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This Happened

Revolutionary Surgery To The Birth Of A Cultural Icon — On This Day In History November 27

The first attempt at a groundbreaking surgery, a day of mourning for the LGBTQI community, and the birth of a martial arts star.

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Society

Why First Aid Training Should Include Mental Health Specialization

The World Health Organization estimates that mental disorders impact one in four people worldwide. To help respond to mental health issues, a first aid training program was created in Australia in the early 2000s and has become available in France over the past five years.

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Living Abroad

Why Being An Expat Is The Absolute Best And The Absolute Worst

Being an expat can be the most amazing experience in the world — and the hardest. From fantastic new friends to feeling far from home, find out just how simultaneously difficult and awesome life abroad can be!

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Living Abroad

The Best & Worst Places For Expats In 2021

Taiwan, Mexico, and Costa Rica are the best expat destinations worldwide in 2021 according to the Expat Insider survey.

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In The News

Latin America’s Misplaced Obsession In Measuring ‘Happiness’

The Colombian government’s fondness for ‘happiness’ polls may be an attempt ot distract people from poor basic services that are a public responsibility.

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In The News

Is Switzerland Finally On Its Way To Being Cool?

It may not be Europe’s biggest trend setter, but in subtle ways, the land-locked, quadrilingual republic is fashioning a hipper, more confident cultural identity.

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Ideas Society

Poland, Where Happiness Goes To Die

Why are Poles such a gloomy and miserable lot, always assuming the worst and refusing to love thy neighbor? It turns out, cheerlessness here has deep roots.

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Society

Wealth, Power And An Iron Bowl: The Pursuit Of Happiness In Modern China

BEIJING – Who are the happiest people in China? In a survey conducted by Xiaokang (meaning basically well-off) magazine last year, in the eyes of the public, civil servant comes top of the list as a profession. However, the newly published 2012 China Workplace Mental Health Research Report has shown that officials’ own sense of […]

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