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Fortress Reason

The mini-summit of states on the so-called Balkan migration route and the United Nations General Assembly both fell short of bringing about meaningful change regarding the universal problem of migration.

Delightful photos of dogs pulling hilarious faces when catching treats

Photographer Christian Vieler takes hilarious photos of dogs trying to catch food aiming to capture the range of intense emotions dogs experience when eating.

The pictures show the many faces of dogs, depicting excitement, confusion and sadness as the treat approaches them.

But, sometimes, the dogs are so unbothered that they miss the treat entirely.

G-20: G for gastronomy

Many read G-20 as the group of major economies of the world. As a food writer, I tend to take the letter "G" for gastronomy, and try to see the whole picture through the glass of gastronomy. The gastronomy is the study of food and culture and is described as the practice or art of choosing, cooking and eating good food. After all, who does not need food?

Feeling happy or sad? Your computer will tell you!

Computer scientists used recent developments in artificial intelligence to create smarter apps that can identify facial expressions. The  Microsoft Project Oxford team has plans to release public beta versions of new tools that allow developers take advantage of new capabilities, including an emotion tool.

Facebook under fire over 'creepy' secret study

Facebook secretly manipulated the feelings of 700,000 users to understand "emotional contagion" in a study that prompted anger and forced the social network giant on the defensive.
     
For one week in 2012, Facebook tampered with the algorithm used to place posts into users' news feeds to study how this affected their mood, all without their explicit consent or knowledge.

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