Why 2025 is the most rare and fascinating year you'll witness in your lifetime; How this perfect square year will transform the world
Others News: 2025 stands out as a perfect square year, a rare occurrence packing spiritual significance. Historically ...
A Biologist Tells The Story Of Earth’s Deadliest Volcano—And The Literary ‘Masterpiece’ That Ensued
When a volcanic eruption shook the world in 1815, it left behind more than just ash and lava. Here are some iconic world ...
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How George Orwell was right — and Steve Jobs was wrong | Opinion
A fascinating article in The New York Timesthis week by Kurt Gray, professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University ...
Fierce envy: why British elites hate Russia
Britain lives in the past, memories of the greatness of the once largest colonial empire in the world. The current residents ...
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Fergus Finlay: Democracy is dying — a more autocratic world is only years away
C ould the next few paragraphs become part of what our children are taught in years to come? “Democracy was in the end a ...
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China, 1900-1901 (Boxer Uprising)
In the Opium Wars of the 1860s the British forced the Chinese to accept the import of opium in return for Chinese goods, and trading centres were established at major ports. The largest of these was ...
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The West is not dying, but it is working on it
A motley crew of centrist pundits in Europe, the Global South, and, following Donald Trump’s election victory, the US believe ...
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UN drug experts say opium production has leveled off in Myanmar, but instability may trigger a rise
Resistance to the takeover has led to what is now a civil war. Many farmers who had left opium behind during the period of relative stability before the military takeover returned to growing opium ...
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The Once Booming Drug Town Going Bust Under Taliban Rule
The Taliban boom town is rapidly going bust. The same insurgents who embraced opium to help finance their war have put an end to it, ordering a ban that has all but cleared Afghanistan of poppy ...