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They’re both named Juliette. One is American, the other French. Each lost her father to a terror attack — the first in 9/11 in New York, the other in Paris, ten years ago. Out of shared grief, a rare friendship was born between the two Juliettes across the Atlantic.
Our political values today matter more. Before the Oct. 7 attack and subsequent wars in Gaza and Lebanon, many of us distanced ourselves from politics, avoided political discussions and chose neutrality — only to realize that neutrality was not the best option. So how do we deal with friends and family we disagree with?
Many couples only live side-by-side.The children or the house still keep them together — and they open up their relationship. It may sound at first like a logical solution, but it’s more often than not the worst of all the options.
What will humans be like generations from now in a world transformed by artificial intelligence? Plenty of thinkers have applied themselves to questions like this, considering how AI will alter lives – often for better, sometimes for worse.
Maria Branyas Morera, the world’s oldest person who has just passed away at age 117, once talked about the importance of socializing in old age. Even if the aging and elderly tend to wind up confined to family circles, studies have shown the often untapped benefits of friendship in our later years.
Updated July 4, 2024 at 11:45 a.m. On this day in 1884, a ceremony was held in Paris marking the official unveiling and presentation of the Statue of Liberty to the United States before it was shipped across the Atlantic. The ceremony was known as “Presentation of the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World.” Why […]
Artificial intelligence can now provide you with a friend or a romantic partner — for a fee. Italian daily La Stampa tested whether true romance can blossom between human and machine, or if it’s the ultimate bug…
Society sees friendships as far less important than love and life partnerships. But psychologists warn that the end of a close friendship can leave the “grieving” side in need of therapy.
There is growing evidence that different species of animals can actually become what we humans think of as ‘friends.’ This is science, not Walt Disney…
GENEVA — It used to be that friendships ended in all sorts of ways. But these days, we simply “unfriend” instead. From the playground to Facebook, the process has evolved. You put the cursor on the name of the person you want out of your life, you slide over to the “Friends” button, let the […]
KHADICHAUR – Araniko Highway, connecting Kathmandu to the Nepal-China border, doesn’t look much like a highway. It is narrow strip of roadway sometimes covered in asphalt, sometimes just dirt. This 115-kilometer road, winding between mountains and ravines is also deadly. Or it would be, without the incredible dexterity of the truck and bus drivers who […]