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Venezuela was once twelve times richer than China. What happened? Over-reliance on oil was in many ways the countries biggest downfall. Image: REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino By Jeff Desjardins Founder and editor of Visual Capitalist From the 10 years of military...

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What Is a Tropical Storm? (And How It Works) by Dale Harris   If you live in the United States, you’re officially in hurricane season. Summer and early fall are prime seasons for storms, but hurricanes...

Three babies abandoned across Berlin in recent years are sisters   Police in the German capital are now hunting for the girls' mother amid fears that she might become pregnant again. Image: The first baby was found...

4 Things to Look for When Hiring Insulation Services by Dale Harris   Are you looking to hire an insulation service for your home or business? If so, it’s important to know you shouldn’t just hire the first...

Turkey starts paying for Russian S-400 missiles   President Erdogan says that he and his Russian counterpart will see the missile deal through; and first deposit has reportedly been paid. Ankara has already paid a deposit to...

Protests greet Serbian president in Croatia amid tensions   Aleksandar Vucic's two-day visit is seen as an attempt to solve a number of issues between the two Balkan countries and boost economic ties between them despite...

Greek Cypriots to deepen military ties with Israel and Greece   Greek Cypriot Defence Minister Savvas Angelides and his Israeli and Greek counterparts Avigdor Lieberman and Panos Kammenos held their second trilateral meeting in southern Cyprus...

Japan: fatal avalanche engulfs skiers after volcano erupts Justin McCurry in Tokyo Falling rocks from Kusatsu-Shirane, north-west of Tokyo, leave one dead and 12 injured. A member of Japan’s self-defence forces died and about a dozen skiers...

Venezuelan security forces getting away with questionable killings, says UN   The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said Venezuelan security forces suspected of killing hundreds of demonstrators and alleged criminals enjoy immunity...

North and South Korea hold talks to discuss family reunions   The meeting in North Korea's Mount Kumgang comes as a part of efforts to improve relations between the two countries that had deteriorated over the...

Century Spice Road, Catch the Moon, Sagrada games review – fiendish fun   Owen Duffy   A mission to track down exotic spices, building increasingly unstable ladders to the moon and designing glorious stained glass windows feature in...

Haitians shrug off daily struggles and get into the Carnival groove   Carnival in Haiti goes back to 1804 and not even the country's devastating 2010 earthquake was enough to eliminate celebrations.   A dancer performs as she...

IMF approves Argentina's $50 billion loan   The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) executive board approved a $50 billion financing deal for Argentina while President Mauricio Macri's decision to ask for aid was met by protests. Christine Lagarde,...

Sunseeker shows how to sail upstream in a sluggish market Author: Phil Popham, CEO, Sunseeker International   Bucking the downward trend in the luxury goods industry, Sunseeker International has risen to profitability on the back of innovative...

The Guardian view on exploring Saturn: an inspiring distraction Editorial   The great success of the Cassini mission deserves our appreciation, but Nasa’s work on Earth’s climate matters more. The Cassini mission, which will end on Friday,...

Mark Zuckerberg on Charlottesville: Facebook will remove violent threats Julia Carrie Wong   CEO says Facebook is ‘watching closely’ and will ‘take down threats of physical harm’, joining raft of tech companies purging white nationalists and...

Francesca Bellettini has achieved the impossible with Saint Laurent   Renaming a world-famous brand is never advisable. However, under Francesca Bellettini’s guidance, the rebadged Saint Laurent has been remarkably successful. During tumultuous economic periods, purse strings are...

Eurozone creditors reach deal on Greek debt relief   Eurozone ministers agreed to extend maturities by 10 years on major parts of Greece's total debt obligations while the country secured a 15 billion euros ($17.5 billion)...

Serbia and Montenegro could join EU in 2025, says Brussels Jennifer Rankin in Brussels   Serbia and Montenegro could join the EU in 2025, the European commission has said, as Brussels seeks to renew the path to...

Cocaine Advertisements From the 1970s Will Absolutely Shock You By Natalie Zamora   Although cocaine is obviously a very outlawed drug nowadays, past times weren't so strict on the white powder. Especially in 1970s America, where drugs were...

US to deploy over 5,200 troops to Mexico border   A caravan of mostly Hondurans, estimated to number between 3,500 and 7,000, who left their country in mid-October are now in southern Mexico. Central American migrants walk...

The collapse of the Venezuelan health system   When Hugo Chavez became Venezuela's new president in 1998, he promised to provide free health care to all and enshrined this right within Venezuela's new constitution, rewritten in...

Why Easter lands on a different date every year — and how you can work out when it will be Lindsay Dodgson   Easter falls on a different date every year. This is because it is...