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Backpacking in Asia, Africa? Think Twice Before Bringing This Key Item
Travel

Backpacking in Asia, Africa? Think Twice Before Bringing This Key Item

March 28, 2024March 29, 2024

This article contains affiliate links. Whether you sprain an ankle high in the Hindu Kush, break an axle in…

Some Unlikely Countries That Have Digital Nomad Visas
ArchivesTravel

Some Unlikely Countries That Have Digital Nomad Visas

April 21, 2023July 12, 2023

With East Asia reopened for tourism, the COVID-19 travel insanity is well and truly over, and there are going…

Much of South Asia Poised to Follow Sri Lanka into Economic Ruin
Global Economy

Much of South Asia Poised to Follow Sri Lanka into Economic Ruin

July 27, 2022

PICTURED: Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka on April 13, 2022 in front of the Presidential Secretariat. PC: AntanO. CC…

There is an Opportunity this Spring to Go Back in Time
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

There is an Opportunity this Spring to Go Back in Time

December 15, 2020June 30, 2023

I knew when the possible implications of the rapidly spreading coronavirus back in February became clear, that I didn’t…

Several Countries Warn Against Travel To Sri Lanka, But Tourists May Be Exactly What They Need
Travel

Several Countries Warn Against Travel To Sri Lanka, But Tourists May Be Exactly What They Need

May 2, 2019

A series of bombings on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday killed 290 people and wounded more…


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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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Former Georgia Senator Joins Trump’s Kettle of China Hawks as US Ambassador to Beijing

Andy Corbley May 1, 2025

Former Georgia Senator and businessman David Perdue was recently confirmed with a bipartisan vote as the new US Ambassador…

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