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Greta Thunberg

[Ticker] Former EU climate chief cheered by 40,000 activists in Denmark

"Public pressure and political engagement move things", former EU climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard and conservative Danish politician told cheering crowds at a large climate march in Copenhagen on the eve of European Parliament elections. Police estimate…

bubmagMay 26, 2019

Matteo Salvini

Europe’s voters elect new parliament as nationalism mounts

Pivotal elections for the European Union parliament reach their climax on Sunday as the last 21 nations go to the polls and results are announced in a vote that boils down to a continent-wide battle between euroskeptic populists and proponents of closer EU un…

bubmagMay 26, 2019

Hrant Dink

Meeting a male carpet weaver from Armenia

A carpet. For illustration purposes only. Photo taken from Chai-Khana.org. The following is a story by Chai-Khana.org and is republished by Global Voices under a partnership agreement. Text and video by Lilit Mkhitaryan. As a boy Samvel Mikayelyan was mesme…

bubmagMay 26, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

Trump sides with Kim Jong Un in war of words with Joe Biden

US President Donald Trump spent the first morning of his trip to Japan stoking new controversies, as he sided with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in a war of words with former Vice President Joe Biden and appeared to dismiss concerns from his Japanese hosts …

bubmagMay 26, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

China’s robot censors crank up as Tiananmen anniversary nears

BEIJING (Reuters) - It’s the most sensitive day of the year for China’s internet, the anniversary of the bloody June 4 crackdown on pro-democracy protests at Tiananmen Square, and with under two weeks to go, China’s robot censors are working overtime. Censo…

bubmagMay 26, 2019

Slavery Abolition

Andrew Johnson Avoids Impeachment by One Vote (1868)

Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the 17th President of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. Johnson became president as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. A Democrat who ran with Lincoln o…

bubmagMay 26, 2019

Holocaust

German Jews warned not to wear kippahs after rise in anti-Semitism

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Skullcaps - or kippahs - are traditionally worn by Jewish men The German government's anti-Semitism commissioner has urged Jews to avoid wearing skullcaps in public. Felix Klein warned Jews against donning the kipp…

bubmagMay 26, 2019

SpaceX

SpaceX’s Train of Satellites Creates Temporary ‘Mega-Constellation’

A video captured by satellite-watcher Marco Langbroek in the Netherlands sums up the awe... It didn't take long for Langbroek and other skywatchers to work out the coordinates for the long train of satellites, and to plug those coordinates into online satelli…

bubmagMay 26, 2019

Protectionism

Blog: Why Modi needs to return to his old slogan

Narendra Modi won the 2014 election with the slogan, minimum government, maximum governance. In practice, government intervention in the economy often increased and governance often worsened. Having won a landslide, Modi should return to his old slogan and ma…

bubmagMay 26, 2019

Korean War

China digs in for protracted trade fight with US

Beijing (AFP) - China is digging in for a tough period of deteriorating ties with the United States, fanning the flames of patriotism with Korean War films, a viral song on the trade war, and editorials lambasting Washington.The trade spat has turned into a w…

bubmagMay 26, 2019

[Ticker] Former EU climate chief cheered by 40,000 activists in Denmark

Europe’s voters elect new parliament as nationalism mounts

Meeting a male carpet weaver from Armenia

Trump sides with Kim Jong Un in war of words with Joe Biden

China’s robot censors crank up as Tiananmen anniversary nears

Andrew Johnson Avoids Impeachment by One Vote (1868)

German Jews warned not to wear kippahs after rise in anti-Semitism

SpaceX’s Train of Satellites Creates Temporary ‘Mega-Constellation’

Blog: Why Modi needs to return to his old slogan

China digs in for protracted trade fight with US

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