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News Stories from Around the World |
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What are the risks of bombing Iran's nuclear sites? ENVIRONMENT/POLITICS
US warplanes have bombed three nuclear sites in Iran, the same places Israeli planes had targeted in its ongoing war with Iran. One of the targets was Fordo, a uranium enrichment plant hidden in a remote mountainside that is vital to Iran's nuclear ambitions. Key nuclear facilities at Natanz and Isfahan were also hit. It is not yet clear how much damage was done to the facilities, though the UN's nuclear watchdog says there had been "no increase" in off-site radiation levels reported. But what do we know about the sites, and what are the risks of attacking nuclear facilities?
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Terror in Kyiv: A search for the Dead WAR/HUMAN RIGHTS Evhen Povarenkov was standing at a line of police tape that separated the public from the intensive search and rescue operation around his building. He stared up at what was left of his apartment, in a suburb of Kyiv. His windows had disappeared, his balcony was on the verge of collapse. A cruise missile slammed into an ordinary residential block in the early hours of 17 June 2025, likely travelling at about 500mph. The blast destroyed 35 apartments |
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3 years left to Limit Global Warming to 1.5C ENVIRONMENT
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Is America Headed Towards Dictatorship?
YASCHA MOUNKTen years ago today, a real estate developer and star of reality television by the name of Donald J. Trump descended a golden-hued escalator in a landmark tower carrying his own name. In front of a modest crowd of onlookers rumored to consist mostly of paid actors, he announced his entry into electoral politics. He was, Trump claimed, running for the Republican nomination to become President of the United States. The announcement was widely met with derision. Image created by DreamStudio
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Jungles: Survival of the Fittest |
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC By Bear Grylls |
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Only the most resilient species will triumph in the unpredictable jungle conditions as survival of the fittest becomes increasingly apparent. Image created by Dream Studio |
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Quote of The Week
A curse shall light upon those who see salvation in repeating history.
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Top Stories from our favourite publications to stimulate your curious mind, |
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Lessons for protesters from Standing Rock
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Postwar Dreams, Pop Symphonies, and the Genius of Brian Wilson SMOKE SIGNALS By Mark McInerney ***
One of my earliest memories is listening to the Beach Boys.For my father, they weren’t just a band—they were a time machine. He was part of that postwar wave that caught the California dream at full tide. He surfed. He lifeguarded at Jones Beach. And when the Beach Boys hit the airwaves, it felt like the soundtrack had finally caught up to real life—sun, speed, salt, and youth in eternal bloom.
Now, Brian has passed, at 82. |
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Israel, Palestine, and the Consequences of Moral Coarsening
PERSUASION By Andrew Sullivan ***
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The Art Newsletter
What’s Happening in The Arts
The Art Newsletter is a free weekly publication celebrating creativity across contemporary art, music, film, and more. Delivered every Thursday, it’s crafted for Gen Z creatives and art lovers seeking fresh perspectives. |
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James King Blog offers valuable resources for students of Arts and Humanities. Particularly those interested in Environments, Literature, Performing Arts, Visual Art, Philosophy, Travel, and Human Rights. The articles provide insights into complex interactions between humans and their environments, and the ethical and moral dimensions of environmental issues. The Blog is relevant to students of all ages and those who are just fascinated by the Arts and Humanities. |
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 What Famous Orator Could Have Destroyed the World?This article puts the life of one famous orator under the microscope. His influence, actions, and impact could have ended the world as we know it today. We do so by examining the power of oratory, its potential for destruction, and the historical context in which he operated. |
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 The Most Famous Stoic Philosophers of Any TimeFounders and famous stoic philosophers, Zeno of Citium, Cleanthes, and Chrysippus, were followed by Roman Stoics Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius. Then modern philosophers like Robertson, Pigliucci, and Holiday, continued the impact of Stoicism, which has spanned centuries. |
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 So, who was Zeno of Citium, and what was his philosophy? We look at the life and teachings of the founder of Stoicism, and examine his impact on philosophy, ethics, and morality. We dig into his teachings and their relevance today and ask why Zeno’s legacy is felt centuries after he died. |
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SERIES 1 - ALFIE GOES TO THAILAND
If you like thought-provoking drama, romantic tragedies, and damaged characters, then you’ll love the tropical sauna and wry humour of POST- IT NOTES and the other books in this Psychological Thriller series. Starved of love and affection for far too long, it was now coming at Alfie from all sides. When you are led to the well after a long drought, the temptation to drink the well dry is powerful. Alfie's adventures hot up, as a conniving Mother and her wicked daughters, plot his downfall. The dangers are exacerbated by crooked builders, and rogue property traders, exposing him to a hair-raising ride through Thailand. There are shades of David Copperfield just when he thinks he's landed safely... The Series is a story of human challenge, manipulation, rejection, abuse, and a search for peace. |
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SERIES 2 - THE KENRIGHT CHRONICLES
The Kenright Chronicles is a literary psychological thriller series, set in England, The Mediterranean, South Africa and Cambodia. Jack Kenright, a young investment banker in the City of London gets mixed up in an international art swindle. which cripples his business and threatens his life and his family. He ends up a recluse, working for the FBI undercover and exposes massive corruption in the gambling world, perpetrated by the Russian Mafia in Africa. If I tell you any more you won't want to read it. Fans of Paula Hawkins and Karin Slaughter will enjoy this psychological thriller series. |
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The Banned Books of Berlin By Daisy Wood
Another unforgettable story, tying together past and present, from the bestselling author of The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris and The Royal Librarian Berlin, 1933. The night skies are burning bright with huge bonfires of banned books. The Nazi party is swelling in number and Berlin is no longer a safe place for young Freya. She can only watch on, horrified, as her beloved city falls to fascism – and the usually law-abiding Freya is forced to make a choice: continue being a bystander, or sacrifice herself to save the lives of others… |
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The Gladstone Bag By Sarah Kelling
Family ties draw Boston’s art sleuths into an island murder mystery in this “unalloyed pleasure” from the international bestselling author (Publishers Weekly). Though a few years past sixty, Sarah Kelling’s Aunt Emma is as vigorous as a girl of twenty-two. She sings, she dances, and when the local fire department needs a fundraising boost, she’s happy to jump out a window for charity. This summer, she decamps to Maine, to beat the heat at an island retreat for artists and great thinkers. There are writers, painters, a psychic, and a historian, and their company promises to be great fun—until a few of them go treasure-crazy. Sensible people have long dismissed rumors of the Pocapuk Island treasure as myth, but artists are seldom sensible. When their rampant digging stirs up buried trouble, it leads to theft, drugging, and a murder. And although Sarah and her husband Max give investigative advice by phone, it’s up to Aunt Emma to save the islanders from themselves.
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Medium
At Medium we curate high value informative articles related to A&H from major publishers and authoratative sources. And we publish a smattering of selected articles from James King Blog and articles written by James King for Medium Publications.
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