Society

The US toy manufacturer, Mattel, released a Down Syndrome Barbie. The renowned toy company has been under fire in the past for Barbie's unrealistic portrayal of women. To combat this criticism, Mattel has taken the initiative to create dolls that...

Tsoureki (τσουρέκι in Greek) is the traditional sweet yeast bread Greeks make every year on Holy Thursday, which is then consumed on Easter Sunday. Early in the morning on Holy Thursday throughout Greece, women start kneading the dough for the...

When Arnold Schwarzenegger, a renowned bodybuilder, Hollywood actor and former governor of California, felt unhappy with a massive hole in his Los Angeles neighborhood, he decided to take things into his own hands and fix the problem. Along with his...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been making headlines for years as one of the most transformative technologies in the modern era. As AI growth continues to get bigger, its impact on the global economy and the job market is increasingly...

Greece is making hundreds of beaches wheelchair-friendly by installing the Greek-designed Seatrac system for wheelchairs. The system is a free service that offers unassisted sea access to people with disabilities and mobility issues. It is an innovative, technological assistant that...

In today's world, civilization is much more complex than in the past. It now involves a global network of advanced technology and complex social organization that goes beyond what Webster, a famous dictionary writer, could have imagined. Civilization today is...

Regular exercise can significantly improve symptoms of both depression and anxiety. Even as little as 10 to 15 minutes of exercise at a time can be beneficial. According to the findings of a recent study, prescription physical activity as a...

A court in Spain has ordered a businessman to pay his ex-wife an amount equal to $213,000 for the 25 years that she worked unpaid in the house. Judge Laura Ruiz Alaminos, who was ruling over the case in Velez-Malaga...

The unemployment rate in Greece eased to 10.8% in January, down from 12.4% in December, data from the statistics service ELSTAT showed on Thursday. The reading was the lowest since December 2009 – at the start of Greece’s decade-long economic...

A major trial of a 4-day workweek conducted in the UK has revealed significant reductions in employee stress and illness while maintaining productivity. According to the results of the study, 71% of employees had lower levels of "burnout," and 39%...

On Thursday night, officers of the Assam Police in India began arresting individuals accused of being engaged in child marriages. The Assam government has registered 4,004 cases and arrested 1,800 male suspects so far. The crackdown was carried out under...

Rememory, the act of talking to the dead, is an idea as old as man himself. For pagans, it was a means of venerating ancestors who had passed. In Christianity, it remains the belief in afterlife through purgatory, heaven,...

Pope Francis has decried laws that criminalize homosexuality as being "unjust" and has called upon Catholic clergy to welcome people who identify as LGBTQ into the Church. The Pope said that a "distinction" must be drawn between sin and crime....

The year 2023 has thus far been the worst year to date in terms of the number of mass shootings in the U.S. following the last killing spree in Half Moon Bay, California on Monday, when at least seven...

China has reported its first population decline in decades. On Tuesday, the National Bureau of Statistics said that, compared to the end of 2021, the population of the nation had decreased by 850,000. This number does not include the...