by Sarah Sloat, Pocket Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, is a 63-square-mile spot of land in the Pacific Ocean. In 1995, science writer Jared Diamond popularized the “collapse theory” in a Discover magazine story about why the Easter Island population was so small when European explorers arrived in 1722. He later published Collapse, […]
Now, as the Romance Writers of America reckons with its history of racism, will she finally get her due? Texas Monthly If it hadn’t been for the pandemic and the near impossibility of visiting Vivian Stephens in person, I’m not sure I would have been so attuned to her voice. It is mellifluous; she always […]
Eurasian Times By Prakash Nanda While global support in the form of military hardware pours in for Ukraine’s fight against the Russians, it is also being realized by the discerning observers that all this support may prove the adage that “the road to hell is paved with good intentions”. And that is because of Ukraine’s […]
Patrice Lumumba was not the only one to die for Pan Africanism; from Martin Luther to Malcolm X, from Tom Mboya to Thomas Sankara, the forces against Pan Africanism are alive and well – and sadly, too many good men have died for the cause. The other major victim of the Pan-Africanism movement was Kwame […]
Non-urgent procedures to resume in Ontario as COVID-19 hospitalizations decline CBC News Ontario is lifting the directive that put a pause on non-urgent procedures and surgeries, with the province citing a “steady decline in COVID-19 related hospitalizations and ICU admissions.” The measure, called Directive 2, was put in place on Jan. 5 as the province […]
pocket Brain Pickings Maria Popova “Real self-esteem is an integration of an inner value with things in the world around you,” Anna Deavere Smith wrote in her invaluable advice to young artists. But how does one master the intricacies of that integration? “The less promise and potency in the self, the more imperative is the […]
Earth Observatory Despite growing use of fossil fuels in many African countries due to development and economic growth, there has been a small but unexpected decrease in air pollution over some parts of the continent in recent years. According to new research, the change is most evident during the dry season in areas where grassland […]
Meaning:- Fiery Eye, Keen Of Vision, Appearing As Fire Etymology:- From (1) the verb αιθω (aitho), to light up or kindle, and (2) the noun οψ (ops), eye. The name Ethiopia in the Bible The name Ethiopia is Greek for the Hebrew name Cush or Nubia, the country south of Egypt, which was pretty much the southernmost border of the known world in Biblical […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for boosting the country’s strategic military forces as he observed the test of a hypersonic missile, state media said on Wednesday, officially attending a missile launch for the first time in nearly two years. Lat Tuesday authorities in South Korea and Japan detected the suspected launch, which drew […]
By Lynn Ischay, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio — From across the street, Ernesto “Ernie” Spinelli looks like a 20-something kid: black pant legs pulled up unevenly to the knees, ball cap on backward with curls spilling everywhere, well-defined calf muscles ending in fashionable work shoes. The 70-year-old on the scaffolding at Cleveland’s new Ethiopian Cultural Garden would laugh at that notion. […]
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