Joyful Warriors

For the fifth time in a row, Finns are the happiest people in the world. According to the United Nations’ World Happiness Report, citizens of Finland demonstrate high levels of “eudaimonia,” a term the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle coined to describe “overall life satisfaction,” reflecting a...

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Trapped

Mexican authorities launched an investigation into the fire that killed at least 39 migrants inside an immigrant detention center near the US border Monday, an incident that has prompted criticism over the government’s immigration policies, the Guardian reported Thursday. To date, Mexican officials said they had...

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Unholy Doctrines

Under pressure from Indigenous groups, the Vatican formally repudiated the colonial-era “Doctrine of Discovery,” the edict backed by 15th-century papal decrees that justified the seizure of lands in Africa and the Americas by European colonialists, the Associated Press reported Thursday. The Holy See announced that the...

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Feeling the Heat

The small Pacific island of Vanuatu successfully convinced the United Nations to ask the world’s top international court to decide on countries’ obligations to address climate change, a move seen as a major milestone in advancing international climate law, the Washington Post reported. The UN General...

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The Fight Club

New archaeological evidence suggested that Roman Britain had its fair share of gladiatorial fights and spectacles, the Guardian reported. A science team carefully studied a second-century CE vase first discovered in a Roman grave in Colchester, England in 1853. The vase was used as a funerary...

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