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Xi Jinping

China to show new warships as Beijing flexes military muscle on navy anniversary

QINGDAO, China (Reuters) - China will show off new warships including nuclear submarines and destroyers at a parade next week marking 70 years since its navy’s founding, a senior commander said on Saturday, as Beijing flexes its increasingly well-equipped mil…

bubmagApril 20, 2019

Paris

Bees living on Notre-Dame cathedral roof survive blaze – BBC News

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Cathedral beekeeper Nicolas Geant says the bees would have got "drunk" on smoke from the fire Notre-Dame's smallest residents have survived the devastating fire which destroyed most of the cathedral's roof and toppl…

bubmagApril 20, 2019

Solar Storm

Solar Storm Alert

There is an upcoming solar storm expected this weekend. Researchers have noticed a sunspot that will bombard the Earth with solar particles on Monday. Sunspots are patches of darkness on the Sun which are caused by an underlying magnetism beneath the surface…

bubmagApril 20, 2019

Singapore

Hong Kong sixth out of 13 in Asia-Pacific green rankings but the city could do better, particularly in cutting waste

Published: 12:00pm, 20 Apr, 2019 Updated: 12:06pm, 20 Apr, 2019

bubmagApril 20, 2019

Gundam

Sunrise Announces New Anime Project in Gundam Build Franchise

Sunrise announced at its panel at Sakura-Con on Friday that a new anime project in the Gundam Build franchise after Gundam Build Divers is already in the works. The latest anime in the Gundam Build franchise, Gundam Build Divers, premiered in April 2018, and…

bubmagApril 20, 2019

AR-15

Netizens Laugh as Instagram Model Shoots AR-15 Without Sights (VIDEO)

bubmagApril 20, 2019

Christianity

Are you Arya Samaji, Bohra, Marthomite or Kuka?

NEW DELHI: Are you a Kabir Panthi or a Marthomite or a follower of the Hinayana sect or an Ahmadia or a Kuka? Confused? These are sub-faiths under the rubrics of, respectively, Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Islam and Sikhism. Census 2021 may ask Indians …

bubmagApril 20, 2019

Feudalism

Yoursay: Power of the people, the gov’t and the royalty

YOURSAY | Absolutism have no place in a progressive democracy. The rulers reign but do not rule. PM spells out hazards of giving rulers absolute power Vijay 47: This pesky issue of royalty and the role they play within the Constitution seems to have lost al…

bubmagApril 20, 2019

Little Italy

Little Italy Good Friday procession is an annual tradition for local families

One of Toronto's oldest Good Friday procession took place in Little Italy today as the community watched the re-enactment of what Christians believe to be Jesus's last moments. The annual St. Francis of Assisi Church procession is part of Holy Week in celeb…

bubmagApril 20, 2019

Paris

Notre-Dame fire: Eight centuries of turbulent history

Media captionThere were gasps from the crowd when Notre-Dames spire fell on Monday The grief caused by the near-destruction of Notre-Dame may seem puzzling for a country as resistant to religion as France. But the mass devotion the cathedral attracts is not…

bubmagApril 20, 2019

China to show new warships as Beijing flexes military muscle on navy anniversary

Bees living on Notre-Dame cathedral roof survive blaze – BBC News

Solar Storm Alert

Hong Kong sixth out of 13 in Asia-Pacific green rankings but the city could do better, particularly in cutting waste

Sunrise Announces New Anime Project in Gundam Build Franchise

Netizens Laugh as Instagram Model Shoots AR-15 Without Sights (VIDEO)

Are you Arya Samaji, Bohra, Marthomite or Kuka?

Yoursay: Power of the people, the gov’t and the royalty

Little Italy Good Friday procession is an annual tradition for local families

Notre-Dame fire: Eight centuries of turbulent history

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