Christopher Columbus
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Gaza suffers in long shadow of 1492
The normalisation of racism has very real consequences – look at what is happening in Gaza
Centuries-old shipwreck found off Namibian coast
A hunt for diamonds along the coast of Namibia has led to the discovery of a shipwreck dating back about five centuries, with its booty of gold coins and bronze cannons still…
Bringing down the new Berlin Walls
The highest and oldest wall is that which separates ”us” from ”them”. This is described today as a great divide of religions or ”a clash of civilisations”, which are false…
Spacewalk kicks off installation of lab
Two spacewalking astronauts floated out of a hatch on the International Space Station on Monday to help install a new European lab, while a crewmate who was supposed to…
Villagers live it up on profits from ‘white lobster’
Centuries of troubles have bobbed on the waves off the Mosquito Coast: Christopher Columbus, the Spanish conquest, pirates, slave ships. For the fishing villages scattered across…