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Cold War

The definitive 21st-century guide to the fight in Venezuela

Youd think the Cold War is still raging from the reactions to the latest clash between Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaidó. One camp is calling Guaidós US-backed insurrection last week a replay of the USs nastyhistory of bul…

bubmagMay 9, 2019

Christianity

What’s wrong with America? I debate Ben Shapiro.

Shapiro blames our woes on our retreat from Judeo-Christian principles. But history presents a more complicated picture. Ben Shapiro is arguably the most popular conservative commentator in the country. He’s made a name for himself as a lib-owning, fast-talki…

bubmagMay 9, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

‘Only in the Panhandle’: Trump chuckles when audience member suggests shooting migrants

President Donald Trump, at a rally in Panama City, Florida on Wednesday night, mocked some of the candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination. His targets included Joe Biden, Senator Bernie Sanders and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg. (May 9) AP, …

bubmagMay 9, 2019

Panda

It’s back! Cleveland Metroparks Zoo release details of Asian Lantern Festival this summer

CLEVELAND The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo announced the Asian Lantern Festival, a six-week limited exhibition that illuminates the zoo with spectacular lanterns, is coming back this summer. Last year, the festival broke U.S. and international records for attenda…

bubmagMay 9, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

North Korea Fires Two Suspected Short-Range Missiles: South Korea

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea fired two suspected short-range missiles on Thursday, South Koreas military said, its second weapons launch in five days and a possible warning that nuclear disarmament talks with Washington could be in danger. South Korea…

bubmagMay 9, 2019

Blockchain

Hedera Hashgraph launches new testing for high-speed blockchain alternative

Hedera Hashgraph, an enterprise-grade blockchain alternative that raised $100 million last year, has begun a new stage of testing for its fast and secure public ledger technology. The Dallas-based company said it will begin phase two of its community testing…

bubmagMay 9, 2019

Recycling

Inside a Global Beauty Brand’s Mission to Invest in the Workers Who Make Plastic Recycling Possible

A waste picker at work in Bangalore, India. Photo: Courtesy of The Body Shop Plastic waste has become an extremely hot-button issue of late, and for good reason: We're drowning in it. According to Greenpeace, more than 90% of plastic produced is never recy…

bubmagMay 9, 2019

Jerusalem Controversy

Tel Aviv Diary: Israel is 71 years old today—and as far from peace as it ever was | Opinion

Today, Israel marks the 71st anniversary of its Independence. Israelis have much to celebrate. The Israeli population has now passed the 9 million mark, having grown from 600,000 souls in 1948. Israel is no longer an impoverished third-world nation, but rathe…

bubmagMay 9, 2019

Greta Thunberg

Climate Disruption: It’s Not Due to CO2

Professor Claudia von Werlhof wrote to Greta Thunberg. In this letter Von Werlhof tells that the disruption of the global climate is not due to CO2. Following questions arose from this letter for Silvia Terribili, who asked von Werlhof to give an interview f…

bubmagMay 9, 2019

NASDAQ

This Major Pot Stock Is Headed to the Nasdaq

The marijuana industry is evolving at a breakneck pace. What had once been an industry that was forced into seclusion is now an industry that has a product that's considered mainstream throughout much of North America and Europe. Not to mention, more and more…

bubmagMay 9, 2019

The definitive 21st-century guide to the fight in Venezuela

What’s wrong with America? I debate Ben Shapiro.

‘Only in the Panhandle’: Trump chuckles when audience member suggests shooting migrants

It’s back! Cleveland Metroparks Zoo release details of Asian Lantern Festival this summer

North Korea Fires Two Suspected Short-Range Missiles: South Korea

Hedera Hashgraph launches new testing for high-speed blockchain alternative

Inside a Global Beauty Brand’s Mission to Invest in the Workers Who Make Plastic Recycling Possible

Tel Aviv Diary: Israel is 71 years old today—and as far from peace as it ever was | Opinion

Climate Disruption: It’s Not Due to CO2

This Major Pot Stock Is Headed to the Nasdaq

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