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The Ponca City News· 2 days agoToday is the 150th day of 2024 and the 72nd day of spring. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1453, Ottoman armies captured Constantinople after a 53-day siege, effectively crushing the Byzantine Empire.
Five Best: Books on Diasporas
The Wall Street Journal· 6 days ago1. The diaspora of André Aciman’s Sephardic Jewish family was not atypical: Escaping Spain in the 16th century, they landed in Italy, moved on to ...
How travel enchanted the human race
LoveEXPLORING via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThese are the events and people that shaped the history of travel, from early pilgrimages and the Age of Discovery, to the advent of air travel and...
Turkey’s Dwindling Christians: A 60-Year Legacy of Expulsion and Denial
National Catholic Register· 1 day agoThis year’s 60th anniversary of one of Turkey’s periodic ethnic cleansing of Christians poses a...
Derby Days, Istanbul: The Intercontinental Derby
New York Times· 7 days agoOr, to be more specific, it was a game from which Galatasaray required just a single point to become Turkish champions for the 24th time, beating...
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Loose talk about the end of everything
Las Vegas Review-Journal· 5 days agoIn a just-released book, “The End of Everything,” I wrote about four examples of annihilation — the...
Author Brigitte Powell Explores United States-Ottoman Empire Relations in New Book
Broadway World· 1 day agoThe Native Publishers are presenting groundbreaking work by acclaimed historian Brigitte Powell,...
Drawn to Tradition: Chartres Pilgrimage Attracts Devotees of the Latin Mass
National Catholic Register· 1 day agoOrganized by the Catholic lay nonprofit organization Notre-Dame de Chrétienté — “Our Lady of...
The quantum internet gets closer to reality
TelecomTV· 6 days agoThe focus is on the use of qubits that can function at room temperature rather than at close to absolute zero. What’s more, if the quantum internet is to...
Like, oh my gawd, did you hear what that whale just said?
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner· 2 days agoMost of us seem to prefer the speaking part, and we thereby disappoint our tomatoes. According to “Tomato Plants ‘Scream’ When You Cut Their Stems!,” a March 2024 article from StudyFinds.org ...
