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Even in the age of Google Earth, people still buy globes. Here's why they remain so alluring
It's also a record of a troubled time. “The Behaim Globe is today a central document of the European world conquest and the Atlantic slave trade,” according to the German National Museum's web ...
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The Globe supported residential schools for decades. Here’s how it stopped
Residential schools were built for cultural assimilation. The Globe supported them for decades. Many Indigenous children would not live to see it change its ways This is an excerpt from A Nation ...
As Russian forces close in on Kurakhove, hundreds of residents remain in the front-line city
Under attack from artillery, multiple rocket launchers, aerial bombs and drones, Kurakhove has become the new Bakhmut, as ...
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A tour of the very weird places where the global elite hide wealth
The history of such locales is detailed vividly in “The Hidden Globe: How Wealth Hacks the World,” a slightly heady but very worthwhile new book by the journalist Atossa Araxia Abrahamian.
Climate talks open with calls for a path away from the ‘road to ruin.’ But the real focus is money
In Baku, Azerbaijan the two-week United Nations climate negotiations, called COP29, got right to the major focus of striking a new deal on how many hundreds of billions — or even trillions — of ...
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The Boston Globe
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Hackers blackmail Globe Life after stealing customer data
Insurance giant Globe Life says an unknown threat actor attempted to extort money in exchange for not publishing data stolen from the company's systems earlier this year. Founded in 1900 ...
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'Comet of the century' captured in photos across the globe
Stargazers across the globe managed to capture the "comet of the century" as it whizzed across the northern hemisphere. Comet A3, also known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, did not disappoint astronomers ...
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Why is South Korean culture sweeping the globe?
SEOUL—It’s won Oscars. Its television shows and K-pop stars dominate global charts. Its leading novelist just won the Nobel literature prize. How did South Korea become such a global cultural ...
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Northern Lights Animate Night Skies Around the Globe
An outburst from elevated solar activity created conditions on Thursday that kept people’s eyes glued to evening views all over the Northern Hemisphere. In Photos and Video An outburst from ...
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Hackers are extorting Globe Life with stolen customer data
Insurance giant Globe Life, which provides life and health insurance policies to millions of Americans, says it is being extorted by a hacker that has stolen customers’ sensitive data.
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Hello Hallyu: Why is South Korean culture sweeping the globe?
How did South Korea become such a global cultural powerhouse in the recent times? A staff member checks books by South Korean author Han Kang, who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, displayed ...