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Jerusalem Controversy

Israelis Mark Independence Day After Spike in Cross-Border Violence

JERUSALEM As a cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza holds, Israel marks its Memorial Day and Independence Day this week. The population has just topped nine million and Israelis say they've never had a better friend than President Dona…

bubmagMay 8, 2019

Times Square

9 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do With Little Kids in NYC

If you’re traveling to New York City with youngsters, you will find plenty of activities geared to children in “The City That Never Sleeps.” About 65 million people visit New York City each year. It’s easy to understand why as you can get to JFK, LaGuardia, N…

bubmagMay 8, 2019

Recycling

$2.5 trillion ‘Holy Grail’ found? Breakthrough discovery could lead to 100 percent recyclable plastics, scientists say

Plastic pollution in the world's oceans may have a $2.5 trillion impact, negatively impacting "almost all marine ecosystem services," including areas such as fisheries, recreation and heritage. But a breakthrough from scientists at Berkeley Lab could be the s…

bubmagMay 8, 2019

Little Red Riding Hood

Review: Theatre Tales (Nintendo Switch)

Theatre Tales is an app for children that aims to recreate the joy of puppet shows. It mostly succeeds, but only for about five minutes. Then youre done. Shows over. Head on home, kids. The show itself is actually kind of cute. You start with access to Littl…

bubmagMay 8, 2019

Anti-Putin Protests

Victory Day: Remembering the Fallen or Propaganda for Putin?

The national holiday, Victory Day, which takes place on May 9 every year, celebrating Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, isn’t just Russia’s most important holiday. The memory of victory, known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War, is the glue …

bubmagMay 8, 2019

Electric Car

Honda e Is the Name for Honda’s Adorable New Rear-Wheel-Drive EV Hatchback

From Car and Driver The Honda e Prototype is a near-production version of the 2017 Urban EV concept. It rides on a new rear-wheel-drive electric platform and has a range of more than 124 miles. It will go into production later this year, with sales current…

bubmagMay 8, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

‘Oh, f*** off!’: EU diplomats share their true feelings on Brexit negotiations in new documentary

The fly-on-the-wall BBC documentary, ‘Brexit: Behind Closed Doors’ will be shown in two parts and focuses on the Brexit misadventures of the EU Parliament’s chief negotiator Guy Verhofstadt and his team. Despite the polite, diplomatic language used in public,…

bubmagMay 8, 2019

Silk Road

Panama’s Win-win Cooperation with China Will Continue Under Cortizo

Laurentino Cortizo narrowly won Panama’s elections on Sunday to become the country’s next president-elect, prior to which he implied in an exclusive interview with Reuters that the U.S. needed to re-engage the region otherwise it risks being replaced by China…

bubmagMay 8, 2019

Hiroshima

What geology reveals about North Korea’s nuclear weapons – and what it obscures

North Korea's leader, Chairman Kim Jong Un, clearly is in no hurry to demilitarize his country. In the wake of two historic yet unproductive summits with President Trump, Kim made a state visit in April to Moscow, where he made clear that his country will not…

bubmagMay 8, 2019

Water Pollution

Trump’s ‘energy dominance’ ambitions hit another snag on the West Coast

Oregon environmental authorities have denied a permit for the the Jordan Cove natural gas export project, citing concerns about water pollution and damage to waterways. The company behind it can appeal or reapply. But this latest hurdle could block what looke…

bubmagMay 8, 2019

Israelis Mark Independence Day After Spike in Cross-Border Violence

9 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do With Little Kids in NYC

$2.5 trillion ‘Holy Grail’ found? Breakthrough discovery could lead to 100 percent recyclable plastics, scientists say

Review: Theatre Tales (Nintendo Switch)

Victory Day: Remembering the Fallen or Propaganda for Putin?

Honda e Is the Name for Honda’s Adorable New Rear-Wheel-Drive EV Hatchback

‘Oh, f*** off!’: EU diplomats share their true feelings on Brexit negotiations in new documentary

Panama’s Win-win Cooperation with China Will Continue Under Cortizo

What geology reveals about North Korea’s nuclear weapons – and what it obscures

Trump’s ‘energy dominance’ ambitions hit another snag on the West Coast

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