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Venezuela

US Balks as Venezuela Heads up UN-Backed Disarmament Body

GENEVA The U.S. ambassador to the U.N.'s main disarmament body has walked out of its current session in Geneva to protest that Venezuela has taken the chair. Robert Wood insisted "a rogue state" was taking over, shortly after Venezuelan Ambassador Jorge Val…

bubmagMay 28, 2019

NASDAQ

US STOCKS-Futures slip as US-China trade worries persist

(For a live blog on the U.S. stock market, click or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Futures down: Dow 0.09%, S&P 0.20%, Nasdaq 0.13% By Amy Caren Daniel May 28 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures dipped on Tuesday following an extended weekend as inve…

bubmagMay 28, 2019

Bubble

Shady Numbers and Bad Business: Inside the Esports Bubble

The mainstream narrative of esports has been lovingly crafted by those who benefit from its success. Theres big money in esports, they say. You've heard the stories. Teenaged gamers flown overseas to sunny mansions with live-in chefs. The erection of $50 mill…

bubmagMay 28, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

EU leaders fire starting gun for top jobs race

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron will lock horns in Brussels on Tuesday as European Union leaders meet to begin bargaining over who will take the bloc’s top jobs for the next five years. An EU-wide el…

bubmagMay 28, 2019

Refugees

Venezuela’s economic crisis is now so bad that criminals can’t afford to buy bullets

Venezuela's crippling economic spiral is having a negative impact on an unlikely group in society: criminals, who are struggling to afford bullets, and unable to find things to steal as the country's wealth declines rapidly. The Associated Press (AP) spoke…

bubmagMay 28, 2019

Solar Storm

Crew safety during an early lunar return

During the Apollo lunar missions and landings 50 years ago, there was a real risk of losing a crew during each mission. For the launch phase, the risk was relatively small due to an effective launch abort system with an escape tower. During the passage to the…

bubmagMay 28, 2019

Matteo Salvini

Salvini vows to unite EU populists, lacks willing partners – Fox News

MILAN Italy's victorious right-wing leader, Matteo Salvini, says the European elections have created "a new geography" of anti-elite sentiment in the EU. But it is far from certain that he will be able to forge a bloc from parties who are united around a stri…

bubmagMay 28, 2019

Yemen Civil War

THE GIST of Editorial for UPSC Exams : 28 MAY 2019 (Shadow over data (Indian Express))

Shadow over data (Indian Express) Mains Paper 3 : Economy Prelims level : NSSO Mains level : Statistical system improvement Context On May 23, while the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha election was underway, the NDA government passed an order to merg…

bubmagMay 28, 2019

Scotland

Why Europe’s Shocking Right Turn Is An Opportunity For The United States

The one system that absolutely does not work and never will is ersatz democracy, Tucker Carlson writes in his book, Ship of Fools, adding that, If you tell people theyre in charge, but then act as if theyre not, youll infuriate them. Its too dishonest. Theyll…

bubmagMay 28, 2019

Privacy Concerns

The era of open tech is fading as tech giants hone a closed approach – Axios

The big picture: A 50-year arc toward open technology shaped today's industry. Open platforms like the original personal computers sparked its early growth. An open network, the internet, connected our devices and wove our digital world. Open source softwa…

bubmagMay 28, 2019

US Balks as Venezuela Heads up UN-Backed Disarmament Body

US STOCKS-Futures slip as US-China trade worries persist

Shady Numbers and Bad Business: Inside the Esports Bubble

EU leaders fire starting gun for top jobs race

Venezuela’s economic crisis is now so bad that criminals can’t afford to buy bullets

Crew safety during an early lunar return

Salvini vows to unite EU populists, lacks willing partners – Fox News

THE GIST of Editorial for UPSC Exams : 28 MAY 2019 (Shadow over data (Indian Express))

Why Europe’s Shocking Right Turn Is An Opportunity For The United States

The era of open tech is fading as tech giants hone a closed approach – Axios

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