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A very real visit to a country that doesn't really existTransnistria, located between Moldova and Ukraine, declared independence in 1990 but is still not internationally recognized. The region ma...- Europe's rivers run dry, and history resurfaces: Century-old shipwreck emerges in Serbia's droughtExtreme heat and drought are causing European rivers to recede. A steam tugboat from the early 1900s has emerged from the Sava River. This ...
- A Latvian astronomer and his wife drove 190 miles to a secret Soviet ghost town in 1994; found a 600-ton telescope the Russians had poured acid on - adapted the Cold War machine built to spy on the West and listen to the starsAfter the retreat of Russian forces from Latvia, a concealed Soviet-era radio telescope came to light. Astronomer Juris Zhagars dedicated h...
- For decades, the Soviet Union planned to reverse the flow of Siberia's mighty rivers, turning them south to water Central Asia, one of the largest schemes ever seriously proposedA Soviet engineering dream aimed to reverse Siberian rivers for Central Asian agriculture. This ambitious plan involved studying over 120 i...
- The new world disorderThe new world disorder clearly requires sending clear signals to the USA and especially President Trump. There are and should be limits, ev...
- Earth’s new Quasi-Moon might be a Russian satellite; Why this Harvard astrophysicist thinks so and what is its Venus connectionProfessor Avi Loeb suggests Earth's new quasi-moon, 2025 PN7, might be a relic of the 1960s Soviet space race. His research indicates its o...
- Hiding in the shadows: How Russia’s reviving Cold War tricks to keep its nuclear threat movingRussia’s nuclear infra is growing in the shadows. Satellite images reveal extensive construction at five sites, from Belarus to Kamchatka, ...
- When Russia stole 40 bombers of Kazakhstan—and then got Ukraine’s in a gas debt dealUkraine's recent strikes on Russian airbases have brought attention to the origins of Russia's long-range bomber fleet. Many of these Tu-95...
- Is a failed Soviet spacecraft from the Cold War era about to crash into Earth; and where could it land?A defunct Soviet spacecraft from 1972, originally built to land on Venus, is now hurtling back to Earth after over 50 years in orbit. Expec...
- CIA, mystics, and a biblical treasure: How the US spent millions on psychic spies to find the Ark of the CovenantIn 1988, a top-secret CIA experiment under Project Sun Streak reportedly used a psychic to locate the Ark of the Covenant. The psychic, una...
- India restores Mongolia's sacred Buddhist texts, plans first official Sanskrit-Mongolian dictionaryThe governments of both countries recently hosted a ceremony at the famous Ganden Monastery of Mongolia in the presence of officials from b...
- War protest: Statues fall as Europe purges Soviet monumentsRussia's war on Ukraine has given a renewed push to topple the last remaining Soviet monuments in nations that regained their sovereignty f...
- Food, violence & revolt: How May 1 became Labour DayHunger was a rallying point of the labour movement. Workers toiled to produce food but received little in return.
- Yemen's Socotra, isolated island at strategic crossroadsThe island also lies on seaways from Pakistan's Gwadar port -- a stepping stone on China's trillion-dollar Belt and Road infrastructure ini...
- Tintin and the mystery of the duelling mummies, decodedHerge's fictional Inca has sparked a row between rival Belgian tourist attractions.
- How India led NAM post-WWIIJawaharlal Nehru's Panchsheel principles or the five restraints to be used as a guide for the Sino-Indian relationship became the basis of ...
- Soviet bombers and Scythian mummies: The archaeology uncovered by climate changeIn Poland, severe drought has revealed the remains of a Soviet fighter plane that went down in 1945.
- Former power minister Suresh Prabhu front runner for plan panel deputy chiefEx power minister and reformist politician Suresh Prabhu has emerged as front-runner to be deputy chairman of revamped Planning Commission.
- Planning Commission likely to be reconstituted within 3 daysThe Narendra Modi government had so far refrained from naming a deputy chairman or members for the planning body.
- Russia's space city is frozen in time, but launching rocketsNowadays Baikonur embraces the world, from wealthy space tourists to the world’s first Malaysian cosmonaut, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, who bl...
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