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A Look At The Most Urgent Issues Marco Rubio Would Address In The Americas As Secretary Of State

Greenland, Canada, the Panama Canal, Venezuela, and Cuba will likely consume his agenda should he be confirmed in the post

Latin Times · Jan 19, 2025

The Americas: release date, animals, locations, trailer, interview and everything about the Tom Hanks narrated nature series

The Americas is a nature documentary series narrated by Tom Hanks featuring wildlife from across the American continents.

WhatToWatch · Jan 16, 2025

This Country-Continent Challenge Will Test Your Limits: Score 23/25, And You’re A Map Wizard

The world is vast and diverse, filled with incredible countries that each belong to unique continents. How well do you know where they all fit? This trivia quiz takes you on a journey around the globe, testing your knowledge of geography while exploring nations across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the…

Bored Panda · Jan 16, 2025

From a colonial hill town to Idris Elba’s island masterplan: what do these Sierra Leone developments tell us about urban elites?

Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, is celebrated as a city founded to resettle freed slaves in the 1790s. Over the following century, it became a truly cosmopolitan port city as people from across western Africa and the Americas made it their home.

The Conversation · Jan 3, 2025

Beyond the US election: Seven stories that shaped the Americas in 2024

The region has faced economic crises, a disputed vote in Venezuela, gangs in Haiti and cartel violence in Mexico.

Al Jazeera · Dec 29, 2024

Syphilis originated in the Americas, ancient DNA shows, but European colonialism spread it widely

Paleogenomics has finally solved a question that has puzzled researchers for decades: Where did syphilis come from?

LiveScience · Dec 20, 2024

New Research Suggests Humans Coexisted With Giant Sloths

Explore the fascinating history of giant ground sloths and early human interactions in the Americas.

Top News · Dec 20, 2024

Giant sloths and mastodons coexisted with humans for millennia in Americas, new discoveries suggest

New discoveries from several archaeological sites in North and South America suggest that ancient people first arrived in the New World much earlier than scientists once thought

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2024

For enslaved people, the holiday season was a time for revelry – and a brief window to fight back

During the era of slavery in the Americas, enslaved men, women and children also enjoyed the holidays. Slave owners usually gave them bigger portions of food, gifted them alcohol and provided extra days of rest.

The Conversation · Dec 18, 2024

Ancient bones shed new light on debate over origins of syphilis

Study finds 9,000-year-old remains in Americas hold genomes of bacteria family that causes disease

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2024