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Juan Guaido Manages to Retain National Assembly Presidency After Rival was Elected
World News

Juan Guaido Manages to Retain National Assembly Presidency After Rival was Elected

January 12, 2020

CARACAS February 2nd, 2019. PICTURED: Juan Guaido at an anti-Maduro protest in the Venezuelan Capital. Photo credit Alex Cocopro…

Is Confronting Iran More Important Than Preventing IS Return? Can Trump Have Both?
War

Is Confronting Iran More Important Than Preventing IS Return? Can Trump Have Both?

January 10, 2020

PICTURED: Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis at the funeral of Qasem Soleimani’s father. CC 4.0 IRAQ, January 10th, 2020. U.S. airstrikes…

Qian Shan National Park is a Must-See in the Northeast of China
Travel

Qian Shan National Park is a Must-See in the Northeast of China

January 9, 2020

In the heart of China’s Rustbelt region of Liaoning, Qian Shan Mountains National Park in the northeast of the…

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…

Paper Models Shutting Down Coal Plants and Finds it Would Save Millions of Tons of Food and Thousands of Lives
Environment

Paper Models Shutting Down Coal Plants and Finds it Would Save Millions of Tons of Food and Thousands of Lives

January 6, 2020

The decommissioning of coal-fired power plants in the continental United States has reduced nearby pollution and its impacts on…

2020 U.S. Goals for the Middle-East are About Confronting Russia, not Making Peace
Foreign Policy

2020 U.S. Goals for the Middle-East are About Confronting Russia, not Making Peace

January 3, 2020

WASHINGTON, December 30th, 2019. Ending a war, troop withdrawals, de-escalating tensions, none of these were among the goals stated…

Medicine

Chinese Scientist Sentenced to 3-Years for Gene-Editing Fetuses

January 1, 2020

November 25, 2018. PICTURED: Chinese biomedical researcher Dr. Jiankui He. Photo credit The He Lab. CC 3.0 December 30th,…

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…

2019’s Conservation Success Stories by IUCN
Conservation

2019’s Conservation Success Stories by IUCN

December 23, 2019

Monday, December 23rd, 2019. “A year of incredible species action” raves the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.…

Coffee Break Reads

Science Journal’s Breakthrough of the Year 2019

December 21, 2019

PICTURED: The iconic image of galaxy Messier 87’s central black hole, showing a ring of photons bent by its…

Foreign Policy

How Would A Pence Oval Office Look On The World Stage?

December 20, 2019

WASHINGTON D.C. Thursday, December 19th, 2019. The U.S. House of Representatives, after several months of hearing testimony on the…

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…

“If” Becomes the Theme as the UN Climate Change Panel in Madrid Concludes with Mixed Results
Environment

“If” Becomes the Theme as the UN Climate Change Panel in Madrid Concludes with Mixed Results

December 16, 2019

PICTURED: Chair of the IPCC, Mr. Hoesung Lee, speaks at the COP 2016 in Marrakech. Photo credit UNClimbatechange. CC…

Renting a Car in Namibia – The Things I Wish I had Known
Travel

Renting a Car in Namibia – The Things I Wish I had Known

December 14, 2019

Sesriem, Namibia. December 2019. PICTURED: The gravel roads of Namibia curving southward past dramatic cliffs just outside of the…

Three Examples of Birds Coming Back From the Brink
Conservation

Three Examples of Birds Coming Back From the Brink

December 10, 2019

PICTURED: the state bird of Hawaii, the Hawaiian Goose (Branta canadensis). Photo credit Bettina Arrigioni. CC 2.0. December 12th,…

War

UPDATE: Peace Talks Progress in Yemen, as Middle East Prepares for Fourth Decade of War

December 9, 2019

PICTURED: Civilian Prime Minister in Sudan, Abdalla Hamdok. Photo credit: International Hydropower. CC 2.0 KHARTOUM, Sudan. December 8th, 2019.…

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Iran War Reaches Critical Juncture in May

Suzanne Latre April 28, 2026

Nearly two months after the outbreak of war between the United States and Iran, the conflict is entering a…

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EU Citizens Gather 1 Million Signatures for Referendum to Repeal Israel’s European Relations

Andy Corbley April 19, 2026

It’s been reported to be the fastest that any petition to the European Commission has gathered 1 million signatures,…

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750 US Troops Injured or Killed since October 2023 – Investigation

Andy Corbley April 3, 2026

Investigative news outlet The Intercept has reported that the Pentagon and US Central Command (CENTCOM) are engaged in a “casualty cover-up”…

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