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News

Illegal Gold Mines Were Just Blown to Pieces in the Amazon

12.08.23

By Deborah Bonello
News

‘Flying Aliens’ Harassing Village in Peru Are Actually Illegal Miners With Jetpacks, Cops Say

08.14.23

By Nathaniel Janowitz
News

Peru Declares State of Emergency in Its Jungles Due to Rampant Mercury Poisoning

05.24.16

By Simeon Tegel
News

Peru Goes to the Polls Under the Shadow of Favorite Keiko Fujimori’s Disgraced Dad

04.10.16

By Simeon Tegel
News

Sand: It’s As Precious As Oil — And Its Extraction Is Destroying the World’s Coasts and Rivers

03.21.16

By John Dyer
News

How Chinese Mining Companies Sustain Organized Crime in Mexico

06.25.14

By Laurence Cuvillier
Travel

If You’re Sick of Hearing About Ukraine, Try Living There

04.11.14

By Maria Qamar
Tech

Peru Thinks ‘Ethical Gold’ Can End the Misery of Amazonian Mining

03.04.14

By Jason Koebler

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Horoscopes

Daily Horoscope: May 22, 2025

Buckle up, stargazer. The waning crescent Moon forms a challenging square with Jupiter, indicating stifled progress and decreased motivation.

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Gaming

Waypoint Wishlist: Anime/Anime-Styled Games Edition

For this episode of Waypoint Wishlist, we’ve got quite the list of Anime-themed or Anime-styled games to comb through.

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By Shaun Cichacki, Brent Koepp, Anthony Franklin II, Dwayne Jenkins, and Matt Vatankhah
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Gaming

Nintendo’s “Ask the Developer” Series on ‘Mario Kart World’ is a Great Look into the Making of the Game

Nintendo’s Ask the Developers series on ‘Mario Kart World’ is here. And there are some very interesting insights into the making of the game.

9 hours ago

By Anthony Franklin II
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Music

Radiohead Frontman Thom Yorke Wants You to Find His Buried Coins

Did not have “Radiohead coin hunt” on my 2025 BINGO card.

11 hours ago

By Stephen Andrew Galiher
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Gaming

‘Mukti’ Brings India to the Forefront of the Adventure Genre in a Stunning New First-Person Title

‘Mukti’ looks absolutely stunning in motion, and I’m hoping the team at underDOGS Studios can nail the narrative themes.

11 hours ago

By Shaun Cichacki