the pacific island nation of tuvalu has only a few days of water left
Tuvalu is a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia, and an independent nation since it achieved independence...
snow falls in auckland, new zealand for the first time in 80 years
What is going on with the global weather? This summer, every state in the U.S. has broken heat records, and the New York area...
an increase in media censorship in uzbekistan: you wont be reading the new york...
The Republic of Uzbekistan, a land-locked central Asian country of approximately thirty million, has this week further censored access to information on the web...
the anti-nuclear movement in japan gains momentum
In the country that has experienced what some say is the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986, thousands of citizens protesting against the...
yesterday wasn’t the end of the world, but this place feels like the end...
Among my favorite places on Earth are those places that take me out of space and time, and make me feel like I am...
a border dispute heats up: thailand, cambodia and a unesco site
Border disputes are quite common these days. Some disputes involve strategic islands or territories, others ancestral homelands, and still others water or resource rights.
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let’s keep the sun rising: help save japan
As I walked by Union Square in New York City on Sunday, I couldn’t help but hear the chants of “Nippon! Nippon!” and “Help...
