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Assam Assembly ends practice of two-hour Jumma break, running since 1937

The order stated that the amendment was done to scrap the colonial practice which aimed at dividing…

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Elon Musk denies he volunteered his sperm to help start a Martian colony

The New York Times reported Elon Musk had volunteered his sperm as part of SpaceX's plans to build …

Tom Carter   


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Russia will become a 'Chinese resource colony' as the Xi Jinping-Vladimir Putin summit highlights economic dependence on Beijing

"They will get gas from Power of Siberia. By the end of 2023, the yuan will be our main trade curre…

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Brittney Griner is at Russia's 'harshest' prison colony known for 'slave-like conditions' and 'daily torture,' a former inmate says

A Russian musician who served a two-year sentence at a Russian penal colony in Mordovia told MSNBC …

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Brittney Griner reportedly turned down the opportunity to play basketball in prison because it's 'too painful' to practice

The WNBA star, who has been wrongfully detained in Russia since February, reportedly refused lawyer…

Meredith Cash   


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American companies resemble a bunch of preschoolers running with pointy scissors when it comes to cybersecurity

The SolarWinds and Colonial Pipeline hacks could have been prevented with basic cybersecurity. Many…

Michael Abboud   


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Govt exempts properties in Delhi's unauthorised colonies from income tax

It said tax would not be levied on "any immovable property, being land or building or both, receive…

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India's first openly gay prince endured years of torturous conversion therapy. Now, he's fighting to make the practice illegal.

After coming out, Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil faced public death threats, conversion therapy, and …

Poulomi Das   


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Jeff Bezos offers a vision of flying through space colonies with our own wings. But is that the best way to save the human race?

Jeff Bezos sees space as a place where the weather could be like Maui, and, without gravity, where …

Abigail Higgins   


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Scientists found 192 spines threaded on poles in Peru, a macabre practice that may be a response to Europeans pillaging graves

192 examples of these spines reconstituted after burial were found. This would have happened around…

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A colony of 250,000 ants call the average anthill home - here's what inside their mound

The secret's in the design. The nest is arranged like an ice cream cone. At the top, you have the m…

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Indian women had to kill themselves —and other bitter stories of British colonialism revealed in a podcast

While a few well-read people in India are aware of the atrocities of partition, unfortunately th…

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A unique African community who have practiced Judaism for a century despite persecution say they deserve the right to be recognized as Jews by Israel

Yosef Kibita, a convert from Uganda, is the central figure in a legal battle to recognize the Abayu…

Joshua Zitser   


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Jeff Bezos's huge ambitions for space include floating colonies with weather like 'Maui on its best day, all year long'

The Amazon founder made the comments at a Thursday press conference in Washington, D.C., where he u…

Alexandra Ma   


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Russia's Prison Colonies Resemble The Old Soviet Camps

Inmates are mostly housed in barracks in open camps unlike the closed prisons in America or western…

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Some animals can clean themselves, while others get 'dirty' on purpose - here are some of the wildest grooming practices in the animal kingdom

Aphids have developed a symbiotic relationship with ants to protect them from predators: aphids pro…

Sean Kane   


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Screw Mars - NASA Wants To Set Up A Colony On Venus First

The most exciting prospect of HAVOC right now is that the technology and materials NASA would need …

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NASA's Incredible, Futuristic, And Totally Real Plan To Establish A Human Colony On Venus

The most exciting prospect of HAVOC right now is that the technology and materials NASA would need …

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Jamestown Cannibals: Evidence Suggests Settlers ATE Children During Harsh Winters

"The desperation and overwhelming circumstances faced by the James Fort colonists during the winter…

Jennifer Welsh