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Gen X poised for major inheritance boom amid record baby boomer wealth transfers
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Members of Generation X — those currently aged 45 to 60 — are expected to benefit from...
Read morePope Leo XIV revives Castel Gandolfo retreat, signaling shift in Vatican style
CASTEL GANDOLFO (Realist English). After a 12-year hiatus, Pope Leo XIV will restore the centuries-old tradition of papal summer retreats...
Read moreAI-powered heartbreak: How ChatGPT became the ghostwriter of modern break-ups
LONDON (Realist English). Earlier this week, a London commuter witnessed a quietly surreal scene: a young man, phone in hand,...
Read moreGen Z alcohol consumption rises as boomers cut back, challenging industry assumptions
LONDON (Realist English). The study, which surveyed more than 26,000 consumers across the world’s 15 largest alcohol markets, found that...
Read more‘Squid Game’ finale asks: What is left of our humanity?
SEOUL (Realist English). As Squid Game approaches its final, blood-soaked chapter, the show’s masked Front Man offers Player 456 a...
Read moreLabubu mania propels Pop Mart into global toy elite
BEIJING (Realist English). A palm-sized, scruffy-looking elf has turned Pop Mart, a Beijing-based toy company, into a global phenomenon. The...
Read moreRussian office workers spend up to four hours daily on routine tasks, study finds
MOSCOW (Realist English). Office employees across Russia spend up to four hours a day on routine work, according to a...
Read moreDavid Beckham set to receive knighthood in King Charles’ Birthday Honours
LONDON (Realist English). David Beckham, one of Britain’s most iconic footballers and global public figures, is expected to be knighted...
Read moreAI deepfakes of Pope Leo XIV surge online, exposing gaps in platform safeguards
ROME (Realist English). AI-generated videos and audio clips of Pope Leo XIV are proliferating rapidly across social media, drawing millions...
Read moreJapan’s birth rate falls below 700,000 for the first time, deepening demographic crisis
TOKYO (Realist English). The number of babies born in Japan fell to an all-time low in 2024, dropping below 700,000...
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Putin and Xi reaffirm strategic partnership in New Year video talks
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping on February 4, marking...
Pompeo hints at US involvement in unrest and attacks in Iran
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Former US secretary of state and ex-CIA director Mike Pompeo has made a rare public statement...
Khamenei warns of regional war amid US military build-up in the Gulf
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned on Sunday that any US attack on the Islamic Republic would...
Trump warns Iran as US carrier group moves closer, raising fears of imminent military clash
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The risk of open conflict between the United States and Iran intensified after US President Donald Trump...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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