37-year-old Natalie Shotter from London suffered from postpartum depression and hardly left the house. In July 2021, she decided to meet with friends. That day, Shotter looked happy: she smiled and danced to the music of street musicians. And the next morning her body was found on a bench in the middle of the park.

Scientists at Tallinn University conducted a study on the role of social networks in maintaining nostalgia for the Soviet past. The authors of the study tried to understand why nostalgia is gaining popularity, what stimulates it and how it affects the perception of history, the news portal of the Estonian National Broadcasting reported .

Young people around the world are refusing to work and study en masse. Instead, they engage in self-development while living off their parents and benefits. Every fifth person aged 15 to 24 prefers to do this. At the same time, while some refuse work, others cannot find one. This phenomenon is called NEET - not in employment, education, or training. In Russia, such “parasites” are called “no-no”: no study, no work. A carefree lifestyle may seem attractive, but it comes with many problems.

By the morning of December 8, the rebels captured the Syrian capital Damascus, President Bashar al-Assad fled the city in an unknown direction, the government announced its readiness to transfer power to any leadership chosen by the Syrian people, Reuters reported . The command of the Syrian army announced to its subordinates that the Assad regime had ceased to exist, an officer of the pro-government forces told the agency.

On December 8, Syrian rebels captured the Syrian capital Damascus. President Bashar al-Assad left the country and is now in Moscow. The leadership of the Syrian government agreed to transfer power “peacefully”; Prime Minister Mohammed Ghazi al-Jalali declared his readiness to cooperate with any leadership elected by the people. We tell you how the world reacted to the change of power in Syria. What do the authorities of other countries say about the fall of the Assad regime in Syria?

US President-elect Donald Trump called on Vladimir Putin to “immediately cease fire” and begin negotiations with Ukraine. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky “would like to make a deal and stop the madness,” Trump said on his Truth Social. The elected American president wrote that Ukraine lost 400 thousand military personnel and “much more” civilians.

Scientists have been able to recreate the face of St. Nicholas, who lived during the late Roman Empire, and in the 19th century became the prototype of Santa Claus. The study was published in the scientific journal OrtogOnLineMag, but went viral a few days ago, the leader of the group of scientists, Cicero Morais, said on Facebook. The Christian Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker of Myra lived around 345 AD in the Anatolia province of modern Turkey. His relics are kept in the Italian city of Bari.

After the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stopped calling Syrian rebels terrorists. The Foreign Ministry in an official statement called Assad’s opponents “the opposition.” The Agency drew attention to the change in the position of the Russian authorities. Just the day before, on December 7, the head of the department, Sergei Lavrov, said that Russia in Syria is helping to fight terrorist groups.

Most often, Russians store food in the refrigerator, but 21% use the cellar for this, 14% keep food on the balcony, and 9% in the garage. A study of methods and means of storing food and preparations for future use was carried out by the Romir holding, the results were published by TASS. “Men more often prefer a cellar and pantry as a special storage room, while women prefer a balcony,” journalists quoted the authors of the study.

Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Ryazan Region Natalya Suvorova told women who are afraid to have children due to lack of money that “the child feeds himself.” The official made the statement at an event at the perinatal center, the publication 7x7 reported . Horizontal Russia". The deputy head of the regional government urged women to rely on government support and not to be afraid of financial difficulties that may arise when giving birth to a child.