Long Range Walkie Talkies: How to Choose the Best One
Although you can use your cell phone to communicate with your group members, you should try using a walkie-talkie in your next outdoor adventure. Mainly because you don’t know how much fun you are...
View ArticleCarbuncle Cup 2016: gong for UK's ugliest building up for grabs
From psychedelic chequerboards to sci-fi hulks, which of these magnificent monstrosities is deserving of architecture’s most ignoble accolade?...
View ArticleI’ll get my goat: Kazakhstan's ancient sport for modern times
The sport of kokpar is like blood-drenched polo, with a headless goat as the ball. And even as Kazakhstan tries to forge a modern, high-tech identity for itself, this age-old game is being pushed as a...
View ArticleAmerican Music awards 2015 – as it happened
We’re following all the action from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles where Jennifer Lopez is hosting the 43rd AMAs. Will Taylor Swift win everything? Will Justin Bieber continue his reinvention?...
View ArticleSyrian Opposition factions in the Syrian Civil War
The following collaboratively written article is the result of months of research in a joint project by Ryan O'Farrell and badly_xeroxed.Methodology We have divided the known active Syrian Opposition...
View ArticleKazakhstan Counter Operations: Resurrection of Soviet Era Regional Security
Energy Security has redefined the parameters in which the Eurasian Union has classified itself among international regional confederations. By unifying post-Soviet energy producing republics the...
View ArticleSecurity Council Considers Illicit Charcoal Trade in Somalia, Tensions over...
(Source: UN - United Nations) The Chair of the '751/1907' Somalia-Eritrea Sanctions Committee provided an update to the Security Council today on the recent findings of its Monitoring Group, as...
View ArticleTrump’s Afghan war: India must stay out
Views and opinions on what to do in Afghanistan will invariably be many, and conflicted. It is preferable, therefore, bank on plain, oft-forgotten or ignored facts to visualise the future east of Suez...
View ArticleDonald Trump and the rise of tribal epistemology
Journalism cannot be neutral toward a threat to the conditions that make it possible. Back in November 2009, as the Obama backlash was just gathering steam, Rush Limbaugh devoted a segment of his radio...
View ArticleNew York state of mind: a whirlwind weekend amid the city's #SoccerWarz
The glut of live soccer options is a recent phenomenon, and this past weekend Graham Parker waded into the city’s most crowded schedule yet – four days, three teams, four matches. His takeaway? The...
View Article'The Walking Dead' may have just killed off major character (Spoilers)
LOS ANGELES - Spoiler warning: Do not read on unless you've seen "The Walking Dead" episode 603, titled "Thank You." Did "The Walking Dead" just say goodbye to one of its most enduring characters? All...
View ArticleEnabling a Dictator
Summary On July 20, 2015, the trial of the former president of Chad, Hissène Habré—facing charges of crimes against humanity, torture and war crimes—began before the Extraordinary African Chambers in...
View ArticleDragged and Beaten
Summary At midday on October 26, 2015, some two dozen men viciously assaulted two opposition parliamentarians as they left Cambodia’s National Assembly following an anti-opposition demonstration...
View ArticleWalkie Talkie tower: stark reminder of forces that rule the City
Rafael Viñoly’s controversial tower is news again, this time due to its record-breaking £1.3bn sale price – 167% profit on development cost...
View ArticleWalkie Talkie wins Carbuncle Cup for worst building of the year
The London skyline is dominated by this thuggish comedy villain of a building, which has melted cars and caused winds strong enough to knock people over...
View ArticleCarbuncle Cup: Walkie Talkie wins prize for worst building of the year
The London skyline is dominated by this thuggish comedy villain of a building, which has melted cars and caused winds strong enough to knock people over...
View ArticleAfghan Taliban: Mullah Mansour's battle to be leader
The Afghan Taliban say they have put aside disagreements and rallied around their new leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour. The announcement followed weeks of intensive efforts to unite the movement...
View ArticlePresident Trump: Irish writers have their say
While we were sleeping, first we voted into office the ones who watch you drown while very articulately expressing concern; then we tried voting for the ones who kind of like to see you drown. – from...
View ArticleWearable Digital Walkie-Talkie Market to Rear Excessive Growth During 2015 -...
Wearable Digital Walkie-Talkie Market - Global industry analysis, size, share, key trends, drivers and restraints, Asia-Pacific Market to Witness Highest Growth by 2021 According to the latest market...
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