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Belt and Road

What is China’s Belt and Road?

The Belt and Road is really the expansion of a specific part of Chinas domestic political economy to the rest of the world. That is the nexus between state-owned contractors and state-owned banks, which formed in the domestic infrastructure building spree con…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Cold War

Venezuela thrust to forefront of US-Russia clashes

WASHINGTON (AP) Russia's support for Venezuela's embattled President Nicolas Maduro has become the latest flashpoint in deteriorating relations between the United States and Russia, moving to the top of a list of long-simmering spats between the Cold War foes…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Panda

Grolar Bear or Pizzly?

An ursid hybrid is an animal with parents from two different species or subspecies of the Ursidae (bear) family. Species and subspecies of bear known to have produced offspring with another bear species or subspecies include brown bears, black bears, grizzly …

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Silk Road

Pentagon warns on risk of Chinese submarines in Arctic

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deepening Chinese activities in the Arctic region could pave the way for a strengthened military presence, including the deployment of submarines to act as deterrents against nuclear attack, the Pentagon …

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Black Hole

New-and-improved LIGO may have detected a black hole eating a neutron star

The first detection of gravitational waves ripples in the very fabric of spacetime, caused by cataclysmic events like black holes colliding was one of the most important physics discoveries in a century. Three years on, we're now getting new detections so oft…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Venezuela

Venezuela opposition figure, facing arrest warrant, says he met with generals

Lopez, a firebrand politician and Guaido’s mentor, was arrested during a protest movement in 2014 and transferred to house arrest in 2017. (AP) Venezuelan opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez, evading arrest in a Spanish diplomatic residence, on Thursday dis…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Animal Protection

Colorado Proclaims Statewide Annual Animal Welfare Day

On May 1, 2019, Colorado Governor Jared Polis and First Gentleman Marlon Reis (also see) proclaimed May 1 as Colorado Animal Welfare Day. They also established a People for Animal Welfare (PAW) committee to play an advisory role on issues related to animal we…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi Arabia Temporarily Releases Four Detained Women’s Rights Activists

Saudi Arabian authorities on Thursday temporarily released at least four women’s rights activists whose arrests, on charges of undermining state security, had provoked an international outcry and added to criticism of the kingdom’s human rights record. The d…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Air Pollution

India election 2019: The killer air no one’s talking about

Image copyrightGetty Images Pollution killed at least 1.2 million Indians in 2017, but as the country votes in a general election, is fixing the bad air any party or politician's priority? The BBC's Geeta Pandey reports from Kanpur which topped a global list…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Maiko

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bubmagMay 3, 2019

What is China’s Belt and Road?

Venezuela thrust to forefront of US-Russia clashes

Grolar Bear or Pizzly?

Pentagon warns on risk of Chinese submarines in Arctic

New-and-improved LIGO may have detected a black hole eating a neutron star

Venezuela opposition figure, facing arrest warrant, says he met with generals

Colorado Proclaims Statewide Annual Animal Welfare Day

Saudi Arabia Temporarily Releases Four Detained Women’s Rights Activists

India election 2019: The killer air no one’s talking about

おしゃれな人に訊いた、おしゃれな人。vol.27 maiko

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