A year has passed since Hamas attacks on Israel of October 7, 2023 which reignited the war in Palestine. Among the many causes of the conflict we can mention the failure of peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians, the strengthening of control of the Islamic movement Hamas on the Gaza Strip resulting in the discrediting of the leadership of the ...
There Sicily is divided into 9 provincesconsidering among these also the Metropolitan City of Palermoregional capital, and two other metropolitan cities. Even if the number of provinces is lower than that of Lombardy, Sicily stands out for other particularities: it is in fact the largest region in Italythe largest island in the Mediterranean and the fourth most populous region in ...
The relationship between women and theatre it hasn’t been simple at all, in history. Kept away from acting and writingwomen have been silent spectators for centuries until their progressive integration onto the scene. Only with the Renaissance in Italy did women begin to take the stage, even if they were still surrounded by prejudices, while in England it was necessary ...
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. Credits: Paul Rowbotham Can a plane really disappear into thin air? The history of flight MH370 of Malaysia Airlines is unfortunately an example of this. The aircraft, a Boeing 777-200ER departed from Kuala Lampur and headed to Beijing, disappeared from tracking systems on Saturday 8 March 2014and although more than 10 years have passed, it has ...
The Geneva Conventions of August 12th 1949 were born with the aim of protect the wounded, the sick, the prisoners of war and the population civilian involved in a armed conflictsafeguarding human dignity and avoiding the use of violent, inhuman and degrading practices. I am fourto which they are added two Protocols additions of 1977 and a of 2005. Together ...
The September 28, 2018 at 5.02pm local time a violent earthquake occurred magnitude 7.5 it fell upon Sulawesione of the large Sunda islands, in the western sector of the Malay archipelago, in Indonesiacausing violent tsunamis and a disaster of exceptional proportions. 4340 people died, mainly due to the collapses of buildings and infrastructures triggered by the earthquake, as well as ...
Alfred Nobel (pronounced “Nobèl”), born in Sweden In the 1833 and died in Italy in 1896it was a chemical and a entrepreneur very successful, inventor of dynamitephilanthropist and creator of Nobel Prizes. Working on the improvement of nitroglycerin, in 1867 he patented a new explosive, the dynamitedestined for widespread distribution. He was attracted though numerous criticismsbecause his invention was also ...
THE notification dots (also called “notification badges”) present in the upper right part of the app icons to indicate the presence and quantity of notifications not displayed they are red for a very simple reason: they attract attention immediately and effectively. Red is one of the colors that most impress the human eye and has a long history of being ...
Of all the pharaohs who reigned overAncient Egypt during the thousand-year history of Egyptian civilization, one of the least known was Akhenaten (1351-1334/1333 BC), of XVIII dynasty. A particular choice in religious matter implemented in the last years of his reign earned him the nickname of “heretic pharaoh” and caused, after his death, an operation of damnatio memoriae: the pharaoh ...
We often wake up with a fleeting sensation: we just had a dream, but the details quickly dissolve. Why does this happen? According to neuroscience, forget your dreams it is a natural process linked to the functioning of the brain during sleep. The key to the mystery lies inactivity of some brain areas and in the mechanisms of memorywhich go ...