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New York City

Waze app can tell you how to get to Sesame Street

It's been 50 years of sunny days sweeping the clouds away. The beloved children's show Sesame Street has been on air for half a century. To celebrate this major milestone, a New York City street is permanently becoming Sesame Street and you'll be able to ge…

bubmagMay 1, 2019

Greta Thunberg

How to stop climate change: six ways to make the world a better place

Nobel Peace Prize nominee Greta Thunberg claims we need system change to save the planet, and the majority of experts, from the IPCC, through to our own research, would certainly agree with this. But for most people, it often isn't clear what changes actuall…

bubmagMay 1, 2019

China ranks ‘good’ and ‘bad’ citizens with ‘social credit’ system

Date created : 01/05/2019 - 15:47 In China, where millions of people have their faces scanned on a daily basis, authorities are developing a so-called "social credit" system. Citizens behavior is monitored and scrutinised they are given scores and ranked acc…

bubmagMay 1, 2019

Singapore

10 World Heritage Sites you can visit on a cruise around Asia

United Nations agency Unesco inscribes places as World Heritage Sites if they offer sufficient cultural, historical or scientific significance. To you and me, that means the most impressive monuments, the most fascinating old towns and pockets of stunning nat…

bubmagMay 1, 2019

Scotland

Coleburn Single Malt: One Of The World’s Rarest Scotch Whiskies

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Gordon & MacPhail 1981 from Coleburn Distillery Photo, courtesy Gordon & MacPhail Gordon & MacPhail, the specialty bottler and single malt whisky creator, recently unveiled its …

bubmagMay 1, 2019

Panda

Zoo’s Giant Panda Friendship Wall Dismantled, Pandas Set to Return to China

Zoo's Giant Panda Friendship Wall Dismantled, Pandas Set to Return to China

bubmagMay 1, 2019

Korean War

The British Army Is Cutting a Third of Its Tanks

The United Kingdom is cutting its tank force for the second time in just 10 years. The British Army, bowing to costs, can only afford to upgrade a third of its current tank fleet. The result will leave the UK with less than 150 tanks, a far cry from the…

bubmagMay 1, 2019

Chinese Economy

Apple’s Tim Cook says Chinese stimulus is working — and he’s not the only one

Apple CEO Tim Cook says he is a lot more bullish on China than he was three months ago and he's not the only one. On Apple's earnings call Tuesday, Cook said improved trade dialogue between the U.S. and China as well as stimulus measures from Beijing were im…

bubmagMay 1, 2019

Jerusalem Controversy

In Israel, I’m washed in the brainwash

This is the second of several posts based on journal entries from the authors recent family visit to Israel-Palestine. Part 1 is here. “The kidnapped Yemenite children” Arriving at the Hadera train station not far from where most of my family lives, I notic…

bubmagMay 1, 2019

Julian Assange

Julian Assange sentenced for jumping bail by British court

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrived at Southwark Crown Court in central London Wednesday raising a defiant fist in front of cameras, before being sentenced to 50 weeks behind bars for jumping bail in 2012. Interested in WikiLeaks? Add WikiLeaks as an i…

bubmagMay 1, 2019

Waze app can tell you how to get to Sesame Street

How to stop climate change: six ways to make the world a better place

10 World Heritage Sites you can visit on a cruise around Asia

Coleburn Single Malt: One Of The World’s Rarest Scotch Whiskies

Zoo’s Giant Panda Friendship Wall Dismantled, Pandas Set to Return to China

The British Army Is Cutting a Third of Its Tanks

Apple’s Tim Cook says Chinese stimulus is working — and he’s not the only one

In Israel, I’m washed in the brainwash

Julian Assange sentenced for jumping bail by British court

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