Knowledge

East Asian Resource Library for knowledge without borders

The idea of EARL stems from collaboration between two members of the University of Ljubljana: the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Arts, particularly its Department of Asian Studies. The project has been in the works for at least two years now, since the signing of an agreement by the two collaborators.

Suspect in Santa Fe school shooting of Greek extraction

The suspect in a deadly high school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas, which has so far left at least 10 people dead has been identified as a 17-year-old of Greek extraction, according to news agencies.

Authorities have reportedly detained two people, one of which is Dimitrios Pagourtzis, believed to be a student at the school.

Women farmers becoming more educated, report shows

The education level of women farmers has risen significantly in recent years, according to a report commissioned by the General Secretariat of Gender Equality.

More specifically, 35.3 percent completed secondary education, compared with 13.2 percent in 1998, 18 percent in 2003 and 26.6 percent in 2008, and 4 percent have university degrees, compared with just 1 percent in 1998.

Hackers attempt to "silence" Tanjug from Serbian-based IP addresses

BELGRADE - The Tanjug News Agency has since Tuesday been targeted by intensive hacker attacks from over 50 different IP addresses.

The attacks are aimed at taking down the agency's IT system through its website and at rendering Tanjug unable to operate and making its services unavailable to media and other subscribers.

Silk Road to also connect European, Chinese news agencies

FRANKFURT - Representatives of European news agencies, including Tanjug, have agreed to cooperate with the China Economic Information Service (CEIS) - an affiliate of the Chinese state-owned news agency Xinhua - on exchange of economic and financial information related to the Belt and Road project.

Death is not the end, scientific study claims! (video)

Is death the end of the road? That is without doubt the bigget question that has been on the mind of the human race from the moment our ancestors started becoming aware of themselves. Now, scientists say that the moment we die we are aware of our state of death, as our conscience continues to work after the vital organs of the body have stopped functioning.

10 of the wierdest world records ever attempted! (photos)

People will do some pretty crazy things to get in the record books.
Though some world-record holders are physical anomalies — like the world’s tallest person, or the shortest — the Guinness Book of World Records is filled with some incredibly strange attempts.
In honor of these odd achievements, here are the 27 weirdest records broken by people around the world.

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