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Time travel back to 1920s Paris, in color
This footage of 1920s Paris in color is pretty amazing to watch. I've seen plenty of films from this era, but not much raw footage of people walking around the streets. It gives me this strange...
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Ever had gooseneck barnacle meat?
I had the great fortune to be in Porto, Portugal last week, and while I was there, I ate my very first (gooseneck) barnacles. They are bizarre and delicious sea creatures that you really should...
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Wax Italia: Digging for 45s in Florence and Rome
This summer, I got invited to emcee a wedding reception in Italy for an old friend from art school and his fiancee. I was honored to be part of their union and especially stoked for the chance to get...
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"There is no more water in the pipes"— Facing extreme drought, over 100...
As Frank Herbert wrote in Dune, "On Arrakis, water was money." And in the case of France, the lack of water is costing the country's taxpayers a fortune. Many parts of the country are experiencing...
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National Geographic's 45-minute aerial tour of Christmas in Europe is pure...
Experience a "festive flying tour" of nine European countries during the Christmas season with National Geographic. The 45-minute-long episode gives heartwarming glimpses of places like Finnish...
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Greek authorities caught on video taking migrants to sea and abandoning them...
The New York Times is reporting that in April, the Greek Coast Guard gathered a group of asylum-seeking migrants in Greece, including a baby, put them on an inflatable raft in the Aegean Sea, and...
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Musk planning to block Twitter access in Europe
Twitter may soon no longer serve users in Europe, says owner Elon Musk, responding to the European Commission's investigation of illegal content and misinformation spreading unchecked on the platform....
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EU to regulate AI
Bloomberg News reports that members of the European Union reached a deal on the first major regulation of artificial intelligence in the West. Delegates from the European Commission, the European...
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European Union opens membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova
With Hungary's far-right Viktor Orban abstaining—and leaving the room to avoid being present for the vote—the other 26 leaders of the European Union unanimously agreed to begin accession talks with...
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Unlike Trump, President Biden stands up to Russia and Putin with a warning...
Unlike Putin puppet Trump, President Biden is not afraid of Vladimir Putin. In fact, Biden stood up to the Russian leader today, saying, "Putin and the whole world should know, if any adversary were to...
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The forgotten 1802 plan for an underwater brick tunnel to France
Before Brexit, the barrier between the UK and Europe was a physical one, a turbulent body of water known as the English Channel. In 1993 the underwater engineering masterpiece known as The Chunnel...
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Signal reaffirms it will leave European market rather than agree to help...
Signal, which makes a popular private messaging service, reaffirmed that it will not comply with demands to compromise user privacy in Europe. France has reportedly revived a stalled EU surveillance...
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Protestors project Elon's Nazi salute onto Tesla plant
The world doesn't seem quite ready to let Elon Musk move on from the salute he made at Trump's inauguration. It's already been adopted by anti-Musk protestors, who projected it onto a Tesla plant in...
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Trump trashes Europe as land of "rape gangs" and "murderers"
Donald Trump continues to betray longtime U.S. allies by shamefully comparing Europe to gang rapists and murderers. "We should spend less time worrying about Putin, and more time worrying about migrant...
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Ireland's life expectancy now higher than England's
The Republic of Ireland's life expectancy of 82.3 years now exceeds that of England, according to a Europe-wide study published in Lancet Public Health. People can expect to live for 81.49 years in...
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Oh look, just two regular folks taking a leisurely stroll away from their car...
Two people in Belgium calmly walked away from their car stuck on railroad tracks just seconds before a train demolished it — but their suspiciously unhurried behavior has led to skepticism about...
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