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Religious Freedom and Persecution by Country: Mapping the World’s Worst Restrictions (2026)
Religious persecution is back near the top of the global agenda. In the space of a few weeks in mid-2026, three of…
Balaji’s Network School Leaves Malaysia for Kazakhstan: What a ‘Network State’ Actually Is
A self-styled “network state” just learned how much it still depends on ordinary nation-states. In July 2026, Malaysian authorities revoked the operating…
The Bab-al-Mandab Strait: The Red Sea’s Oil and Shipping Chokepoint, Mapped
Look at a world map of shipping lanes and a handful of narrow passages carry a wildly outsized share of global trade.…
Sovereign Credit Ratings by Country (2026): The Shrinking AAA Club
Every country's sovereign credit rating, mapped. Only 11 nations still hold the top AAA grade after the US and France were downgraded,…
The World’s Best Startup Ecosystems, Mapped (2026): Where the US Rules and Central Asia Surges
StartupBlink's 2026 index of 100 countries and 1,556 cities, mapped: the US extends its record lead, France drops out of the top…
King Salman International Airport: Riyadh’s Bid to Out-Hub Dubai and Doha
Riyadh's 57-square-kilometre King Salman International Airport, with six runways and a 185-million-passenger target, is Saudi Arabia's bid to out-hub Dubai and Doha.…
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Ten genuinely safe, beautiful places American travelers can explore for under $100 a day — from Vietnam and Georgia at $45 to…
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From the Outer Banks to the Pacific Coast Highway, the 14 best US beaches for summer 2026 — mapped across four coasts,…
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Norway’s postcard sights , the Preikestolen cliff, the Trolltunga rock, the tulip-window Reine street on Lofoten , are famously crowded through July…
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The Netherlands is small, dense, and famous for a handful of places (Amsterdam, Giethoorn, the Keukenhof tulip fields) that summer visitors flood…
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