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Unwelcome Refugees

Nearly 71 Million People Have Been Displaced by War and Other Violence, the U.N.’s Refugee Agency Says

(GENEVA) — A record 71 million people have been displaced worldwide from war, persecution and other violence, the U.N. refugee agency said Wednesday, an increase of more than 2 million from last year and an overall total that would amount to the world’s 20th …

bubmagJune 19, 2019

Refugees

ASEAN must not turn a blind eye to plight of Rohingya, groups say

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Human rights groups on Wednesday called on Southeast Asian leaders to rethink their approach to the Rohingya refugee crisis ahead of a regional summit in Bangkok this week. Myanmar regards Rohingya Muslims as illegal migrants from the In…

bubmagJune 19, 2019

Black Hole

PBS celebrates the lunar landing’s anniversary with a space miniseries

Each episode will tackle developments in space exploration, astronomy and astrophysics. The first one, for instance, will take a look at how the Gemini Observatory was able to detect an ancient quasar, which is the farthest object we've ever seen. Another epi…

bubmagJune 19, 2019

Orangutan

Indonesia pet orangutans released back into the wild

JAKARTA: The young orangutan looks back at her rescuers before clambering over her steel cage and into the trees, swinging from hand to hand and hanging upside down. Five-year-old primate Elaine, covered in fuzzy cinnamon-coloured hair, was one of two critic…

bubmagJune 19, 2019

CCTV

Converged security takes centre stage at IFSEC

In a digital era, combining physical and cyber intelligence is key to overcoming modern security management challenges, according to a panel of industry experts. Change is the only constant, and the way to deal with that is by converging physical and cyber s…

bubmagJune 19, 2019

China's Strategy

What Should Be In Malaysia’s Coming White Paper On Defence – Analysis

Malaysias first ever white paper on defence is scheduled to be presented to parliament later this year. Currently in preparation within the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF), the paper is being developed in consultation with civil servants, military personnel, thi…

bubmagJune 19, 2019

Virtual Reality

Does greater immersion in virtual reality lead to a better experience?

Contrary to current industry trends to develop more immersive virtual reality systems, a new study found that a more immersive environment or the presence of real-world distractions could have surprising effects on a participant's recall, description of the v…

bubmagJune 19, 2019

Solar Storm

Google’s new Chrome extension makes it easy to report suspicious sites

Sometimes the things it considers questionable are as trivial as the website not belonging in the top 5,000. But if it does find something truly unsavory, you can easily notify Google by clicking the Send Report button, which will send the company that websit…

bubmagJune 19, 2019

Greta Thunberg

‘Generation climate’ to occupy huge German coal mine

Protesters in their trademark white overalls will from Friday try to evade police lines and halt the monster machines digging through the moonscape of the 48 square kilometre Garzweiler mine near Cologne. The sixth protest of its kind, from Thursday to Monda…

bubmagJune 19, 2019

Nearly 71 Million People Have Been Displaced by War and Other Violence, the U.N.’s Refugee Agency Says

ASEAN must not turn a blind eye to plight of Rohingya, groups say

PBS celebrates the lunar landing’s anniversary with a space miniseries

Indonesia pet orangutans released back into the wild

Converged security takes centre stage at IFSEC

What Should Be In Malaysia’s Coming White Paper On Defence – Analysis

Does greater immersion in virtual reality lead to a better experience?

Top 10 Long-Term Space Exploration Problems We Have Yet To Solve

Google’s new Chrome extension makes it easy to report suspicious sites

‘Generation climate’ to occupy huge German coal mine

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