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Biological Warfare

Doping soldiers so they fight better – is it ethical?

A waxwork of Captain America on display at Madame Tussauds in Bangkok, Thailand. Nuamfolio/Shutterstock.com The military is constantly using technology to build better ships, warplanes, guns and armor. Shouldn’t it also use drugs to build better soldiers? Sol…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Hrant Dink

Turkish chef Musa Dagdeviren’s mission to preserve local culinary traditions

Our cookbook of the week is The Turkish Cookbook by Istanbul-based chef and restaurateur Musa Dadeviren. To try a recipe from the book, check out: Stuffed bread (ekmek dolmas), festive meatball and chickpea stew (tkliye), and burned milk pudding (kazandibi). …

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Doping in Cycling

Lance Armstrong ‘wouldn’t change a thing’ on doping before ‘most colossal meltdown’

Former cyclist Lance Armstrong said he's not living in a world of regret surrounding his doping history in a recently taped interview. Armstrong, stripped of his seven Tour de France titles for doping by the International Cycling Union in 2012, told NBC Spo…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

Trexit: May announces resignation after Brexit humiliations

Ever since the first failure of Theresa May’s Withdrawal Agreement bill in March, the prime minister’s resignation has looked more inevitable than Brexit itself. Fresh off the last failure of the WAB — in which the prime minister couldn’t even secure a vote —…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Hrant Dink

The Geography of War: No Iraq…? No Iran!

No other country in the Middle East is as important in countering Americas rush to provide Israel with another war than Iraq. Fortunately for Iran, the winds of change in Iraq and the many other local countries under similar threat, thus, make up an unbroken …

bubmagMay 24, 2019

NASDAQ

11 Pot Stocks Now Listed on the NYSE or Nasdaq

A decade ago, the idea of marijuana being a mainstream topic and burgeoning legal industry would probably have been laughable. At the time, there were still far more states that hadn't legalized medical pot than there were that had done so, and not a single c…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Hrant Dink

Footballer Henrikh Mkhitaryan has given European leaders the perfect opportunity to mediate the age-old conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia

Europes sporting community is reflecting on events in Azerbaijan following Henrikh Mkhitaryans decision not to attend the Europa League final in Baku. The news that Armenian midfielder has decided to miss the important match over security fears relating to th…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Brexit

Brexit may be entering “very dangerous” new phase for Ireland: Varadkar

DUBLIN (Reuters) - The election of a new prime minister in Britain may lead to a new phase in Brexit negotiations that could be “very dangerous” for Ireland, its Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Friday. “We may see the election of a Eurosceptic prime min…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

North Korea Nuclear Talks

North Korea: Nuclear talks with US won’t resume without new approach

North Korea on Friday said that talks with the Trump administration on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula will not resume unless the U.S. changes its tact and moves away from demands for unilateral disarmament from the North. The Associated Press r…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Amazon patent would let Alexa listen to and record conversations without wake word

Forward-looking: While devices with integrated smart assistants are becoming increasing popular, privacy concerns over gadgets such as smart speakers continue to rise. These fears wont be helped by the discovery of a new Amazon patent that would see Alexa rec…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Doping soldiers so they fight better – is it ethical?

Turkish chef Musa Dagdeviren’s mission to preserve local culinary traditions

Lance Armstrong ‘wouldn’t change a thing’ on doping before ‘most colossal meltdown’

Trexit: May announces resignation after Brexit humiliations

The Geography of War: No Iraq…? No Iran!

11 Pot Stocks Now Listed on the NYSE or Nasdaq

Footballer Henrikh Mkhitaryan has given European leaders the perfect opportunity to mediate the age-old conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia

Brexit may be entering “very dangerous” new phase for Ireland: Varadkar

North Korea: Nuclear talks with US won’t resume without new approach

Amazon patent would let Alexa listen to and record conversations without wake word

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