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Refugees Welcome

600 Italian families sign up to host refugees

(ANSAmed) - ROME, JUNE 20 - About 600 Italian families have in the past six months expressed their willingness to host a refugee as part of the Refugees Welcome Italia project. The association said that this figure shows ''the desire to help those force…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Black Hole

Please, Don’t Put Keanu Reeves in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Keanu Reeves has had a long career full of so-called momentshis breakthrough with Bill and Ted, his surprise turn as a 90s action star, then becoming an even bigger action star with The Matrixbut this summer might somehow, inexplicably, be his biggest yet. He…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Xi Jinping

Trudeau speaks in Washington following a day of meetings with Trump, top politicians – The Globe and Mail

Justin Trudeau spoke from the Canadian embassy in Washington, D.C. Thursday afternoon: U.S. President Donald Trump vowed Thursday to press Chinese President Xi Jinping on Canadas behalf over Beijings detention of two Canadians in apparent retaliation for Can…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Climate Change

America Could Spend $400 Billion on a Wall to Hold Back the Rising Seas—and It Might Not Be Enough

At the end of the day, everything about climate change is a choice. And among the most serious choices are the ones well face are along our coasts. A new report and interactive website released on Thursday by the Center for Climate Integrity lays out some th…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Monsanto

Heads Up! US GMO Wheat Outbreak Could Cause Problems In Market Prices

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Old-Age Poverty

On Average, Retirees Are More Financially Secure Than Ever. Unfortunately, Most Of Us Are Not Average

Michelle Treanor at a Dollar General Corp. store in Saddle Brook, New Jersey, Emile Wamsteker/Bloomberg BLOOMBERG NEWS On average, older Americans have a more secure retirement than ever. But even as aggregate retirement savings are rising, tens …

bubmagJune 20, 2019

BUK-Missile

Putin on MH17 downing: Evidence presented against Russia is ‘no proof at all’

Asked whether he thought it was time for Russia to acknowledge responsibility for the shooting down of the plane, with the loss of almost 300 lives, Putin said there was nothing to acknowledge. “Russia never avoids responsibility that is actually hers to bea…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Venezuela

The Week

(Roman Genn) By the time hes done, Joe Biden will have disowned Amtrak. Iran blew up a couple of tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the most important commercial thoroughfares in the world. Theres been skepticism on the left and in Europe over the int…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Julian Assange

Swedish prosecutor will not appeal court ruling on Assange detention

Sweden wants to question Julian Assange over the allegation, made in 2010, but cannot request his extradition from Britain without a detention order and a European Arrest Warrant. (AFP pic) STOCKHOLM: Sweden’s prosecution authority said on Thursday it would …

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Bees

Stopping bees swapping hives keeps disease down and productivity up

MUCH GUFF has been written in recent years about the risk of honey bees disappearing. They are notwhich is hardly surprising, because unlike most other insects they are domesticated animals and their numbers are therefore controlled ultimately by human desire…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

600 Italian families sign up to host refugees

Please, Don’t Put Keanu Reeves in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Trudeau speaks in Washington following a day of meetings with Trump, top politicians – The Globe and Mail

America Could Spend $400 Billion on a Wall to Hold Back the Rising Seas—and It Might Not Be Enough

Heads Up! US GMO Wheat Outbreak Could Cause Problems In Market Prices

On Average, Retirees Are More Financially Secure Than Ever. Unfortunately, Most Of Us Are Not Average

Putin on MH17 downing: Evidence presented against Russia is ‘no proof at all’

The Week

Swedish prosecutor will not appeal court ruling on Assange detention

Stopping bees swapping hives keeps disease down and productivity up

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