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In this age of waxing laws and waning freedoms, a notable exception to the pattern of ever-tightening restrictions is gun prohibitions.

Investors reacted positively from President Donald Trump’s Tuesday night address to Congress, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average above 21,000 points Wednesday for the first time in its history.

MEPs have called on the European Commission to take reciprocal measures against the US due to ongoing US visa requirements for citizens of Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Poland and Cyprus.

European Parliamentarians have urged the Commission to adopt the necessary legal measures "within two months", the parliament said in a resolution adopted on Thursday.

The Sony World Photography Awards is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
To mark the occasion, more than 277,000 photographs have been submitted from 183 countries around the world.
Suffice to say, those that have made Sony’s coveted shortlist are breathtaking and thought-provoking.

The Piri Reis map is a world map compiled in 1513 from military intelligence by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis.

Efforts by Japan's authorities to curb long work hours could weigh heavily on the country's economic growth, a study by Deutsche Bank found. The Japanese are recognized one of the world's most overworked nations.

According to CNBC, the bank said in a note that "cuts in overtime hours lead to lower household income, corporate earnings, and the economy's potential output."

The Japanese Embassy in Athens and the Japan Foundation present a mini-festival of films dedicated to the art of food, titled "Eating - Loving - Living," at the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation. The event comprises critically acclaimed films from Japan, with both English and Greek subtitles.

On the 27th of January, 1868, the army of the Shogunate was marching toward Kyoto. For more than a quarter of a century, the Tokugawa Shoguns had ruled Japan in peace, but now the country was once again in turmoil. Foreigners had come to Japan, Dutch, British and French, and modern European weaponry and training had for the first time become influential in the land of the rising sun.

Before the official opening of the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 17, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg answered reporters' questions in a press conference. 

It is no surprise that Gucci requested to organise its fashion show at the Parthenon, as the ancient monument was voted the most beautiful edifice in the world by architects. Site Businessinsider.com asked a number of architects in an online poll to vote on what they believed was the most beautiful structure in the world.