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In The World for Sale, two leading journalists lift the lid on one of the least scrutinised corners of the economy: the workings of the billionaire commodity traders who buy, hoard and sell the earth's resources. It is the story of how a handful of swashbuckling businessmen became indispensable cogs in global markets: enabling an enormous expansion in international trade and connecting resource-rich countries - no matter how corrupt or war-torn - with the world's financial centres.

The New York Times bestseller “A clear and concise account of the history, diplomacy, economics, and societal forces that have molded the modern global system.” —Foreign Affairs An invaluable primer from Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, that will help anyone...

Trivia The World Over is a family-friendly, fast-paced trivia game covering geography, travel, cultures, and everything in between! Whether you’re on your commute, road tripping with the family, taking a break from schoolwork, or chilling at home, Trivia The World Over is for you!

Lianyungang, a booming port city, has China's most extreme gender ratio for children under four: 163 boys for every 100 girls. These numbers don't seem terribly grim, but in 10 years, the skewed sex ratio will pose a colossal challenge. By the time those children reach adulthood, their generation will have 24 million more men than women. The prognosis for China's neighbors is no less bleak: Asia now has 163 million females "missing" from its population. And gender imbalance reaches far beyond Asia....

Join husband and wife duo T & J in their take-over bid for world domination...well, at least the podcast sphere (look out Joe). Actually, scratch that... just enjoy them chat away about everything from pop culture to the latest trending topic from their funny and opinionated perspective.

Co-hosted by long-time friends Molly Lipson and Jamie Richardson, the premise of If The World Was Ending, You'd Come Over Right? is simple: we ask a guest what they would do if they suddenly found out that the world was about to end in 45 minutes' time. There's no time to prepare anything or tick activities off the bucket list – instead, it's all about what you'd do based on where you are, and what and who is around you. We speak to guests whose last 45 minutes are set to be unique, fascinating and thrilling because of what they do or who they are. Created and hosted by Molly Lipson and ...

"Jason Day, World's Top Golfer, Pulls out of Olympics over Zika Fears" is from the June 28, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Victor Mather and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

Ever wonder what AI would say about you? Welcome to Voiceover World, a limited series podcast where AI assistants spill the tea on federal government workers, AI being trained to act like humans, and finding love in the cloud. Hosted by Shonda B. and the all AI Hype Synthetic Voices crew (Tricia, Khalil, Grandma Hattie, Poppa Willie, etc.) we dive into AI gossip, emotional adventures, and the AI take on what's happening in the user world. Quick, funny, and full of heart, each episode is your boost of humor, insight, and petty AI antics. Put your headphones on and turn this up for the full ...

Chris Mooney, author of The Republican War on Science and one of the leading young environmental journalists and bloggers working today, immerses listeners in the world of those who study hurricanes. What was once an arcane branch of meteorology (itself an arcane science) has become embroiled in one of the most politicized and hotly contested debates in American science: whether or not the recent hurricane disasters, culminating in Katrina, are connected to global warming.

Before Russia invaded Ukraine, it invaded Georgia. Both states are part of Russia's "near abroad"—newly independent states that were once part of the Soviet Union. While the Russia-Georgia war of 2008 faded from the headlines in the wake of the global recession, the geopolitical contest that created it did not. Six years later, the specter of a revanchist Russia returned when Putin's forces invaded and annexed the Crimean peninsula. Eminent political geographer Gerard Toal moves beyond the polemical rhetoric to study the underlying territorial conflicts and geopolitical struggles.

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What goes through the mind of a mother who must send her child to school across a minefield or the men who belong to groups of volunteer body collectors? In Ukraine, such questions have been part of the daily calculus of life. Greta Uehling engages with the lives of ordinary people living in and around the armed conflict over Donbas that began in 2014 and shows how conventional understandings of war are incomplete. Everyday War considers where peace can be cultivated at an everyday level.

At the Australian war crimes trials that followed World War II, one prosecution witness stood out: Warrant Officer Bill Sticpewich. During his three years in the infamous Sandakan POW camp, Sticpewich had seen hundreds of fellow prisoners die of starvation, sickness and overwork. Of more than 2400 Allied prisoners at Sandakan at the start of 1945, only six survived. It was Sticpewich's meticulous evidence that sent Sandakan's commandant and his murderous henchmen to the gallows. But to his fellow prisoners Sticpewich was not a war hero.

Americans have always put the past to political ends. The Union laid claim to the Revolution - so did the Confederacy. Civil rights leaders said they were the true sons of liberty - so did Southern segregationists. This book tells the story of the centuries-long struggle over the meaning of the nation's founding, including the battle waged by the Tea Party, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, and evangelical Christians to "take back America".

Almost seven years after the Great Recession officially ended, the U.S. economy continues to grow at a sluggish rate. Real wages are stagnant. The real median wage earned by men in the United States is lower today than it was in 1969. Median household income, adjusted for inflation, is lower now than it was in 1999 and has barely risen in the past several years despite the formal end of the recession in 2009.

"Iran’s Foreign Ministry Denounces U.S. Over New Sanctions" is from the World section of The New York Times. It was written by Thomas Erdbrink and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Doubts in Asia over Whether New Sanctions against North Korea Can Work" is from the World section of The New York Times. It was written by Choe Sang Hun and Edward Wong and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"Clinton Is Again Put on the Defensive Over Perceived Ties to Wall Street" is from the U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Amy Chozick and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"China Charges Dozen Officials Over Deadly Shenzhen Landslide" is from the World section of The New York Times. It was written by Edward Wong and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Chipotle Is Subpoenaed in Criminal Inquiry Over Norovirus Outbreak" is from the US section of The New York Times. It was written by The New York Times and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.