published Apr 4th 2016, 6:01 pm, by Benjamin D Katz (Bloomberg) — Global military spending has begun rising in real terms for the first time since the U.S. began its withdrawal of troops from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Defense budgets rose

Hang gliding is a mind-blowing, fun, high-flyer sport that involves flying a lightweight, motorless glider across an open-air space. You’ll need to go on an elevated area such as a peak or hilltop to launch one. Then run with the craft before you take to the air. Once in the air, the glider maintains itself in the sky by rising air masses into its air pockets, also known as thermals.