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Xi Jinping

Trump Administration Sending Another $16 Billion to Aid Farmers Hurt by Tariffs

(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is delivering another $16 billion in aid to farmers hurt by his trade policies, an effort to relieve the economic pain among his supporters in rural America. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said the first of thre…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Xi Jinping

Big Tech: “If the USA enforces antitrust laws against us, it means China will win!”

Mark Zuckerberg offered to let Chinese premier Xi Jinping name his firstborn (seriously), Apple purged the Chinese App Store of privacy tools at the request of the politburo; Google secretly built a censoring search-engine for use in China, but America's Big …

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Belt and Road

Scorched Earth Development in Northern Laos

In April 2019 I traveled through northwest Laos to check in on the current state of several cross-border development projects, including the now-completed Namtha dam, the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone (SEZ), and the construction of a high-speed railwa…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Electric Scooter

Uber Launches Electric “Jump” Bikes In London, But No Scooters

picture alliance via Getty Images Uber announced on Friday that it is launching its new electric Jump bikes in London following rollouts in Berlin, Lisbon, Paris, and Brussels. The company's red bikes, which can be hired through the Uber app, cost £1 to un…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Silk Road

Troubled treasure

Mined in a conflict zone and sold for profit, fossils in Burmese amber offer an exquisite view of the Cretaceousand an ethical quandary. The 3.5-centimeter tail of a baby dinosaur (left) shows how its feathers were structured and arranged. PHOTO: ROYAL SASK…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Machine Learning

Do IoT devices really pose a security risk, or is it merely paranoia?

Market data firm Statista projects that by 2025, there will be 75 billion IoT devices in use. Smart devices are now found throughout most commercial offices, yet a lack of security could make them ticking time bombs. IoT devices often come with security short…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Matteo Salvini

Italians say Salvini ‘copied’ #Salvini’sfault campaign from former Milan mayor

You might recognise the slogan Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini used for a recent social media campaign #ColpadiSalvini (#Salvini'sfault) it's been used before by supporters of the former Milan Mayor Giuliano Pisapia. The League leader on Wednesd…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Iran Liberalism

Iran summons female singer to court for performing solo in public

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 23, 2019

Singapore

Arizona’s Rep. Paul Gosar spends more on travel than almost everyone on Capitol Hill

Paul Gosar answers questions Aug. 4, 2016, in the Editorial Board room at The Arizona Republic in Phoenix. (Photo: Mark Henle/The Republic) Over his eight years in Congress, Rep. Paul Gosar has spent more of his taxpayer-funded office budget on travel than…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Bubble

Rocketman Review: A Stellar Experience

From the very first shot, Rocketman sets Elton John apart, as he walks into rehab, dressed in a flashy, sequin-covered devil costume. Its glowing orange color brightly contrasts the other addicts in the room, immediately setting him apart from "ordinary" peop…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Trump Administration Sending Another $16 Billion to Aid Farmers Hurt by Tariffs

Big Tech: “If the USA enforces antitrust laws against us, it means China will win!”

Scorched Earth Development in Northern Laos

Uber Launches Electric “Jump” Bikes In London, But No Scooters

Troubled treasure

Do IoT devices really pose a security risk, or is it merely paranoia?

Italians say Salvini ‘copied’ #Salvini’sfault campaign from former Milan mayor

Iran summons female singer to court for performing solo in public

Arizona’s Rep. Paul Gosar spends more on travel than almost everyone on Capitol Hill

Rocketman Review: A Stellar Experience

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