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UNESCO Heritage Sites Class of 2024: A Mixed Bag of New Sites
Travel

UNESCO Heritage Sites Class of 2024: A Mixed Bag of New Sites

August 2, 2024August 2, 2024

The 46th annual meeting of the World Heritage Committee has just concluded in New Delhi. Keeping with WaL tradition of reporting…

New Global Payments Systems to Challenge the Dollar’s Future Dominance
ArchivesGlobal Economy

New Global Payments Systems to Challenge the Dollar’s Future Dominance

August 1, 2022July 14, 2023

PICTURED: Chinese President Xi Jinping, President Vladimir Putin, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and South African…

There Are 4 Million More Digital Nomads Since Last Year, and Another 24 Million Are Getting There
ArchivesTravel

There Are 4 Million More Digital Nomads Since Last Year, and Another 24 Million Are Getting There

May 17, 2022July 20, 2023

Digital nomads—people who spend the majority of their working year traveling the world, working remotely from their computers, are…

Cooperation Or Conflict: How To Save Biodiversity In The Tropics
Conservation

Cooperation Or Conflict: How To Save Biodiversity In The Tropics

July 17, 2019

Tremendous sacrifices have been made in the quest to feed the people of the world, much of it fronted…


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US Forces Bomb Somalia for the 90th Time This Year: Has it Helped?

Andy Corbley November 11, 2025

“In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike targeting ISIS-Somalia on Nov.…

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Pentagon Doesn’t Know Who They’re Killing in Caribbean Boat Bombings

Andy Corbley October 31, 2025

Virtually all news outlets worldwide reporting on the Pentagon’s targeted killings of sailors in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific…

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Putin Proposes an Extension to the New START Nuclear Deal Through to 2027

Julien Torres October 4, 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that his government will adhere to the NEW START treaty with the US…

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