It was a time of lavish spending on ambitious projects. It was a time of brutal repression. In Saudi Arabia, it was business as usual. Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman recently unveiled plans for The Line, a 656-foot wide, 1,640-foot tall city that would...
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Germany delivered an official apology to Israel and the families of the 11 Israeli athletes slain by Palestinian militants at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, as both countries this week commemorated the 50th anniversary of the attack, the New York Times reported. German politicians, including...
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The Dutch city of Haarlem will ban most meat ads from public spaces, the first city in the world to do so, the BBC reported. The new rules – drafted by GroenLinks, a green political party – will prohibit advertisements showing meat products in the city...
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Queensland is planning to decriminalize public intoxication, the last Australian state to do so in an effort to tackle discrimination against the Indigenous community and other minorities, a move service providers say is “long overdue,” the Guardian reported. During a recent parliamentary inquiry, human rights groups...
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Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, has always inspired scientists to theorize about its construction. A new study is shedding some light on that mystery. Constructed around 2560 BCE, the structure and its adjacent pyramids were made to commemorate...
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