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Are These the Silliest Borders in the World?
Some of the world’s borders are just . . . weird. You know this very well if you’re a traveler, a student of history, or ...
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Animated map shows how World War I changed Europe's borders
World War I involved 32 nations from 1914 to 1919. It redrew the world map and reshaped many borders in Europe. The collapse of the Russian Empire created Poland, the Baltics, and Finland.
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This chart shows how almost every country in the world has a disputed border
Borders are essentially artificial in nature. They're really just lines on the map that the rest of the world accepts enough to integrate into the applicable global political and legal regimes.
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The World’s Most Mispronounced Names, Mapped
But even seemingly simple names can still prove to be tricky. Word puzzle advice site WordFinderX compiled a list of the most frequently mispronounced first names around the world. The data was ...
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Israel's borders explained in maps
More than 75 years after Israel declared statehood, its borders ... maps explaining why. The land which would become Israel was for centuries part of the Turkish-ruled Ottoman Empire. After World ...
The world’s worst border crossings, according to 10 of our writers
The borders between countries, we are sometimes led to believe, are not what they used to be. Here in this first quarter of the 21st century, travel is increasingly seamless. Or so the rhetoric goes.
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Russians are talking about changing borders. Names of two countries have been mentioned
Where is the USSR? What kind of inviolability in the world can we talk about? Such a concept has never existed in the entire ...
Dreams of a ‘broken up’ Russia might turn into a nightmare for the West – and an opportunity for China
The fear among some Russians – and those in the West – is that China could turn Russia’s Far East into its satellite, using ...
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Trump Names U.N. Ambassador Who Will Wreck Gaza to Unseen Levels
Elise Stefanik is continuing her ascent through Trumpworld. President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly tapped the House ...
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As Hezbollah and Israel battle on the border, Lebanon’s army watches from the sidelines
BEIRUT (AP) — Since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon, Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants have clashed along the border while ... two-year vacuum and names a president.
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In Arizona, voters want tighter borders. Will this issue swing the election?
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty ... because it sees good journalism as vital to progress in the world. Since 1908, we’ve aimed “to injure no man, but to ...
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Israel's borders explained in maps
More than 75 years after Israel declared statehood, its borders ... maps explaining why. The land which would become Israel was for centuries part of the Turkish-ruled Ottoman Empire. After World ...