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Pandemic Politics Is Bad For Your Mental Health

German psychologist Stephan Grünewald has some insights on how nearly a year’s worth of coronavirus restrictions are impacting people’s mental health.

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Italian Alzheimer’s Village, Where The Past Doesn’t Exist

A facility that opened last year in the northern city of Monza offers residents a fleeting respite from the lonely, disorienting effects of dementia.

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After The Coup, Why I Left My Beloved Home In Turkey

-Essay- Until last year I lived in Istanbul with my husband. We’re both from Australia and we taught English at local universities. We had a great life, with wonderful Turkish friends like Hasan and Nurhan (not their real names.) On Friday nights in the summer, we went out to dinner with them. On one such […]

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Chinese Newspaper Wags Finger At U.S. And Russia Over Syria

China’s state-run People’s Daily has accused the United States and Russia of using the conflict in Syria as a proxy for reigniting a Cold War. In a commentary signed “Zhong Sheng” (“Voice of China”), the daily called for a peaceful diplomatic settlement to the crisis. “The United States and the Soviet Union employed a variety […]

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