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Google is creating a new company to oversee its highly lucrative Internet business and a growing flock of other ventures, including some - like building self-driving cars and researching ways to prolong human life - that are known more for their ambition than for turning an immediate profit.

Online campaigns and events have been the go-to tools for raising the profile of International Youth Day, celebrated on Aug. 12, and spreading the discussion on youth civic engagement The engagement of youth in civil society will soon be a major discussion topic across the world, as Aug. 12 is International Youth Day, a day designated by the United Nations and celebrated since 2010.

The Ministry of Culture, in collaboration with Simon Fraser University’s Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for Hellenic Studies in Canada are creating new applications for smartphones and tablets that can be used by visitors to Greek museums and other cultural venues.

Google on July 30 rejected a French demand to globally apply the so-called right to be forgotten, which requires the company to remove links to certain information about users if asked.

Entrepreneurs are exploiting the Greek economic crisis to market their wares. Soon after the launching of Grexit vodka on June 30, comes a new product – a tower defense game during the defense era but using steam-powered machines and robots as well. The game requires young “recruits” to digitally defend Greece against hordes of enemies trying to take over the country.

By Debbie Papadakis

The European Consumer Centers (ECC-Net) has come up with a way of supporting the traveler at any given moment. Thanks to the Travel app, provides access to interpreter and legal assistance instantly for travelers on demand asserting their rights at any given ‘bump’ in travels.

The Turkish gov't is reportedly cherry-picking teachers by asking extremely difficult questions to some candidates - such as queries about the weight of a ping pong ball Teacher candidates in Turkey should memorize Wikipedia and work their brains like Google in order to guarantee promotion by the state, according to a recent report in the Turkish media.

The Turkish government is reportedly cherry-picking teachers by asking extremely difficult questions to some candidates - such as queries about the weight of a ping pong ball Teacher candidates in Turkey should memorize Wikipedia and work their brains like Google in order to guarantee promotion by the state, according to a recent report in the Turkish media.

Dylann Roof, aged 21, who killed nine people at an African-American church at Charleston, South Carolina, expressed his belief in a manifesto. Accompanying his extreme beliefs are a series of photos that have surfaced showing the gunman burning the flag of the United States and visiting a former slave plantation.

By Debbie Papadakis
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