Here it lies on my palm: heavy, cream-and-sand, lushly blossomed, with sunbeams playing on transparent mica petals. It has no fragrance or living velvetiness, but it has a surprising shape, a proud…
Lovers who dream of tying the knot but do not want to celebrate a wedding traditionally are offered exotic options by tour operators: from a modest dinner in a hunting lodge of Portuguese kings to an…
The mullah's voice from the mosque calls to evening prayer. Arab dusk embraces the big noisy city. I step outside. The still unfamiliar humid air hits me with heat, blending, as part of the local…
Tomorrow for Britons of pre-retirement and advanced age is much gloomier than the mossy stones from which the massive walls of Scottish castles are built. The nation is aging faster than the foam…
Do you want love? Harmony in your family? Allow yourself to become happy – and you will become one; allow yourself to achieve success – and it will come. Build your inner world according to the laws…
In a recent radio address, the U.S. president 'pleased' his compatriots with the statement that the country's pension system is two steps away from bankruptcy and that it needs to be urgently…
A rather unusual biennale took place in Paris – an international exhibition of genealogy and family history. Already held for the fourth time, the exhibition is attracting increasing interest each…
Several leading German newspapers and magazines immediately refused to follow the German language reform proclaimed by the federal government. According to Izvestia.Ru, at the head of the “rebels”…
The population of Germany, Russia, and other industrialized countries will decline rapidly, while states where hunger and poverty rage will grow no less rapidly, reports Deutsche Welle.