Far North Face Off

Norwegian officials recently warned their citizens to avoid Hvaldimir, a beluga whale that swims around the coast wearing a harness that can mount cameras. As CNN explained, the officials suspect that the Russian military trained the cute white cetacean to act as a spy. “The harness...

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Shifting Sands

Fiji will reconsider its security ties with China, the island nation’s leader hinted Wednesday, a potential shift that comes amid heightened geopolitical tensions in the Pacific region, the Associated Press reported. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said the country was reviewing the controversial police cooperation deal that...

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Boiling Over

Senegal ordered the temporary closure of some of its consulates abroad following attacks on its diplomatic missions this week, a move that came less than a week after the West African nation was hit with its worst unrest in decades, Reuters reported. The foreign affairs ministry...

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Breaking Bread

Archaeologists recently discovered one of the oldest bakeries in the southern Caucasus, Smithsonian Magazine reported. Last year, an archaeological team uncovered the remains of a 3,000-year-old structure in the western Armenian town of Metsamor. They also noticed that the whole area was covered with a mysterious powdery...

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