Of June 2019

Lawrence Wilkerson: Trump Is Deepening the ‘Economic War’ Against Iran

Overnight Defense: Trump says he doesn’t need exit strategy with Iran | McConnell open to vote on Iran war authorization | Senate panel advances bill to restrict emergency arms sales

Canada’s labour movement must take a stand against the Saudi arms deal

Exclusive: Investors with $34 trillion demand urgent climate change action

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