Society
Society
Indonesia Bans Sex Outside Marriage, Including Bali
Indonesia's Parliament has passed a law banning extramarital sex. Any individual who has sex outside of marriage in Indonesia could now face a sentence of up to one year in jail.
The new legal code, which includes over six hundred...
Greek News
Violent Protests Break Out in Greece After Police Shoot Roma Teenager
Violent scuffles broke out in Thessaloniki, Greece on Monday after a Roma teenager was shot by police and left in critical condition.
The sixteen-year-old was shot in the head in the early hours of Monday morning after driving a truck...
Society
Iran to Scrap Morality Police, Attorney General Says
The Iranian government will reportedly do away with its morality police, according to Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri of Iran.
Iran has been gripped by unrest since the death of a twenty-two-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, in the custody of the...
Economy
World’s Wealthiest Female Billionaires in 2022
The world’s wealthiest female billionaires are quite diverse. Some were born into wealthy families, while others produced their own fortunes.
The "Forbes List of Billionaires" and the "Bloomberg Billionaire Index" each provide regular insights into who the five hundred most...
Culture
Gaslighting: The Word of the Year
Merriam Webster Dictionary has made it official. Gaslighting is their 2022 word of the year. The choice is understandable, given its frequent use in the news as well as on social media.
The expression actually first came into use in 1944,...
Europe
Russia Bans LGBTQ ‘Propaganda’ in ‘Answer to Blinken’ Bill
Russia’s House of Parliament has voted for further restrictions and fines on members of the LGBTQ society in the country.
One of the authors of the law was Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Rodin. He supports this, he says, in order to...
Society
Foxconn Pays Protesting Workers to Leave Largest iPhone Factory
In an attempt to suppress violent protests at the world’s largest iPhone factory in China, Foxconn offered to pay newly recruited workers $1,400 (10,000 yuan) to leave the premises.
Foxconn, the apple supplier, made the offer on Wednesday night after...
Greek News
Campaign Against Human Trafficking Launched in Greece
A campaign against human trafficking launched in Greece on November 25th, which the UN has declared as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
International non-governmental organization A21 joined forces with distinguished screenwriter and director Konstantinos Mousoulis...
Environment
Unconditional Freedom Releases New Documentary
This month, Unconditional Freedom released a new documentary exploring its environmental and social projects.
In their own words, Unconditional Freedom creates programs to "provide the reflection, nourishment and tools necessary to restore human dignity." They tackle areas as varied as the...
Business
Funeral Services Join Black Friday Hype in Greece
The business world's "Black Friday" hype has now begun to engulf consumers in Greece, who are eager to take advantage of the special sales offered annually by retailers.
The Black Friday phenomenon began in the United States, as the day...
Health
Why Intelligence Doesn’t Always Lead to Happiness
Society prizes both intelligence and happiness. Yet scientists have shown that, for some reason, the two simply cannot coincide. As Ernest Hemingway, the highly prolific, intelligent American journalist and novelist himself said, “Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest...
Archaeology
Tattoos Found on Ancient Egyptian Mummies
New archaeological evidence from Egyptian mummies shows the practice of having lower back tattoos is actually more than three millennia old even though it may seem like an early 21st century fad popularized by low-rise-jeans clad celebrities.
Researchers Anne Austin...
Politics
First Gen Z, Trans Man, and Openly Lesbian Win at US Midterm Elections
The 2022 US midterm elections have brought a number of historic firsts, including the youngest ever lawmaker, the first transgender lawmaker, and the first openly gay governor of state.
The world is eagerly watching this year's US midterm elections with...
Economy
Facebook Meta Lays Off 11,000 Employees
The tech industry, like Silicon Valley, was once a major force to be reckoned with. Giants like Meta, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Amazon each ruled over their respective domains. Furthermore, they did so without any signs of ever having...
Media
Mastodon, the Social Media Platform Everyone Is Leaving Twitter for
Which came first? The chicken or the egg? Usually, no one knows. But the recent flight of followers from Elon Musks’ social platform leaves little doubt. So who is the upstart who has taken his claim to fame? Mastodon...