High court judge Katerina Sakellaropoulou was elected Wednesday by parliament president of the Hellenic Republic, making her the country's first female head of state. Since 2018, Sakellaropoulou has
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Substack announced today that it has built support for multiple authors into its service. The company provides a publishing tool that blends blogs and email newsletters into a single entity, with a fo
Stress and depression are modern illnesses in Syria due to the long-standing war, which pushes Syrians to search for alternatives to release the stress without the sid
By APD writer Alice Mongolia had 4,600 foreign workers from 95 foreign countries employed with labor contract by December 2019, including persons in employment work for
Ten months ago, Cruise declared it would hire at least 1,000 engineers by the end of the year, an aggressive target — even for a company with a $7.25 billion war chest — in the cutthroat autonomous ve
This week, on my way to check out a little ride debuting at Disneyland in California, I stopped by Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank to check out Myth: A Frozen Tale. Myth is a new VR experien
A concert of the China Philharmonic Orchestra, hosted by the Romanian Athenaeum, wowed an audience here on Monday evening as part of a series of cultural events to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New
Eleven people were killed in a fire that broke out at a Siberian village in Russia's Far East on early Tuesday morning, the regional office of the Russian Emergencies Ministry said. The fire broke ou
The world should recognize China's "tremendous progress" in ending poverty and hunger in the last decade, David Beasley, executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), has said
When his trial opens in the coming days, Harvey Weinstein’s defense team is expected to go on the offensive against the women who have accused him of rape and sexual as
Too often the world of robotics seems to be a solution in search of a problem. Assistive robotics, on the other hand, are among one of the primary real-world tasks existing technology can seemingly ad
Accomplished astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch perform what was only the third ever all-woman spacewalk.
Chinese authorities have confirmed a deadly virus that has infected more than 160 people in four countries can be transmitted via human-to-human contact.The confirmation comes as airports around the
Authorities in China warn the coronavirus is spreading to more cities as the country gears up for lunar new year celebrations.
Merkel invited the world to discuss Libya. Did it work? (Credit: Tobias Schwarz/AFP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Berlin summit on ways to end the Libyan civil war finished in the usual f
Participants in the Germany-called Libya Conference on Sunday have agreed to respect the arms embargo and truce in the war-torn north African country, pledging to esta