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The Last Lunch | Athens | May 17 – June 16
A musical tragicomedy written by Yoel Wulfhart and directed by Manos Tsotras with music composed by Ian Blunsdon, "The Last Lunch" is bound to make you think and laugh. The new venue in town, the Theater of the No (3 Konstantinou Paleologou), presents the play's first-ever production outside of the US.
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The Holy Grail: Could Valencia’s Sacred Chalice be the One? (video)
Often shrouded in enigmatic tales and elusive quests, the search for this legendary artifact has persisted through the ages
New 'Transformers' fails to energize the saga
With the "Transformers" franchise clearly at a crossroads, its latest protectors have turned to their deep bench of characters. But just adding more robots won't transform this tired series.
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The four big risks from artificial intelligence
Throughout history, technological breakthroughs have created new opportunities for invention, adaptation and progress while inflicting irreversible damage on many lives and livelihoods. They have tested the remarkable abilities of human beings and societies to adapt to the turmoil of transition and to survive what economists call "creative destruction."
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The priorities, and the secrets of Athos
Greece's political parties are embarking once again on the campaign trail, deploying a more surgical approach and with their attention turning to specific constituencies.
Ruling New Democracy is expected to focus on northern Greece, where nationalist Greek Solution and the religious-nationalist Niki parties have been flying high.
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Over 1,500 arrested at climate protest in The Netherlands
More than 1,500 people were arrested during a protest by the Extinction Rebellion climate group in The Hague on Saturday, Dutch police said.
Activists blocked a section of a motorway during the afternoon in protest against Dutch fossil fuel subsidies.
Biden, GOP reach debt-ceiling deal
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an "agreement in principle" to raise the nation's legal debt ceiling, but now Congress must rush to approve the spending cuts package in a matter of days to avert a potentially disastrous U.S. default.
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VIDEO: From Doomsday to New Optimism
Businesses moving "from doomsday to new optimism" was in the focus of an international conference taking organised by the IEDC Bled - School of Management and Bloomberg Adria.
Managers and government representatives from some 25 countries addressed the most pressing global challenges in business, finance and politics.
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‘Lord of the Rings’ now a video game
U.S. tech giant Amazon has announced it is developing an open-world style video game based on the classic "Lord of the Rings" saga.
J.R.R. Tolkien's stories of mythical creatures struggling with the mystical power of the rings have become a staple on the video game scene, most famously the tie-ins with Peter Jackson's epic film trilogy in the early 2000s.
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Hoping for a break in the pre-election routine
There are two parallel universes. On the one hand, a digital world operating at the speeds of TikTok or Twitter, standing ecstatic, enthusiastic or skeptical in front of innovations in artificial intelligence, harnessing the possibilities of ChatGPT, trying to perceive the changes taking place in everything from the environment to employment.
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