In a global first, Australia is enforcing a sweeping ban on social media use for anyone under 16 — and Meta is already acting. Starting December 4, Instagram, Facebook, and Threads will begin automatically deactivating accounts belonging to users aged 13 to 15. The ban officially takes effect on December 10, marking the most aggressive…
A major tremor hit the tech world this week as Larry Summers, former US Treasury secretary and past Harvard president, resigned from OpenAI’s board following the release of extensive correspondence with the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Summers’ departure raises new questions about leadership ethics in the rapidly expanding AI sector —…
The global art market witnessed a seismic shift this week as Gustav Klimt’s “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” sold for an astounding $236.4 million, becoming the most expensive modern artwork ever auctioned. But beyond the headline lies a story richer and stranger than the painting itself — a narrative woven through war, identity, coded symbolism, and…
A landmark global review published in The Lancet is sounding the alarm: ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are emerging as one of the biggest health threats of the modern era. Drawing from 104 long-term studies and 43 international experts, the report paints a stark picture of a world drifting away from whole foods and towards cheap, industrially…
The UK has issued a sharp warning to the Kremlin after confirming that the Russian spy ship Yantar used military-grade lasers to disrupt RAF pilots monitoring its movements near British waters — an act officials call a dangerous escalation. The announcement was made by Defence Secretary John Healey in a press briefing at Downing Street.…
One of the deadliest Russian attacks on western Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion has devastated the city of Ternopil. Ukrainian authorities report at least 25 people killed, including three children, after Russian missiles and drones slammed into two residential buildings early Wednesday morning. Another 73 people were injured, 15 of them children.…
The European Union is taking one of the most significant steps in its modern defense history: the creation of a “Military Schengen”, a system designed to allow troops and heavy equipment to move across Europe as seamlessly as civilians travel within the Schengen Area. The initiative comes as Russia’s war against Ukraine reshapes Europe’s security…
For decades, society insisted that weight loss is a matter of discipline: “Eat less. Move more.” But the newest research in neuroscience and metabolic science shows this is fundamentally wrong. The human brain evolved to defend body weight, not reduce it — which is why losing weight feels like a war against your own biology.…
Romania is facing a silent, devastating mental-health crisis as depression cases soar nationwide. At the Socola Institute of Psychiatry in Iași — one of Romania’s key mental-health centers — doctors report a staggering 40% increase in diagnosed depression cases over the past three years. And the data reveals a troubling pattern: 60% of patients are…
Russia has entered a new cycle of internal tension after the Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Monday night that it had disrupted an alleged assassination plot targeting Sergei Shoigu, one of Vladimir Putin’s closest allies and the current Secretary of the Russian Security Council. The announcement, circulated rapidly through pro-Kremlin media, has raised significant…