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Student sit-ins: A Greek user manual
Occupation: This pivotal term traces back to the distant 1973, resonating with undiminished intensity to the present day. Campuses worldwide were ablaze, the culmination of which would be witnessed in Athens: the events at the Law School in February and March, followed by those at the Polytechnic later on, notably the famous three-day occupation in November that ended in bloodshed.
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Global food system emissions imperil Paris climate goals
The global food system's greenhouse gas emissions will add nearly 1 degree Celsius to Earth's surface temperatures by 2100 on current trends, obliterating Paris Agreement climate goals, scientists have warned.
‘Thinker’ expected to reach up to 14 million euros
A cast of "The Thinker" by Auguste Rodin will be auctioned in Paris on June 30, expected to reach between 9 and 14 million euros ($10-$15 million), Christie's said on April 7.
One of the most iconic works of art in the world, it features a man resting his chin on his hand and was originally conceived as a representation of Italian author Dante.
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2020 one of three hottest years ever recorded: UN
This year is on course to be one of the three warmest ever recorded, the United Nations said on Dec. 2, as the UN chief warned the world was on the brink of "climate catastrophe".
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Rapper Kendrick Lamar Wins Pulitzer Prize
The Guardian - The most famous names of American journalism were honoured on Monday with Pulitzer prizes for investigating Donald Trump and exposing endemic sexual harassment in Hollywood.
And in a dramatic cultural breakthough, 30-year-old rapper Kendrick Lamar won a Pulitzer for music in a category long reserved for classical works.
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Signal May be From 1st 'Exomoon'
A team of astronomers has potentially discovered the first known moon beyond the Solar System, reported BBC.
If confirmed, the "exomoon" is likely to be about the size and mass of Neptune, and circles a planet the size of Jupiter but with 10 times the mass.
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Piano's Architecture | Athens | To July 23
Acclaimed Italian architect Renzo Piano, designer of the Greek capital's emblematic Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) among other iconic projects around the world, presents "Piece by Piece" at the SNFCC's Lighthouse through July 23.
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New Movements Emerge Ahead of Albanian Elections
The Albanian Bee [Bleta Shqiptare] political movement was launched on Tuesday in Tirana, presenting a manifesto that urged Albanians to take action to create a better future for the country after the disappointments caused by the political parties that have governed the country since the end of Communism.
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NASA says recent drought in Turkey and eastern Mediterranean worst in 900 years
The continued drought in the eastern Mediterranean, including the Levant region and Turkey, since 1998 was drier than the worst drought in the past 900 years, a new study by NASA has revealed.
Study finds brains of poorer children shrink in size
As if the brain drain causing Greece’s most educated to leave the country for a better future abroad wasn’t a big enough problem for Greece, the latest scientific research shows that children from low-income families feel the effects on their brains. The stress of poverty, even very small differences in income, can have major effects on brain development.