In this BPL Presents conversation, Pankaj Mishra discusses The World After Gaza with Nermeen Shaikh of Democracy Now! The postwar global order was in many ways shaped in response to the Holocaust.

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Scientist Pete Kelsey and his team have 3D-mapped the entire island of Alcatraz, discovering Civil War secrets, prisoner escape routes – and looking at ways to preserve the island for the future.

Nermeen Shaikh is a co-host and senior producer at Democracy Now! She worked briefly at Al Jazeera English in Washington, D.C. before joining Democracy Now! in 2011. She serves on the Board of ...

A newly analyzed medieval manuscript suggests that sailors from the same region as Christopher Columbus may have known about ...

When it comes to the best open world games, the vast sweep of contenders matches the size and scope of the worlds they encompass. Being dropped into a massive map is always exciting, whether you ...

Immerse yourself in the most compelling and consequential stories from around the globe. The world is changing in big ways every day. State of the World from NPR takes you where the news is ...

April 13, 2025 • A convalescing Pope Francis greeted the crowd in St. Peter's Square on Palm Sunday, in yet another reassuring public sign of his recovery from a life-threatening battle with ...

The family-of-five had just arrived from Barcelona and embarked on their first day touring the Big Apple, taking a scenic trip in the helicopter as a treat for the young girl and her mother Merce ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Solana crypto is a decentralised, peer-to-peer digital currency that aims to revolutionise the face of the traditional financial landscape. Solana crypto enables a faster, more user-driven ...

Above: from the Ricci Institute's extensive collection, a Chonhado, or Cheonhado: a type of circular map of the world developed in Korea during the 17th century. The internationally acclaimed Ricci ...