The Jewish community in Costa Rica boasts a rich and storied history that remains vibrant nowadays. Of the approximately 5,000 Jews in the Central American nation, the majority are concentrated in and around the capital city of San Jose. The…
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This is the most contaminated nuclear location in America
Hidden in the vast expanse of Washington state, the Hanford Site spans 586 square miles and is infamous for being the most contaminated nuclear location in America. Originally constructed in 1944 as part of the Manhattan Project, this…
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Cells that cure the lungs
Fibrosis is a process in which scar tissue forms in internal organs as the body attempts to repair damage—an attempt that ultimately fails. In pulmonary fibrosis, this damage can be caused by factors such as smoking, air pollution, exposure to…Continue Reading
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Four Islamic State terrorists killed in Iraqi airstrike
Four members of the Islamic State, including two senior leaders, were killed in an airstrike carried out by Iraqi aircraft in the Hamrin Mountains in eastern Iraq, security officials said on Saturday.
The Iraqi Security Media Cell, an…
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Reviewing ‘If It Takes a Thousand Years’ by Jesse Petrilla
Former US Army captain Jesse Petrilla is clearly a disciple of the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu. A basic principle in Sun’s classic treatise The Art of War is “Know your enemy.” Petrilla has spent a decade getting to…
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Top Trump advisor attends Iran opposition event in Paris
US President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming Ukraine envoy, Keith Kellogg, was in Paris on Saturday, attending an event at Paris-based Iranian opposition group National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), according to TV footage carried by…
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Supersonic commercial flights will return in 2025 for the first time since the Concorde
For the first time since the Concorde was retired in 2003, the dream of supersonic commercial flights is making a comeback. Promising to cut transcontinental travel times in half, these next-generation aircraft are being developed by…
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Lebanon working with Syria to strengthen borders
Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, met Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati in Damascus on Saturday in a bid to improve long-fraught ties, with the pair focusing on strengthening their shared border.
The trip was the first…
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These Maps Show Just How Dry Southern California Is Right Now
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.
Dry conditions across Southern California in early January 2025 set the stage for a series of deadly wind-driven wildfires that burned thousands of homes and other…
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Zelensky says Ukraine captured two North Korean soldiers in Kursk
Ukraine has captured two North Korean soldiers in Russia’s Kursk region, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday, the first time Ukraine has announced the capture of North Korean soldiers alive since their entry into the war last…
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