How British colonialism ruined a perfect cup of tea

On the colonial colouring of the culinary calamity the British call a cup of tea. By Hamid Dabashi.
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US considers shooting down NK missiles that don't pose a direct threat

As tensions continue to ratchet up with North Korea, CNN has learned that the US is considering shooting down a North Korean ballistic missile even if it does not directly threaten the US or its allies.
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Surface to Unlimited: A Visit to Spaceport America

Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, has long depended on tourism. Now spaceflight has been folded into its mythos, at the dawn of the Second Space Age. By Jack Murphy.
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The blue city of Jodhpur.

Located in the Thar Desert, the dynamic city of Jodhpur, India breaks the starkness of its surroundings with intense punches of color. The metropolis is cloaked in blue not just for aesthetic purposes; the hue historically demarcated the residence of the Brahmin, a caste of priests and protectors, and thus was meant to deter looters should the city ever come under siege.
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Lithium in tap water seems to both raise and lower dementia risk.

A study has found that high levels of lithium in drinking water is linked to a lower dementia risk, but medium levels are linked to a raised risk.
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Atomic City

On January 3, 1961, a nuclear reactor the size of a small grain silo exploded in the Idaho desert, causing one of the only recorded nuclear fatalities on U.S. soil. By Justin Nobel.
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This Is What It's Like Inside North Korea's Luxury Ski Resort

Get a glimpse of what life is like in North Korea, a country rarely seen by foreigners. Britain's fastest snowboarder Jamie Barrow is our guide around the DPRK’s capital city Pyongyang before he heads up to the slopes of Masikryong.
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