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The forgotten Lake
It was bitter cold, but I don’t remember freezing or being cold. Hemingway wrote that the air was…
Rare Earth Supremacy: China’s Ace in the Clean Technology Competition
In October 2024, China’s first comprehensive regulation to tighten state control over the critical sector of rare earth…
Researchers Discover Enormous Ancient Cities Hidden in Uzbekistan’s Mountains
Using drone-based lidar, researchers mapped two medieval cities, Tashbulak and Tugunbulak, in Uzbekistan, revealing detailed urban structures significant to…
Russian Population “Filtration” Operations
Washington 6 Nov (50). Russian officials and proxy authorities in Russia-controlled areas of Ukraine are undertaking a monumental…
The Russian Fantasy Of Infallibilty
London 30 October (20). In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula. That same year, Russian special operation forces…
Russian response slow, inefficient and repelled
Moscow (11 September/ 33.33). Russia waged a 2-year war of aggression against its neighbor, the Ukraine. Two years…
Tajikistan: Pamiri minority facing systemic discrimination in ‘overlooked human rights crisis’
The Tajikistani authorities are perpetuating systemic discrimination and severe human rights violations against the Pamiri minority, according to…
Pull of Russia’s Incursion, Lead Ukraine to Victory
Frankfurt, Paris (18/8 – 62.50) Ukraine has scored a series of victories in more than a week since…
Kursk: ….and the wheels are coming off
Washington/Paris/Berlin (12/8 – 28.57). Today is the twenty-anniversary of the sinking of the Kursk. A painful experience. A…
Meet the founder who built and sold a $600M enterprise software startup from Sri Lanka
Sanjiva Weerawarana is a Sri Lankan success story. He founded enterprise software firm WSO2 in 2005, got it…