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Labeled the ‘Cold Winter Deserts of Central Asia’ IUCN Recommends 4 Additional World Heritage Sites
ArchivesDiscovery & Travel

Labeled the ‘Cold Winter Deserts of Central Asia’ IUCN Recommends 4 Additional World Heritage Sites

February 5, 2020September 25, 2023

A group of spectacular mountain and desert landscapes were targeted, assessed, and recommended by the International Union for the…

In Ghana, I Practiced a Bit of “Theological Tourism”
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

In Ghana, I Practiced a Bit of “Theological Tourism”

February 4, 2020June 30, 2023

Ghana is a primarily christian nation. There are also muslims here, but I never saw any advertisements for mosque…

But Who Will Build the Roads?
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

But Who Will Build the Roads?

January 28, 2020June 30, 2023

PICTURED: The streets above Labad, a neighborhood which literally means “the bad” and was given to it by colonial…

Gut Microbiome Could be Better at Predicting Disease and Mortality Than Our Own Genetics
ArchivesMedicine

Gut Microbiome Could be Better at Predicting Disease and Mortality Than Our Own Genetics

January 27, 2020May 29, 2024

A new paper from Tierney et al. at Harvard Medical School awaiting peer-review has found evidence that the human…

NR, NMN, and Resveratrol are the Three Most Promising Longevity Supplements: Here’s What They Do
ArchivesNutrition

NR, NMN, and Resveratrol are the Three Most Promising Longevity Supplements: Here’s What They Do

January 22, 2020November 27, 2023

The below paragraphs were taken from the first part of a two-part World at Large story on NAD+ supplementation.…

17 Years After Operation Iraqi Freedom, Is Iraq Our Enemy Once Again?
ArchivesWar

17 Years After Operation Iraqi Freedom, Is Iraq Our Enemy Once Again?

January 17, 2020January 8, 2024

Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, David Schenker, released a special briefing last Monday detailing a trip…

Afehyia Pa – Culture Shock and a Merry Ghanaian Christmas
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

Afehyia Pa – Culture Shock and a Merry Ghanaian Christmas

January 14, 2020June 30, 2023

Some of the previous dispatches from Africa have included no small amount of economic, social, or political commentary, but…

By Our Very Nature, Dignity and the Human Being are Indivisible
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

By Our Very Nature, Dignity and the Human Being are Indivisible

January 8, 2020June 30, 2023

I always say about life that opportunities come when things are happening, and things happen when you make ripples…

Juan Guaido Unable to Secure Re-Election as National Assembly President – Can No Longer Hold Interim-Presidency.
ArchivesWorld News

Juan Guaido Unable to Secure Re-Election as National Assembly President – Can No Longer Hold Interim-Presidency.

January 7, 2020July 24, 2023

In a vote to determine the country’s next president of the National Assembly, equivalent to U.S. Speaker of the…

Go to Where the Boot Tracks End… Then Keep Going
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

Go to Where the Boot Tracks End… Then Keep Going

December 31, 2019June 30, 2023

There’s nothing quite so engaging as a good mystery. I was still in Swakopmund as I had become accustomed…

Over 1 Million Yemeni Archaeological Artifacts Stolen During War by US – Emirati Smuggling Ring
ArchivesWorld News

Over 1 Million Yemeni Archaeological Artifacts Stolen During War by US – Emirati Smuggling Ring

December 27, 2019January 22, 2024

American archaeologist and expert in Middle and Near Eastern antiquities Alexander Nagel presented findings in a workshop organized by…

Swakopmund is a Beach Town Paradise that’s Not Quite what it Seems
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

Swakopmund is a Beach Town Paradise that’s Not Quite what it Seems

December 24, 2019June 30, 2023

Swakopmund is a little slice of Germany in The middle of the desert. Afrikaners and Germans mingle together among…

DoD Test Fires Previously-Banned Ballistic Missile
ArchivesWorld News

DoD Test Fires Previously-Banned Ballistic Missile

December 18, 2019July 24, 2023

According to a press release from the Pentagon, the United States has just test-fired a prototype missile from the…

Macro and Micro – the Special Beauty of the Namib Desert
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

Macro and Micro – the Special Beauty of the Namib Desert

December 17, 2019June 30, 2023

I would love to take a mature and nuanced perspective about my first week in Namibia, but to be…

Maximum Pressure On Iran Pushes Her Away From Negotiations, Not Towards Them
ArchivesForeign Policy

Maximum Pressure On Iran Pushes Her Away From Negotiations, Not Towards Them

November 29, 2019August 21, 2023

Washington’s maximum pressure campaign on Iran has forced her to seek allies and aid from countries the United States…

With No Evidence Of Election Fraud, US Politicians And Election Monitors Have Incited A Coup D’état In Bolivia
ArchivesWorld News

With No Evidence Of Election Fraud, US Politicians And Election Monitors Have Incited A Coup D’état In Bolivia

November 13, 2019August 1, 2023

Evo Morales, the now-Former President of Bolivia, arrived in Mexico today with his former-Vice President and announced, “my ideology…

Lost to Science For 30 Years, Team Captures 200 Images of This Tiny Vietnamese Deer
ArchivesConservation

Lost to Science For 30 Years, Team Captures 200 Images of This Tiny Vietnamese Deer

November 12, 2019December 6, 2023

In the digital age of globalization, Google, and infinite access to information, it might pass someone by that there’s…

ArchivesForeign Policy

Bipartisan Propaganda And Bipartisan Imperialism: The Paper Thin Case For U.S. Policy In Venezuela

November 8, 2019July 24, 2023

PICTURED: Vice President Mike Pence meets with Venezuelan Ambassador for the opposition to the U.S. Carlos Vecchio and Colombia-based…

Behold, England’s “Tree Of The Year”
ArchivesCoffee Break Reads

Behold, England’s “Tree Of The Year”

October 24, 2019August 17, 2023

In Calderstones Park in the suburb of Allerton, Liverpool, an 11th-century tree has won a 21st-century prize. Liverpool’s Allerton…

Why Does The UAE Want to Wind Down its Presence in Yemen?
ArchivesWar

Why Does The UAE Want to Wind Down its Presence in Yemen?

July 9, 2019April 16, 2025

Emirati officials have announced that troop levels in the UAE will be wound down as the UAE moves from…

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UN’s ‘Genocide Chronicler’ Issues New Report on Mass Corporate Facilitation of Israel’s War on Palestine

Andy Corbley July 4, 2025

From civilian machinists like Hyundai and Caterpillar, to tourist platforms like Airbnb and Booking, to more obvious culprits like…

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Italy Quietly Tries to Renew Military Cooperation Agreement with Israel, Law firm Notices and Objects

Andy Corbley May 23, 2025

Signed in 2002 and entering into force in 2005, few Italian citizens will know what has resulted from a…

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Houthis Defeat the Americans, Claim Destruction of Another F/A-18 and Strike Israel with Drones

Andy Corbley May 8, 2025

Yemen has claimed responsibility for an attack on the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier that caused a second F/A-18…

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