The New Extraction Economy Early colonial powers extracted gold, spices and resources from distant lands while giving little back to local communities.
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Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
The majority of these lands are located in western states and Alaska.
Families love Split for its walkable Old Town, beaches, and ferry access to islands like Hvar and Korčula, where kids can swim while grandparents explore medieval towns.
Qatar denounces ‘cowardly’ Israeli strike targeting Hamas leaders Israel launched an aerial strike against senior Hamas leaders in Doha on Tuesday, in its first direct attack on Qatari soil, marking a significant escalation in regional tensions.
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Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
10 Sep. 2025
What Mill does is preserve food as a resource, keeping nutrients intact so they can be used to feed soil or farms.
Indigenous Tribes’ ancestral homelands and hunting grounds could be under threat of mining, clear cutting, or development without consultation because of this decision.
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Ryan Gellert,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
The Detroit Lions explicitly ban ticket resales for a profit on Ford Field grounds, according to the team’s website.
After the new additions of Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Kam Patterson and Veronika Slowikowska (as well as Please Don’t Destroy member Ben Marshall), it was believed that the dust had settled on the cast shakeups.
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Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
13 Sep. 2025
And once the dust clears, the mystery is overshadowed by all the broken people left in its wake.
For the Upper Midwest and Lower Lakes, taking in both of Michigan's peninsulas, the Almanac said to expect mild and dry conditions this winter.
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Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Researchers reconstruct the fire history of the land The red pine trees that dot the sandbar peninsulas can survive fires, which leave behind distinctive scars in the tree rings.
Under the altar is a stone made from a blend of earth, stone and sand from the island, cast with water brought from a Cuban refugee raft.
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Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
Western or tropical astrology — most often cited in pop culture — is based on the study of the earth’s seasons, which accounts for the procession of the equinox, as ancient astrologers predicted those shifts in degrees.
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