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China dominates the global rare earths industry—and it’s not even close. A fight is already underway to lay claim to this ...
The remains of large predatory pelagic fish at these sites indicate the capacity for advanced seafaring and knowledge of the ...
The story of Moses parting the Red Sea is one of the most famous tales of the Old Testament and now scientists claim there ...
(Note that drinking alcohol is forbidden in the Islam religion so only certain licensed establishments can serve booze, ...
The Gold Edition’s column brings you a selection of our favourite things to have on your radar. From theatre openings and ...
China is on a mission to recreate the ancient Silk Road to East Africa – through air, railroad and sea links under its Belt and Road Initiative. Beijing is also increasingly promoting the ...
The Red Sea and its environs, which includes several countries in the Horn of Africa, are lately receiving increased global attention. Several geopolitical dynamics make it a unique space, often ...
The new map features a 10-dash line that includes the eastern parts of the disputed South China Sea that fall within the Philippines’ 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ), which the ...
Undergraduate Elyse Venerable won the Chancellor's Award and Dean's Award for her research using strontium isotope analysis ...
Kruger National Park sits in northeastern South Africa next to the Mozambique and ... Noteworthy areas found in Nxanatseni Region include the Red Rocks and several wilderness trails.
The deposits of human vertebrae fauna, and paleo-environmental evolution, shed light on the earliest stages of the origins and development of Homo sapiens of Africa. The discoveries of ancient stone ...
The larger the dot, the more enslaved people on board. And if you pause the map and click on a dot, you’ll learn about the ship’s flag—was it British? Portuguese? French?—its origin point ...