Labeled the ‘Cold Winter Deserts of Central Asia’ IUCN Recommends 4 Additional World Heritage Sites
A group of spectacular mountain and desert landscapes were targeted, assessed, and recommended by the International Union for the…
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In Ghana, I Practiced a Bit of “Theological Tourism”
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?
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
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
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?
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
In the digital age of globalization, Google, and infinite access to information, it might pass someone by that there’s…
Bipartisan Propaganda And Bipartisan Imperialism: The Paper Thin Case For U.S. Policy In Venezuela
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”
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?
Emirati officials have announced that troop levels in the UAE will be wound down as the UAE moves from…