In 1999, a Russian submarine designed to sink aircraft carriers became a victim of its own arsenal. The cruise-missile submarine Kursk suffered a catastrophic explosion and sank after an onboard torpedo accidentally detonated. The accident was the worst naval disaster suffered by post–Cold War Russia. The Soviet Union’s greatest adversaries at sea were the aircraft carriers of the…
Consuming an apple per day can keep the doctor away, and so does an apple cider vinegar dose on a daily basis. Apple cider vinegar has a characteristic amber color and it is one kind of vinegar made from apple. Over hundreds of years, this natural ingredient has been used for several different purposes: dressing salads,…
For the past month, while the attention of the world has been fixed on every dramatic twist in the US presidential election, the renewal of armed conflict between India and Pakistan has barely touched the headlines. In the past few weeks, the two nuclear states have, between them, killed two dozen civilians and injured scores…
The latest massacre of many innocent people by U.S. forces in Afghanistan provides another demonstration as to why it is imperative that the American people stop deferring to the authority of the national security state and demand the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Afghanistan. In a war that has now gone on for…
Air pollution plaguing areas surrounding India’s capital city was at one point so bad in early November that it could be seen from space. NASA satellite images taken last week reveal a thick blanket of grey smog stretching hundreds of miles from the Pakistani cities of Faisalabad and Lahore, to the Indian capital New Delhi….
The unexpected news of Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton is beginning to sink in across the US and the world, leaving people with only one obvious question, how exactly could this happen?, and who better to provide the answers than trusted search engine Google. Google Trends reported that the top ‘How did..?’ queries searched…
