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Maxxing turned improving yourself into a full-time job for a generation
The suffix that now hangs off half of Gen Z's vocabulary began, of all places, in 1940s game theory, in the idea of maximising one variable at the

Tunisia drops 10 places in global child rights ranking as region faces obesity alarm
Tunisia fell ten places in the KidsRights Index 2026, released on 24 June, placing it among the 13 steepest decliners worldwide in an edition that flags the Middle East and North Africa as carrying the highest childhood obesity rates on the planet.

Tunisian men now marry at 35 on average as economic pressure and shifting values push back the wedding age
Tunisia recorded fewer than 71,000 marriages in 2024 — a drop of nearly 10 percent in a single year — while the average age at first marriage has risen to 35 for men and around 29 for women, driven by unemployment, the soaring cost of weddings, and a generational reassessment of what marriage is for