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Eurasia: Alliance Of Sahel States’ Multibillion-Dollar ‘Gold Pipeline’ – Analysis

Gold Bars. Photo by Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited, Wikipedia Commons. Alliance Of Sahel States’ Multibillion-Dollar ‘Gold Pipeline’ – Analysis  August 20, 2026 By Arab News FacebookTwitterEmailFlipboardMastodonLinkedInShare Video Muted By Hafed Al-Ghwell Key Takeaways: Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are building an economic … Continue reading →

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History: 1619: First enslaved Africans arrive in Jamestown, setting the stage for slavery in North America

AUG20 AUG20 Choose another dateOK August 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 … Continue reading →

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Chay Bowes on X: You’d never hear the end of it if this was Moscow or Beijing

@BowesChay · 11h You’d never hear the end of it if this was Moscow or Beijing https://twitter.com/JnglJourney/status/2090191528853479798/video/1

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FT: The decline of socialising in modern society has been a steady process, but on many measures of isolation a gap really opened up after the pandemic. The FT’s John Burn-Murdoch examines the data behind the damaging new normal.

The decline of socialising in modern society has been a steady process, but on many measures of isolation a gap really opened up after the pandemic. The FT’s John Burn-Murdoch examines the data behind the damaging new normal. https://ft.trib.al/0eVZ8bM https://twitter.com/FT/status/2090338087540838621/video/1

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FT: The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the cuts to America’s joint military exercises with South Korea were ‘not even worth commenting on’, as she cast doubt on the US president’s claim over communication between Pyongyang and Washington.

Financial Times @FT · 8h The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the cuts to America’s joint military exercises with South Korea were ‘not even worth commenting on’, as she cast doubt on the US president’s claim … Continue reading →

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Buchanan on X: Barcelona is banning Airbnb-style apartments. Dublin needs to do the same.

BUCHANAN: Dublin Time Machine @RobLooseCannon Barcelona is banning Airbnb-style apartments. Dublin needs to do the same. Spain’s Constitutional Court told landlords their property rights don’t trump a city’s right to house its own people. We have thousands of properties sitting … Continue reading →

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Axios: Washington’s stealth oil operation

Washington’s stealth oil operation   Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Stock: Getty Images The U.S. military has quietly established a shipping corridor in and out of the Strait of Hormuz, two U.S. officials tell Axios’ Barak Ravid.  Under the operation, which has been underway for the … Continue reading →

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To Presidents, Prime Ministers, leaders of countries, herein such wisdom (referred to by Iran and who added Prudence) … World at wars … too many

@WordsnWisdom26 · Aug 18 “The difference between humans and animals is that animals never allow a fool to lead the pack.” — Winston Churchill

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Ireland’s abandoned asylum: Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum. Land now for housing but the building, its heritage, could render it a place for historic reasons. It is older than Broadmoor in the UK

Aug 14, 2026Go to https://surfshark.com/urbandoned or use code URBANDONED at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark! In today’s episode, we head inside the abandoned Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum, Ireland. After closure in 2022, Europe’s oldest forensic psychiatric … Continue reading →

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Axios: The new existential threat to AI

  The new existential threat to AI   Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Stock: Getty Images   Forget energy. Forget chips. Forget China. The most clear and present danger to AI and any AI-related economic boom is rapidly rising public opposition to U.S. data … Continue reading →

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