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How Imperial Japan turned to the sardine to help build a war machine
58+ min ago (814+ words) Empires have risen and fallen in their pursuit of precious resources such as oil, gold, tea or spices. But in the first half of the 20th century, an increasingly assertive Imperial Japan relied on a fishier form of wealth to build…...
He Was Sold to a Goat Herder at 7, Left Alone in the Mountains, and Found 11 Years Later Living Alongside Wolves — Internet Is Rediscovering His Story After His Death
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (362+ words) 8:19 AM CDT on August 18, 2026 Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja spent 11 years isolated in Spain’s Sierra Morena before being returned to human society at age 19. The story of Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja, who reportedly spent 11 years in the Spanish mountains alongside wolves as a…...
36 Photographs Taken Moments Before History Turned
3+ hour, 41+ min ago (624+ words) By Adam Garcia | Published 51 seconds ago They remind us that history is never inevitable until the instant it happens.The power of these images lies in their ordinariness. People smile, wave, prepare for ordinary actions.No one in these frames…...
Landslides expose the growing peril of extreme monsoon rain
2+ hour, 25+ min ago (781+ words) A landslide swept away an entire settlement in Rolpa, killing 12 people, as officials warn that heavy monsoon rains are raising the risk of more disasters in Nepal’s remote western districts. Nepali Army personnel rescued more than 300 flood-affected people in Risang,…...
Rare photos of Japanese internment camps on display at the Ackland – The Daily Tar Heel
10+ hour, 47+ min ago (248+ words) He will discuss the book today at the Ackland Art Museum. “I was used to seeing that era depicted in black and white. It was just kind of stunning.” Muller started research on Japanese-American internment during World War II while…...
Expert says NZ will need to adjust to aging population amid birth rate drop
8+ hour, 26+ min ago (99+ words) Listen: 100 Years of ZB Podcast hosted by Mike Hosking Reassurance our sluggish population growth isn't cause for alarm - but instead something to adjust to. It grew over 36,000 in the year to June, our lowest increase since World War Two. This…...
Student Recreates Cityscapes before A-Bombings in Game
7+ hour, 1+ min ago (176+ words) nippon.com Tokyo, Aug. 18 (Jiji Press)--A University of Tokyo graduate student organizes workshops in which participants recreate in a game the cityscapes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki before the August 1945 U.S. atomic bombings, aiming to help people think about what the…...
Bou Meng, A S-21 Survivor Who Lived to Tell Cambodia???s Story, Dies at 85
4+ hour, 17+ min ago (595+ words) Bou Meng, artist, and one of only seven known adult survivors of the Khmer Rouge’s notorious S-21 prison, has died at the age of 85, marking the loss of one of Cambodia’s last witnesses to the atrocities committed at the torture…...
Tamsu settlement faces landslide risk
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (456+ words) By Our Correspondent,Bajura, Aug. 17: Locals of Tamsu village in Triveni Municipality-9, Bajura, have begun leaving their homes and taking shelter in tents after a landslide put the entire settlement at risk. The landslide, triggered by incessant rainfall on the…...
The hidden politics of time: How clocks, calendars??? and now-contentious time zones??? came to be
7+ hour, 49+ min ago (33+ words) The hidden politics of time: How clocks, calendars — and now-contentious time zones — came to be Mon Valley Independent The hidden politics of time: How clocks, calendars — and now-contentious time zones — came to be...