International
A Road (Literally) to London… And Russia?
Cross-country trips are a part of many American’s coming of age stories. If you love seeing the sights from your car, you’ll dig the…
Read MorePolice Experience Pays Off In Jakarta Attacks
Excerpts From the WSJ: Indonesia has a long history of dealing with violent extremists. Following the bombings on the resort island of Bali in…
Read MoreSuicide Bomber Targets Tourist Destination
Turkey’s close proximity to Syria and the war with ISIS creates increased vulnerabilities for tourists and citizens alike. The latest attack by a Syrian…
Read MoreMars Update
NASA announced this week it will soon begin accepting applications for a new class of astronauts. These folks will likely be headed to Mars….
Read MoreA Link Between Poachers and Police Lands Reporters in Trouble
From the Guardian: Three journalists from a state-run weekly newspaper in Zimbabwe will be charged with slander for a front-page story that implicated an…
Read MoreWhat do the Russian’s think of the Syria attacks?
From The Economist: RUSSIA’S behaviour in Syria resembles the fable of the scorpion who promises not to sting the frog that carries him across…
Read MoreThe Harsh Truth about Mars
From The Washington Post: Ephemeral brine on Mars! Hmmm. That doesn’t quite have the same ring as “water on Mars!” The latter formulation sounds…
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The Most Terrifying Pool Ever!
https://www.distractify.com/markpygas-dont-pee-in-thar-1304365528.html The Embassy Gardens development will link two of its apartment buildings with a terrifying pool suspended 10 stories above the London streets.
Read MoreEgypt Pardons Journalists
In what is widely viewed as a public relations move, Egypt has freed the two of the three Al Jazeera journalists sentenced to 3…
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