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Morality Is the Enemy of Peace
Foreign Policy Magazine· 1 day agoFrench Foreign Minister Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand (1754-1838) was an accomplished political survivor who managed to serve the French revolutionary...
Hajj disasters: stampedes, infernos and a bloody siege
AFP via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIt is Islam's holiest pilgrimage, but the hajj to Mecca in Saudi Arabia has in recent decades been...
Paris Olympics: What to know and who to watch during the beach volleyball competition
ABC News· 5 days agoA roadmap to follow for the beach volleyball competition at the Paris Games
7 Classic Biopics About Historical Figures From Abraham Lincoln to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Deadline via Yahoo News· 7 days agoLives of historical figures often get cinematic treatment to tell sweeping tales of real life...
Whisper it, but Labour is about to inherit a rallying economy
The Telegraph via Yahoo Finance· 6 days agoWhat Labour is about to benefit from is a vote against the incompetence and drift of the last eight...
‘Nobody wins’: B.C. D-Day vet honoured in France shares his thoughts on war
Houston Today· 7 days agoJoseph Vogelgesang was a 19-year-old infantryman when he landed on Juno Beach in Normandy, France....
Today in History: June 22, Hitler and the Nazis invade the Soviet Union
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The 10 Best Hotels in Lake Como, from Over-the-top Villas to Chic Resorts
Travel + Leisure· 4 days agoReferred to as “that happy sunny place” by Greta Garbo in the 1932 film “Grand Hotel,” the iconic...
115 Relatable Quotes About Overthinking to Inspire Peacefulness and Letting Go
Parade via AOL· 5 days agoThe real problem is that we don’t trust.” - L.J. Vanier “Take time to deliberate, but when the time...
Military Book Review Venice: The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City
Strategy Page· 16 hours agoUntil recently, the most accessible one-volume history of Venice was A History of Venice by the late British aristocrat, John Julius Norwich (Vintage, 1989). The author, Dennis Romano, an emeritus ...