New trade bloc formed- TPP

A new trade bloc has been set up including the economies of the Pacific from the USA to Brunei

ISIS wiping out the history of Syria and Iraq

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/09/world/iraq-isis-heritage/  

 

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/24/middleeast/syria-isis-palmyra-shrines/



http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=47340#.VgGqc99Viko

http://syriatimes.sy/index.php/don-t-miss/19309-foreign-ministry-isil-barbaric-attacks-on-syria-s-cultural-heritage-target-the-syrian-national-identity-memory

The threatened landscape of Syria

ISIS are not only killing people but are also killing a traditional landscape of the region by flattening ancient buildings-




Map showing destroyed sites- 

Turkmenistan- No smoking here please!

Turkmenistan: the health-obsessed country where nobody smokes http://gu.com/p/4apm4?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Blogger

So Americans are actually Siberian?!?!

One wave of migration from Siberia populated the Americas, DNA shows http://gu.com/p/4apmd?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Blogger

Improving quality of life in Mexico

Mexico City promises free condoms and transportation in exchange for exercise http://gu.com/p/4apyv?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Blogger

Indigenous Australian tourism-

Our First Australians have the longest continuing culture in the world. It is a culture that is both vibrant and unique, and which more international visitors to Australia desire to experience.

Aboriginal Australian culture is thought to be the world's longest continuing surviving culture!

An obvious target for tourism that can benefit everyone; by providing jobs and keeping the culture alive.