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Recycling

Philippines sends trash back to Canada after Duterte escalates row

SUBIC, Philippines (Reuters) - The Philippines has started returning dozens of shipping containers full of trash to Canada after a long-running row over waste exports that has tested diplomatic ties amid threats from firebrand President Rodrigo Duterte. The…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Recycling

Burning tires: the murky oil business polluting parts of Asia

PASIR GUDANG, Malaysia/JOKHABAD, India (Reuters) - When local investigators scoured a riverbed in southern Malaysia for clues in a chemical dumping case that hospitalized over one thousand people earlier this year, they found a cocktail of toxins, including a…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

Merkel Tells Harvard Grads To ‘Tear Down Walls Of Ignorance’ in Trump Rebuke

German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Harvard University graduates on Thursday to “tear down walls of ignorance and narrow-mindedness,” in what appeared to be a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s policies and rhetoric. During her commencement address at the u…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

NASDAQ

Asia Markets: Asian markets mixed on new trade worries after Trump’s tariffs against Mexico

Asian shares were mixed Friday as trade worries continued after President Donald Trump announced additional tariffs on imports from Mexico. Japans benchmark Nikkei 225 NIK, -0.77% dipped 0.8% in early trading, while Australias S&P/ASX 200 XJO, -0.…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

CCTV

Boyfriend who strangled threesome love rival to death and dumped his body in wheelie bin is jailed

A jealous boyfriend who strangled his threesome love rival to death after the victim had sex with his girlfriend has been jailed. Jason Considine was sentenced to 21-years' jail by the Supreme Court of Victoria on Friday after admitting to the murder of 45-…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Jerusalem Controversy

Jerusalem Day: How it all began

X Dear Reader, As you can imagine, more people are reading The Jerusalem Post than ever before. Nevertheless, traditional business models are no longer sustainable and high-quality publications, like ours, are being forced to look for new ways to keep…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Julian Assange

RON PAUL: US/UK Trying To Kill Assange?

Jailed Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange is reportedly "too ill" to even speak at a scheduled extradition hearing today. He is said to be "gravely ill" and even near death. If Assange is worth more dead than alive to the governments he has embarrassed by pub…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Chinese Economy

China May factory activity shrinks more than expected – official PMI

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory activity shrank more than expected in May, an official survey showed on Friday, heaping pressure on Beijing to roll out more stimulus to support an economy hit by a bruising trade war with the United States. The official P…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

North Korea executes 5 officials over failed Kim-Trump summit: South Korean media – Fox News

North Korea has executed five officials for their part in the failed second summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to a South Korean newspaper. Citing the newspaper, Bloomberg News reported that Kim Hyok Chol, North Kor…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

VR

Super Smash Bros. UItimate Now Has Virtual Reality Support

It wasnt great with Mario or Zelda, but hey, lets see if adding a dash of virtual reality to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, via Nintendo Labo, adds anything to the experience. Nintendo just added free updates to Nintendo Switch blockbusters Super Mario Odyssey …

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Philippines sends trash back to Canada after Duterte escalates row

Burning tires: the murky oil business polluting parts of Asia

Merkel Tells Harvard Grads To ‘Tear Down Walls Of Ignorance’ in Trump Rebuke

Asia Markets: Asian markets mixed on new trade worries after Trump’s tariffs against Mexico

Boyfriend who strangled threesome love rival to death and dumped his body in wheelie bin is jailed

Jerusalem Day: How it all began

RON PAUL: US/UK Trying To Kill Assange?

China May factory activity shrinks more than expected – official PMI

North Korea executes 5 officials over failed Kim-Trump summit: South Korean media – Fox News

Super Smash Bros. UItimate Now Has Virtual Reality Support

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