Majority of Migrant Caravan Prepares to Leave Mexico City
(MEXICO CITY) — Almost 4,000 Central American migrants prepared to depart a stadium in southern Mexico City early Saturday for the longest and most dangerous leg of a trek to the U.S. border that has drawn fire from President Donald Trump. The bulk of the caravan will follow the roughly 900 migrants who left Mexico City on Friday, and many were impatient to get going after having spent much of the week in the sports complex. “Let’s...
President Trump Calls President Macron ‘My Good Friend’ After Twitter Barb
(PARIS) — President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron insisted they were good friends Saturday after a dustup over their comments about European security that threatened to divert attention from a weekend ceremony marking 100 years since the end of World War I. The American and French leaders, who have had somewhat of an up-and-down relationship, worked to project unity on whether Europe should create an army as they...
Van Carrying Migrants Crashes, Killing a Child and Injuring 27 in Greece
(THESSALONIKI, Greece) — Greek police say that a 4-year-old Iraqi boy has been killed and 27 others injured when a van carrying migrants struck a truck while fleeing police in northern Greece. Police said Saturday that the two traffickers, including the 24-year-old Iraqi driver, were among the injured. The van, with Bulgarian license plates, failed to stop at a police checkpoint. The driver exited the highway at high speed and...
Váleční sloni: Nejimpozantnější zvířata, jaká se kdy objevila na bojišti
Používání zvířat v ozbrojených konfliktech má dlouhou historii. Koně, velbloudi nebo osli rozhodli svojí rychlostí a odolností nejednu bitvu. Avšak nejimpozantnější zvíře, které se na bojišti objevilo, byl slon.
Jak komerční podprahová hudba ovlivňuje naše chování
Hudbu vnímáme na nespočet různých způsobů. Například fyzicky. Několik studií prokázalo, že to, co provádíme, zcela běžně přizpůsobujeme tempu hudby. Výzkum z roku 1985 například ukázal, že lidé v restauracích mají tendenci žvýkat rychleji, pokud jim k tomu hraje rychlá hudba. Pozoruhodné přitom… Zpět na zdroj...