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These Maps Claim to Show Passenger Trains in US vs. Europe. Here Are the Facts
Snopes via Yahoo News· 4 days agomap did not include all regional and commuter passenger train lines, so the comparison was slightly...
How maps are used and abused in times of conflict
Phys.org· 2 days agoThe history of warfare is littered with examples of maps used to dehumanize the enemy. Satirical maps were produced by all sides in the first world war,...
What is May Day? How to celebrate the spring holiday with pagan origins
USA Today· 3 hours agoMay 1, known as May Day, has long been celebrated as the midway point between the spring equinox and...
12 Countries with the Largest Slum Population in Europe
Insider Monkey via Yahoo Finance· 6 days agoIn this article, we take a look at 12 countries with the largest slum population in Europe. If you...
Xi due in Europe as continent split on political rivalry between Washington and Beijing
Semafor via Yahoo News· 1 day agoNews Chinese leader Xi Jinping will visit France, Serbia, and Hungary starting May 5, the country’s...
The limits of state AI legislation
Politico· 11 hours agoThe U.S. is trying to reshape the global map of semiconductor manufacturing, and many countries have already signaled their interest in joining its...
The Rick Steves guide to life
Washington Post· 2 days agoAs cars circle the intersection, Steves smiles and waves, looking more like an Elf on a Shelf than an angry picketer. Steves’s family moved to Edmonds...
Europe’s greatest bus routes for sightseeing (which locals don’t want you to know about)
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIt’s an unavoidable sight: across Europe, almost all major cities have a competing network of...
Aerospace & Defense ETFs to Watch Amid Q1 Earnings
Zacks via Yahoo Finance· 10 hours agoWith escalating geopolitical tensions and an estimated surge in global military spending, look into Aerospace and Defence ETFs as they report Q1...
Rick Steves’ Europe: Ravenna, Italy gets better with age
Journal Gazette & Times-Courier· 1 day agoRavenna is on Italy's tourist map for one reason: its 1,500-year-old churches decorated with best-in-the-West Byzantine mosaics. While locals go about their business, busloads ...