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Can COP26 really save the planet?

BBC News 2021-10-31

photo: AP / Sergio Azenha

Will COP26 be a climate "turning point" as Boris Johnson wants, or more "blah blah blah" of the kind Greta Thunberg condemns? At face value, things do not look promising, for a simple reason: the previous 25 of these giant conferences failed to turn off the tap of the greenhouse...

T20 World Cup: The rise and rise of England, and the fall of Australia

Gulf News 2021-10-30

photo: AP / Rick Rycroft

England are a fearsome side. The performances in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup have been chilling. They have simply blown away the opposition, and it wouldn’t be a surprise if they add the T20 trophy to the 50-over World Cup. For a long time, England struggled to crack the One-Day International puzzle...

Muslims for the Pope

Asiatimes 2021-10-30

photo: WN / Janice Sabnal

Despite much of the popular alarmist talk, Islam is arguably in a deeper crisis than the Christian world, and this is the problem. Islam has little or no structured unified organization independent from a single state, unlike the Christian world, where the Catholic church is the largest unitary...

The problem with Ted Cruz's defense of a Nazi salute

CNN 2021-10-30

photo: CBP Photo by Glenn Fawcett / U.S. Customs and Border Protection

(CNN)You have to hand it to Sen. Ted Cruz; his timing was impeccable. On the anniversary of the deadliest attack on Jews in US history, Cruz raised his voice in the Senate to defend an American's right to brandish the Nazi salute. Frida Ghitis "My God!" he exclaimed as he slammed his desk, railing...

Cryptocurrency and the 21st Century Paradigm Shift

Barrons 2021-10-30

photo: Creative Commons

To the Editor: Crypto changes the pattern (“Bitcoin Goes Mainstream,” Cover Story,...

AMC Theatres CEO reportedly considering Shiba Inu as ticket payment option

CoinGape 2021-10-29

photo: Creative Commons

AMC Theatres is on the verge of integrating the option for customers to pay for movie tickets using Bitcoin (BTC), Litecoin (LTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Dogecoin (DOGE), into its technical infrastructure. But that’s not all. In the early hours of Friday, company CEO, Adam Aron took to his...

Nasa spacecraft finds storm on Jupiter deeper than expected

Straits Times 2021-10-29

photo: Creative Commons

WASHINGTON • Data from the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (Nasa) Juno spacecraft is providing a deeper understanding of Jupiter's wondrous and violent atmosphere, including its Great Red Spot, finding that this immense swirling storm extends much farther down than expected....

Biden Thanks Italian President, Prime Minister for Help With Hosting Afghan Refugees

Urdu Point 2021-10-29

photo: White House / Adam Schultz

US President Joe Biden met with Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Mario Draghi in Rome and thanked both for their country's role in hosting Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban (designated terrorist by the UN and Russia), the White House said on Friday WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News...

The Story of China's Ghost Cities and Its 65 Million Empty Homes

Interesting Engineering 2021-10-29

photo: Creative Commons / 史氏

There are about 687 cities in China, and the real-estate sector accounts for a whopping 29% of the country’s total GDP. However, the Chinese real estate market has also been grabbing a lot of media attention lately, due to the $300 billion Evergrande debt crisis, but this is not the only big...

Canadian mining firm Iamgold convoy attacked in Burkina Faso, several missing

Reuters 2021-10-29

photo: Creative Commons / Iamgold

OUAGADOUGOU, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Several people are missing after a convoy belonging to Canadian mining company Iamgold (IMG.TO) was attacked in northern Burkina Faso on Friday, two security sources said. The vehicles...