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Author: Andy Corbley

War

Senate Green Lights $650 Million Missile Sale to Saudi Arabia After Shooting Down Resolution to Block It

December 8, 2021

PICTURED: A neighborhood in Sana, Yemen, a day after it was hit by a Saudi-led airstrike on Thursday, May…

Grape Seed Extract Is a Potent Natural Defense Against a Hallmark of Aging By Killing Senescent Cells
ArchivesNutrition

Grape Seed Extract Is a Potent Natural Defense Against a Hallmark of Aging By Killing Senescent Cells

December 7, 2021November 27, 2023

Story at a glance… Grape seed extract kills senescent cells, a major driver of aging and its diseases. Mice…

Landslide Election Wins in Venezuela For Maduro’s Party Biden-Backed Opposition Considers “Disappearing”
ArchivesWorld News

Landslide Election Wins in Venezuela For Maduro’s Party Biden-Backed Opposition Considers “Disappearing”

December 6, 2021July 24, 2023

Story at a glance… Recent elections for state governorships in Venezuela see socialists win in landslide amid tens of…

World News

Belarus President Says Country Will Host Russian Nukes if NATO Moves Theirs East

December 1, 2021

MINSK, Belarus. May 29th, 2018. PICTURED: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with President of the Republic of Belarus…

Rain in the Desert
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

Rain in the Desert

November 30, 2021June 30, 2023

PC: Andrew Corbley © Regarding the human experience, I always say that it’s best and most productive when you…

Glimpse Traditional Moroccan Life with These Three Non-Tourist Destinations
ArchivesTravel

Glimpse Traditional Moroccan Life with These Three Non-Tourist Destinations

November 29, 2021August 12, 2023

Story at a glance… As the most-visited African country, it can be hard to dodge the tourist traps in…

The Mountains of Hash: and Other Matters of Colonial Gossip
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

The Mountains of Hash: and Other Matters of Colonial Gossip

November 23, 2021June 30, 2023

Morocco is not all narrow souks and sleepless nights. It is also a country of unique natural beauty. With…

To Nudge an Asteroid NASA to Rely Not on a Missile But a DART
Space

To Nudge an Asteroid NASA to Rely Not on a Missile But a DART

November 23, 2021

PICTURED: Illustration of the DART spacecraft flying into the asteroid Dimorphos. PC: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben. Can slamming an…

World News

NATO Pressures Germany to Keep Nuclear Weapons While Admitting They Could be Moved “East”

November 22, 2021

PICTURED: Four B-61 nuclear free-fall bombs at Barksdale Air Force Base, the same ones as those currently stationed in…

The Souk’s Tangled Webs Weave Winding Lanes and Lies
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

The Souk’s Tangled Webs Weave Winding Lanes and Lies

November 17, 2021June 30, 2023

Amid the souks of Morocco, and for all the Islamic world for that matter, one’s normal lie-dar is rarely…

From Turkey to Korea, People Share a Common Language Invented to Describe Millet Farming
Human Sciences

From Turkey to Korea, People Share a Common Language Invented to Describe Millet Farming

November 16, 2021

PICTURED: A woman harvests millet in a field in Zaozhuang city, East China’s Shandong province, on Sept 7, 2016.…

Literature and Character Pulls Africa and Europe Together in Tangier
ArchivesTravel

Literature and Character Pulls Africa and Europe Together in Tangier

November 15, 2021July 20, 2023

The city of Paul Bowles; the city of Mohamed Choukri; and a city that has been used numerous times…

Coffee Break Reads

Palm Oil Fatty Acids Linked With Colorectal, Breast, Skin, Mouth, and Prostate Cancers

November 13, 2021

Palmitic acid, the world-changing fatty acid in palm oil, has been shown in recent years of research to induce,…

World News

Migrant Crisis Leads to Nuclear-Capable Bombers Prowling NATO/Belarus Border

November 12, 2021

PICTURED: Tupolev Tu-160 RF-94109 over the Volga and the cities of Engels (left) and Privolzsky (right), Saratov Region. PC:…

Morocco: Where Dreams Lie Thicker than the Leaves
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

Morocco: Where Dreams Lie Thicker than the Leaves

November 9, 2021June 30, 2023

To Morocco. At last I have arrived in the country of Choukri; the country of Bowles; that most famous…

Largest Ever Anglo-Saxon Gold Coin Hoard Found in Norfolk
Human Sciences

Largest Ever Anglo-Saxon Gold Coin Hoard Found in Norfolk

November 4, 2021

PICTURED: The Norfolk Hoard, one of the most important ever found. PC: British Museum. Released. A hoard of 131…

Lake Michigan-Sized Marine Reserve Added to Galapagos Islands  During COP 26
ArchivesPolicy

Lake Michigan-Sized Marine Reserve Added to Galapagos Islands During COP 26

November 2, 2021August 12, 2023

Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso announced yesterday at the 26th Conference of the Parties to the Paris Climate Agreement, an…

Foreign Policy

State Department Request Mass-Redactions from Recent Afghanistan Waste and Fraud Report

November 1, 2021

PICTURED: John F. Sopko, the Special Investigator General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). PC: SIGAR. CC 2.0. Story at a…

Apathetic Taiwanese Military Unready and Unwilling to Defend Against China
ArchivesForeign Policy

Apathetic Taiwanese Military Unready and Unwilling to Defend Against China

October 28, 2021August 7, 2024

Story at a glance… Calls for Taiwan attendance at the UN increase tensions between the US and China. Despite…

Our Diets Have Much Room for Mushrooms—Wild Ones in Particular
ArchivesNutrition

Our Diets Have Much Room for Mushrooms—Wild Ones in Particular

October 27, 2021December 11, 2023

Story at a glance… Wild mushrooms represent a nutrient-dense and medicinal component to the human diet. Foraging, including for…

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July Tariff Revenues Generate a Meager One-Fourth of Deficit Spending Increase

Andy Corbley September 8, 2025

Despite year-over-year revenue from import duties growing 252% compared to July of last year, government inlays were dwarfed by…

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Israel’s Destruction of Palestinian Olive Trees: Security Meets Environmental Warfare

Suzanne Latre August 28, 2025

At dawn on Monday, Israeli military bulldozers entered the Nablus area. They began uprooting thousands of olive trees, which…

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US Has Bombed Somalia Over 50 Times This Year

Andy Corbley August 21, 2025

US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab southwest of the city of Bariire in central Somalia last…

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