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UNESCO Heritage Sites Class of 2023: Central Asia Winning Out
Travel

UNESCO Heritage Sites Class of 2023: Central Asia Winning Out

September 25, 2023

The 45th Session of the World Heritage Committee took place in Riyadh from the 10th to the 25th of…

Two More Members of Pentagon Brass Discuss War with China Openly
Foreign Policy

Two More Members of Pentagon Brass Discuss War with China Openly

September 14, 2023September 14, 2023

Big spenders among the Air Force brass are keen to buy and build their way to a war against…

4,200-Year-Old Ceramic Storm Drains in Ancient Chinese Town Are the Oldest of Their Kind
Human Sciences

4,200-Year-Old Ceramic Storm Drains in Ancient Chinese Town Are the Oldest of Their Kind

August 17, 2023August 18, 2023

Story at a glance…  The world’s oldest ceramic drain pipe system has been identified and described in China. The…

Military Hardware from D-Day Litters the French Normandy Coast Road all the Way to Omaha
ArchivesTravel

Military Hardware from D-Day Litters the French Normandy Coast Road all the Way to Omaha

May 19, 2023June 29, 2023

If you decide this June to take off along the 514 departmental road from the ferry port at Ouistreham,…

US and South Korea Agree to Co-Design Nuclear Weapons Policy 5 Years After Panmunjom Declaration
ArchivesForeign Policy

US and South Korea Agree to Co-Design Nuclear Weapons Policy 5 Years After Panmunjom Declaration

April 27, 2023June 29, 2023

Story at a glance… The US has announced it will make its South Korean nuclear deterrent more “visible” with…

4 Years After Discovery, the First Viking Ship Burial Found in Over 100 Years Reveals its Lost Secrets
ArchivesHuman Sciences

4 Years After Discovery, the First Viking Ship Burial Found in Over 100 Years Reveals its Lost Secrets

March 17, 2023July 6, 2023

When news broke in 2018 that another Viking-Age ship burial had been found on the shores of the Oslo…

‘Princely’ Tomb of a Hunnic Warrior and his Horse Unearthed in Romania
ArchivesHuman Sciences

‘Princely’ Tomb of a Hunnic Warrior and his Horse Unearthed in Romania

February 1, 2023July 13, 2023

Workers building a new highway in Romania were forced to call archaeologists when it became clear they were digging…

Le Mans Hosts a Hundred Years of Endurance Motor Racing After a Thousand Years of History.
ArchivesTravel

Le Mans Hosts a Hundred Years of Endurance Motor Racing After a Thousand Years of History.

December 19, 2022June 30, 2023

The 1971 movie Le Mans, featuring Steve McQueen, had no scripted dialogue for the first forty minutes as it…

Damascus Museum Opens New Exhibition of 35,000 Artifacts Recovered After Decade of War
World News

Damascus Museum Opens New Exhibition of 35,000 Artifacts Recovered After Decade of War

November 28, 2022

PICTURED: Palmyra in 2010, source of many of the exhibited artifacts. PC: Bernard Gagnon. CC 3.0. SA. DAMASCUS, Syria.…

The New Cycle Route From Paris to Mont-Saint-Michel is Fueling Dreams of Escape
ArchivesTravel

The New Cycle Route From Paris to Mont-Saint-Michel is Fueling Dreams of Escape

November 21, 2022June 30, 2023

There has been something of an exodus from Paris following the pandemic in France. A migration. Not that the…

Ever Been to Tunisia?
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

Ever Been to Tunisia?

November 8, 2022June 30, 2023

On certain occasions, one simply must visit a country which one has no knowledge of. Scrolling through plane tickets…

Lake Garda is Pure Italy and a Treasure House Destination of the North
ArchivesTravel

Lake Garda is Pure Italy and a Treasure House Destination of the North

October 5, 2022July 3, 2023

Northern Italy is famous for many things, her lakes not least of all. As part-time residence of George Clooney,…

Declaring the Killing of an Unnamed al-Shabaab Leader, the U.S. Briefly Highlights America’s Forgotten War
War

Declaring the Killing of an Unnamed al-Shabaab Leader, the U.S. Briefly Highlights America’s Forgotten War

October 4, 2022

PICTURED: Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud with Antony Blinken. Story at a glance… An important leader of al-Shabaab was…

U.S. Considering Repeat-Failure Policy of Sanctions-As-Deterrent Against China
Foreign Policy

U.S. Considering Repeat-Failure Policy of Sanctions-As-Deterrent Against China

September 14, 2022

PICTURED: PLAAF Shenyang-11 fighter jets over China in 2020. Story at a glance… Anonymous sources told Reuters that the…

Ukraine Preparing to Target Russian Fleet—and Even Crimea With American Missiles
War

Ukraine Preparing to Target Russian Fleet—and Even Crimea With American Missiles

July 20, 2022

PICTURED: a HIMARS launches its payload on White Sands Missile Resting Range, U.S. in 2005. KYIV, Ukraine. July 19th,…

Dozens of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Paintings and Maps Made Available For Viewing Online
ArchivesCulture

Dozens of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Paintings and Maps Made Available For Viewing Online

March 21, 2022August 12, 2023

To create his fictional world of Middle-Earth, English author J.R.R. Tolkien used nearly every creative tool at man’s disposal,…

Glory, God, and Horses — Uncovering The Secret Societies of Siena
ArchivesTravel

Glory, God, and Horses — Uncovering The Secret Societies of Siena

June 10, 2021July 14, 2023

Many people know what to think of when they hear the word “Pamplona”. But how many people familiar with…

Musings on the Slavosphere
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

Musings on the Slavosphere

May 11, 2021June 30, 2023

Ukraine is one of those countries that, like so many parts of Europe, once belonged to one people, and…

War

May 15th is Conscientious Objector Day When Thousands File Taxes Minus the Cost of Military Spending

May 10, 2021

PICTURED: Demonstrators for amnesty for COs, circ. 1946, unknown source. Photo credit: Swarthmore. “War will exist until that distant…


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But of Course the Ukrainian Army Is Not Keeping Track of Where They’re Dropping Cluster Bombs

Andy Corbley August 22, 2023

When President Biden signaled his intention to bypass American law and send cluster munitions to Ukraine, Kyiv quickly provided…

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Biden Officials Knew Ukraine Couldn’t Fight Effectively with the Weapons and Training They Had

Andy Corbley July 24, 2023

  If any Ukrainian were under the impression that the White House and Pentagon were their allies, the last…

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Pentagon Intelligence Chief Calls Ukraine A “Stalemate”–Doubts that New Weapons Will Help

Andy Corbley July 17, 2023

In an interview at Bloomberg, Chief of Staff for the Defense Intelligence Agency described the Ukraine war as a “stalemate” before…

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But of Course the Ukrainian Army Is Not Keeping Track of Where They’re Dropping Cluster Bombs

Andy Corbley August 22, 2023
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But of Course the Ukrainian Army Is Not Keeping Track of Where They’re Dropping Cluster Bombs

Andy Corbley August 22, 2023
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