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Cannes opens with a politically charged lineup and global spotlight.

Expat News

Glamour, Gold, and Gathering Storms

As Cannes rolls out the red carpet and Eurovision lights up Europe, deeper tremors—both geological and financial—are stirring beneath the surface. United Airlines goes luxe, experts warn of gold rush…

In Loma Linda California wellness begins with belief—and becomes habit.

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Blue Zone

Loma Linda, The Blueprint of a Long Life

In the hills east of Los Angeles lies a quiet anomaly in the American health landscape. Loma Linda California—a modest city of approximately 24,000 residents in San Bernardino County—is the…

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Field Notes

The Curious Case of South Ossetia

Checked and corrected, 11 September 2026. Three points of fact in this article do not hold up. South Ossetia declared its independence in September 1990, not December 1990. December 1990…

Venice prepares to lift itself above rising floodwaters.

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Lines Crossed and Ground Shifted

Tensions flare between India and Pakistan, Trump revisits Greenland, and Venice prepares to rise—literally. Meanwhile, new ID rules reshape American travel, and a symbolic Gulf renaming faces global resistance. As…

Sardinian Chronicles - Life in Sardinia unfolds in stillness, season, and sun.

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Blue Zone

A Sardinian Chronicle

They say time doesn’t exist in Sardinia. Or at least, not in the way it does elsewhere—racing past you with the sound of horns, ticking clocks, and unread emails. I…

An Bang beach on a typically perfect afternoon.

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Central Vietnam

An Expat’s Guide to An Bang Beach

Added 10 September 2026. This guide tells you to check local Facebook groups for the going rate and never says what the going rate is. Here it is. Hoi An,…

Spain recovers after one of its worst blackouts in history.

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Power, Peaks, and Political Shifts

A blackout throws Iberia into darkness, Trump’s climate purge alarms scientists, and Everest access gets harder for amateur climbers. Meanwhile, Canada votes, Romania’s wild bears roam free, and astronomers detect…

Palm trees sway under a blue summer sky on Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula.

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Blue Zone

Costa Rica, the Largest Blue Zone

The Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica, with its rolling hills, verdant green farmlands, and breathtaking Pacific Ocean, has changed my outlook on life. Its beauty was one of the main…

The place I was once too afraid to enter became the one I never wanted to leave.

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Field Notes

I Didn’t Mean to End Up in Morocco

I was 18 when I got my first job—I was going to be a professional cowgirl and live in a trailer park with a 75-year-old retiree named Jerry in The-Middle-of-Nowhere,…

An earthquake near Istanbul renews fears of a larger one.

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Speed, Shocks, and Shifting Lines

Europe fines Big Tech, Morocco redefines travel, and Trump hints at a trade reversal. As the global landscape shifts, new forces are reshaping how we move, connect, and govern. From…