In southeastern Sweden, and nestled on the southern shores of Vättern – the country’s largest lake and the sixth-largest in Europe – lies the town of Vadstena. Its famous for a few things: a castle, built
The Dodecanese islands stretch across the Aegean Sea, leaving picture-postcard villages in their wake. The Dodecanese are made up of 12 main islands plus another 150 islands; only 26 islands are inhabited. Travelers who are interested in Greek mythology
They are the highest populated settlement in the Apennine Peninsula, which is the real issue. Rainwater runoff from the mountains behind their village creates problems for them. Usually, the water runs into natural cavities that block it from going anywhere. When it doesn’t, the entire settlemen...
The priority accorded both women and children in rescue and relief operations, from theTitanic in 1912toYugoslav wars of the 1990s, reflect a more general phenomenon – namely, the especial desire of society in general, and men in particular, to protect both women and children from violence, h...
The Bolivian government declared a state of emergency in mid-August due to the out-of-control fires burning over much of the country. Image credit: NASA.Global tropical cyclone activity lowest on recordThe year 2010 was one of the strangest on record for tropical cyclones. Each year, the ...
you know *soccer* is real football, your country is the one country with american football, but the REAL football is the one from europe, most of countries have real football as their main sport, amerixan football is the main sport in one country, ...
Déby has arrested opposition figures and redirected humanitarian funding to the military in recent years. Matters might soon get worse as the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the country’s east, where the bulk of the refugees reside, begins to depart on July 15. Pictured here, local Chadians ...