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Taliban say order restored after Afghan opium poppy protests
MSN News· 4 days agoKABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban said on Tuesday they have quelled protests in a northern...
2 men arrested after three county vehicle pursuit, Robeson County deputies say
WBTW Myrtle Beach via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoROBESON COUNTY, N.C. (WBTW) — A vehicle pursuit that traveled across three counties has led to the...
Exploitation, brutality and misery: how the opium trade shaped the modern world
The Conversation· 5 days agoIn the final pages of Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden Histories, Amitav Ghosh volunteers a startling confession. Beside the despair occasioned by the catalogue of exploitation ...
Chinese community located on Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta maintains its charm
CBS News· 10 hours agoThe historic town of Locke, an unincorporated community on the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta,...
Thai Prime Minister Plans to Re-criminalize Cannabis
Benzinga· 21 hours agoThailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has declared his government’s intention to re-criminalize cannabis by the end of 2024, undoing the country´s...
Violent poppy clearing sparks backlash in northeastern Afghanistan
MSN News· 5 days agoFrom satellite images, Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have been successful in slashing opium...
The Opioid High of Empire
Foreign Policy Magazine· 7 days agoIn 2019, when Britain’s Labour Party pledged to review the country’s legacy of colonialism, Nigel Farage, then the leader of the Brexit Party (now Reform...
‘The judges couldn’t believe it’: The writer who came out as gay, lost her son – and shocked France
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIn 2015, criminal barrister Constance Debré walked out of the Parisian home she shared with her...
Blast in north Afghanistan kills three Taliban security personnel
New Hampshire Union Leader· 3 days agoThree Taliban security personnel were killed when a motorcycle carrying an explosive device blew up...
‘Shōgun’ Season 2: Everything We Know
Vanity Fair· 13 hours agoSince the electrifying conclusion of FX’s hit limited series Shōgun, questions about a potential second season have lingered—and now intensified—with a...
