Raising the drawbridge: why are so many Australians creating their own countries?

By some estimations, Australia hosts around a third of the world’s self-declared mini-kingdoms. There are three good reasons for that
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"Dirty" cows are destroying the Amazon rainforest

The beef industry is flattening the Amazon, even when companies tell you it’s not.
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Bush Stone-Curlew chick hatching from its egg

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Adapting Sesame Street for Russian TV — What Could Go Wrong?

“Our preschoolers are much smarter than American children,” a professor insisted. “We will need a more advanced curriculum for the show.”
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Where to Find Tienda Mexicana cerca de mí in USA

Tienda mexicana cerca de mí: A guide showing you where to find Mexican stores in the USA that sells Mexican products.
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The Instagram capital of the world is a terrible place to be

Just because you can (sort of) afford to go somewhere doesn’t mean you’ll enjoy it.
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Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

The first in The Nameless Republic trilogy. A complex world with a very un-European civilization. Very readable.
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