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Pondicherry: A Traveler's Paradise
Pondicherry nestled on the southeastern coast of India, officially known as Puducherry, is a charmi…
How prison in Putin's Russia actually works, according to a former penal colony inmate
Vladimir Pereverzin is a former businessman from Russia. He was imprisoned for seven years in some …
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18 ancient Egyptian human skulls are being auctioned for $250 each, in a grim sale of colonial spoils
Auctoneers are selling 18 ancient Egyptian skulls from the famed Pitt Rivers collections for $250 e…
Mia Jankowicz
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Columbus' voyages sparked epidemics that killed so many people, it may have crashed carbon dioxide levels worldwide
Columbus' expedition to North and South America brought not only conquest and exploitation to the r…
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Navalny's body was 'abused' after his death in an Arctic penal colony, says his wife
In a speech to the European Parliament, Yulia Navalnaya accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of…
Tom Porter
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Water supply in Delhi to be affected in several areas on Jan 18, Jan 19
Water supply will be affected in several areas in Delhi on January 18 and January 19 due to the ins…
PTI
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Rolls-Royce unveils a concept nuclear reactor that could one day power a colony on the moon
Rolls-Royce is hoping its micronuclear reactor could be installed on the moon by the early 2030s.
Marianne Guenot
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Blasting the Moon’s surface with super-concentrated Sun beams could help create usable roads for future lunar rovers!
Hence, in an attempt to find on-site solutions, researchers conducted experiments to investigate th…
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Elon Musk invested in Deep Mind after its founder told him that AI could destroy human colonies on Mars: NYT
Elon Musk was left dumbfounded after DeepMind cofounder Demis Hassabis told him that AI could destr…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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Marilyn Monroe's Spanish colonial-style home saved from demolition after outcry from neighbours
Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe's LA residence, the only property she owned in her life, has been sav…
PTI
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Lunar bounty: Chandrayaan-3's sulphur discovery could help us get much closer to building Moon colonies
Scientists could use sulphur to create waterless concrete for building Moon bases and produce sulph…
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African skulls pillaged during German colonial rule have been matched to living relatives after DNA tests
A German museum says it is ready to return the human skulls from East Africa, which were removed un…
Marianne Guenot
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On Maui, a perfect storm of climate, colonialism, and failed emergency systems made the deadliest US wildfire in over a century
Maui has faced a high risk of dangerous fires for years, but the perfect storm of unlucky weather a…
Maiya Focht,Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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American prisoners at Russia's 'Fashion Colony' work in a factory assembling pants and coats for a Russian clothing company
This is the place Russian authorities are likely to send journalist Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Stre…
Katie Hawkinson
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The complicated history of Queen Victoria's colonial godchildren, who became symbols of assimilation and civilization in the British Empire
Sarah Forbes Bonetta came to England from Africa as a gift to the queen. Princess Gouramma was the …
Yoonji Han
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Russia risks becoming an 'economic colony of China' following its invasion of Ukraine, says CIA director
The Ukraine invasion has been a "huge own goal for Putin's Russia," CIA director William Burns said…
Sinéad Baker
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Russia orders the creation of 24 penal colonies in occupied Ukraine, says report
Russia has decreed that 24 new penal colonies, famous for their harsh conditions, will be created i…
Joshua Zitser
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Alexei Navalny is amusing himself by demanding a kangaroo, nunchucks, and a bottle of moonshine from his penal colony wardens
Navalny, a political opponent of Putin serving 11-and-a-half years in a Russian penal colony, said …
Kelly McLaughlin
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The Crown Jewels have been symbols of Britain's dark colonial past. The now-independent nations want them back.
For many in the now-independent former colonies of British rule, these diamonds, along with others …
Isaiah Reynolds
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OceanGate's cofounder wants to send 1,000 people to a floating colony on Venus by 2050, and says we shouldn't stop pushing the limits of innovation
Guillermo Söhnleinm told Insider he has wanted to make humanity a multi-planet species since he was…