Since 2011, war, political violence, and natural disasters have forced14 million Syrians to leave their homes. Around 7 million people are internally displaced within the country while the other half fled to the neighboring countries of Turkey, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, and Jordan. Outside of the ...
controversial name of the Washington, D.C., football team.With his 28 Emmys and eight National Sportscaster of the Year awards, Costas had become the most-respected broadcaster of his generation -- a kind of Walter Cronkite for sports. He believed it was his responsibil...
The Donetsk and Lugansk oblasts have also rejected the 2014 coup government. They proclaimed their autonomy and posed as resisters to the “Nazis” in Kiev. Equating “integral nationalists” with “Nazis” is historically justified, but does not allow non-Ukrainians to understand what is going...
I tend to stay one night in each place, sometimes 2, only because there’s so many places I want to see in a limited amount of time, but I almost always regret not being able to stay longer.Now to the actual travel part. I try to avoid flying as much as possible, because it’s...
, Lithuania accepted the ultimatum. Lithuania briefly remained independent but the Soviet troops within its territory effectively made it impossible to defend its territory. In 1940 they were used as a pressure tool to depose the government of Lithuania. The president of Lithuania fled to the USA....