Finding Home in Turkey
Living in Turkey: A Chance Encounter I first came to Turkey when I met another Australian backpacker while traveling solo through Europe. We went to Greece together, following her out-of-date…
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World News Roundup: Power, Protests & Polar Seas
This week’s headlines move from the depths of the Antarctic to the heights of global tension. Trump orders the Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons testing “on an equal basis” with…
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How Halloween in Ireland Sparked a Global Legacy
Trick-or-treating, dressing in scary costumes, telling ghost stories—these familiar Halloween rituals trace their origins back thousands of years, long before the era of cheap plastic Dracula masks and over-the-top inflatable…
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World News Roundup: Robberies, Runways & Rising Tensions
This week’s headlines move between pollution, politics, and power plays. After the festival of lights, New Delhi sank into one of its most toxic smog events in years, while South…
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Inside the Life of a Solo Mother Traveling the World
For German native Sarah Noack, motherhood never meant standing still. Three years ago, she set out on a journey that would redefine both travel and parenthood—becoming a solo mother traveling…
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World News Roundup: Power, Passports & the Planet
This week’s headlines move between the supernatural and the geopolitical. America drops out of the world’s most powerful passport rankings, China and the U.S. trade fresh accusations over tariffs, and…
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Living Between Continents, Cultures, and Contradictions
Growing up in Turkey, you learn what it means to live life between borders—not always by desire, but often by obligation. It’s a place that gets described, lazily and often,…
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World News Roundup: Shutdowns, Spies & Soaring Gold
This week, travel chaos deepens as the U.S. government shutdown enters its second week, spilling delays across major airports. North of the border, Canada’s prime minister courts Trump in a…
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Abkhazia: Secrets of the Soviet Riviera
Abkhazia: From Playground to Ruins In the 1970s, trains packed full of tourists from across the Soviet Union would arrive into the coastal city of Sukhumi every summer. The city,…
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World News Roundup: Crises, Convoys & Collisions
This week’s headlines stretch from the Middle East to the Pacific. Greta Thunberg and other activists were detained as Israeli forces intercepted aid ships, while Washington edges toward a government…
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