A wooden frame filled with flammable materials is attached to the bull's horns, while the crowd watches and cheers. This is Toro Jubilo, one of Spain's most controversial traditions.
Videos about 'dieting' and 'losing weight' on TikTok are said to fuel eating disorders among young users. That is the conclusion of a disturbing investigation by The Wall Street Journal into the extreme challenges many teenage girls submit to in order to lose weight until they are skinny, contributing to the further spread of the social scourge of eating disorders. The journalists created about a hundred fake accounts that used the Chinese app at random, with minimal human intervention, in order to mimic children's behavior.
Those who think of space quickly think of it as an infinite and unchanging realm, governed by natural laws that humanity watches only from a distance with increasingly sophisticated telescopes. In recent years, however, that view has begun to tilt. Scientific research has reached a point where man has managed to communicate with the cosmic environment with a precision which, up until recently, belonged mostly to fiction.
A law provides for 10-year prison sentences for same-sex relationships.
An unexpected legacy, without much fuss but with the potential to make a difference for many people in need. In Milan, a benefactor who wishes to remain anonymous has decided to leave a significant amount of money to the city: 910,000 euros, with a very clear wish. That money is to be used to help people who are in a vulnerable position.
In an era dominated by notifications, chats and endless scrolling, the University of Genoa in Italy, is launching an innovative project around the psychophysical well-being of its students, faculty, researchers and staff. This is how the first two 'disconnection rooms' were created: spaces where the digital world stays outside and silence, concentration and recharging mental energy play the main role.
Anyone who thinks about Ancient Egypt immediately envisions pyramids, golden sarcophagi and mummies shrouded in mystery. Yet some of the most stunning objects from the Egyptian civilization not only tell a story about Earth, but a story that begins much further away, among asteroids and drifting chunks of rock in space as well.
The Keir Starmer-led government has launched a nationwide trial to determine whether it's really necessary to ban access to social media for under-16s.
In recent months, Bali's Kedonganan beach has become the symbol of an extraordinary environmental mobilization.
Calm has still not returned to the tram network in Milan. It was another tense morning in the Lombardy capital when tram 27 caught fire shortly after 9 a.m. in Via Marco Bruto, in the Mecenate-Forlanini neighborhood. On board were some 20 passengers, including families with children, who were suddenly overcome by thick smoke and intense heat. A loud bang, described as "an abrupt emergency stop" preceded the chaos: doors flew open and people fled outside.