Harley-Davidson strikes deal to make smaller bikes in China
REUTERS: Harley-Davidson Inc will partner with China's Qianjiang Motorcycle Co to produce a new smaller model bike, making good on promises to build more motorcycles outside the United States that have angered President Donald Trump. The company said the new…
bubmagJune 19, 2019
Four suspects to be prosecuted over attack on MH17
Joint investigators have identified four suspects they intend to prosecute over the destruction of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 five years ago. The aircraft, a Boeing 777-200ER, was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over eastern Ukraine with the loss of…
bubmagJune 19, 2019
NASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock leaves Earth on June 24th
At the moment, our spacecraft rely on a two-way relay system that needs to bounce signals to and from Earth-based atomic clocks to figure out where it is and where it's going. It uses the time that it takes to send a signal and to receive a response to calcul…
bubmagJune 19, 2019
France, Germany to increase efforts to reduce Iran tensions, avert war: ministers
PARIS (Reuters) - France and Germany will increase their efforts to reduce tensions over Iran, but time was running out and the risk of war could not be ruled out, their foreign ministers said on Wednesday. “We want to unify our efforts so that there is a d…
bubmagJune 19, 2019
MH17 investigators name four to be charged over tragedy
In May last year the team, which includes Australian Federal Police experts, announced it was in the final phase of its work after establishing that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was brought down by a Russian army Buk missile launcher. The launcher had moved …
bubmagJune 19, 2019
Amid Int’l Espionage Concerns, Mandalay to Embrace Huawei for ‘Safe City’ Project – The Irrawaddy News Magazine
By Nan Lwin 19 June 2019 YANGONAs part of its high-tech makeover to become a smart city with a view to enhancing the rule of law and security, Myanmars second largest city Mandalay is ready to embrace Huawei, prompting questions about whether upper Myanmars…
bubmagJune 19, 2019
Xiaomi Mi Electric Scooter hits new all-time low at $340 (Reg. $500)
Today only, Woot offers the Xiaomi Mi Electric Scooter for $339.99. It ships free with a Prime membership; otherwise you’ll be charged $6 at checkout for delivery. As a comparison, it originally sold for $600 but it’s been sitting at the Amazon all-time low o…
bubmagJune 19, 2019
Global warming: Can these striking charts convince nay-sayers?
We live in increasingly polarized times. Times where your point of view defines more than your stance on a particular topic it defines who you are. Perhaps that's why people are so unlikely to change their minds on any given issue, even when there's overwhelm…
bubmagJune 19, 2019
Investigators officially accuse 4 pro-Russian military officers of missile attack that shot down MH17
International investigators from the MH17 Joint Investigation Team (JIT) have accused four pro-Russian military intelligence officers of being involved in a missile attack that shot down the MH17. Igor Girkin, Sergey Dubinskiy, Oleg Pulatov, and Leonid Kha…
bubmagJune 19, 2019