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7/31/2021

Moments You Can Only Find In Dubai

It was in 1966 when sweet, sweet oil was first discovered in Dubai — but before this economic revolution, things weren't quite as luxurious! This simple desert port in the UAE traded pearls and spices, but it was totally old world. Suddenly, Dubai was one of the richest places on earth! What are the people up to, these days? go here

7/21/2021

These restaurants in Miami Beach and Key West were just named the best in the country

Seven Miami Beach and Key West restaurants should be preening right about now, because they’ve been named some of the best restaurants in the country. Cont'd

7/15/2021

Cornel West accuses Harvard of 'spiritual rot' in resignation letter after tenure dispute

Yahoo! - Cornel West, a prominent professor of African American studies and progressive activist, said this week that his resignation from Harvard University was driven by a tenure dispute and the Ivy League school's "intellectual and spiritual bankruptcy."

South Africa Zuma riots: Queues form in Durban due to shortages

BBC News - Long queues have formed outside shops and petrol stations in South Africa's port city of Durban following days of unrest sparked by the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma. South Africa looting

7/04/2021

The doping rules that cost Sha’Carri Richardson have a debated, political history

Sha’Carri Richardson’s positive marijuana test left a marquee event of this month’s Tokyo Olympics without one of the United States’ most captivating athletes. It also represented a collision of Olympic bureaucracy, shifting attitudes toward cannabis internationally and domestically, and the unsettling endurance of criminal drug policies.

Kenya floods leave 70 dead as truck is swept away in deluge

CNN - At least 70 people have died from countrywide flooding in Kenya, a government spokesperson said Friday as authorities ordered more ev...