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Angelina Jolie wants kids to 'fight back'
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie says she hopes to empower children around the world with tools to "fight back" for their rights with a book she has written with Amnesty International.
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21 films chasing top prize at Venice Film Festival
The Golden Lion, the top prize at the Venice Film Festival set to begin September 1, will be awarded to one film among 21 contenders from across the globe.
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Impeachment’ star says series aimed to ‘redeem’ Monica Lewinsky
A television series debuting next month delves into the impeachment of former U.S. President Bill Clinton, and star Beanie Feldstein said she hopes it might "redeem" Monica Lewinsky in the eyes of some viewers.
PM Mitsotakis: Gov’t releasing immediate aid to Attica and Evia wildfire victims
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday announced a special allocation of 500 million euros from the state budget for Attica Region and Evia island to immediately help residents who lost homes and businesses in wildfires this week.
PM apologises as Greece counts costs of wildfire catastrophe
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis apologized on Aug. 9 for failures in tackling the devastating wildfires that have burned across Greece for the past week as the country counted the cost in lost homes and livelihoods.
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AHEPA honors Greek PM Mitsotakis, Cyprus President Anastasiades and shipowner Marinakis
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday evening reiterated - the second time in a week - that the country will resolutely defend all of its sovereign rights, speaking after being honored at the 99th Anniversary AHEPA Supreme Convention.
The convention is taking place in Athens.
World-famous ‘Dilbar’ yacht passes through Istanbul Strait
The world's sixth longest yacht, Dilbar, which means "Beautiful girl" in the Uzbek language, has passed through the Istanbul Strait and set sail across the Black Sea on July 25.
The residents of the city witnessing the passing of the megayacht took photos of Dilbar from the shore.
Hair today, green tomorrow: UK stylists join eco-drive
Hairdressers across Britain are being urged to do their bit for the environment by recycling snipped-off hair to help clean up oil spills, make compost or generate energy.
At an east London salon, Fry Taylor, one of the founders of the Green Salon Collective, demonstrates spare hair being used in depolluting filters.
First Israel-Slovenia Friendship Day to be marked
Metlika/Cerklje ob Krki – A high-profile ceremony at the Prilozje air strip near the town of Metlika in the south-east of the country will mark the first Slovenia-Israel Friendship Day on Monday in memory of the joint fight against Nazism and Fascism in World War II. Slovenia’s president Borut Pahor and Israeli Ambassador Eyal Sela will be in attendance.
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Turkish woman stands up to redefine sexist adjective in maritime industry
Forced to marry at the tender age of 14 and continued her life as a single mother of two at the age of 16, a Turkish woman has initiated an effort to bring about a revolutionary change in the maritime profession she started, paving the way to redefine the term "seaman" (gemi adamı in Turkish) as "sea person."