A spacecraft has launched from Japan headed for Mars’ moon Phobos, where it will attempt to grab some moondust and bring it back to Earth. If it is successful, this will become the first time a sample has been returned from Mars or its moons to be analysed in laboratories here on Earth. The spacecraft […]
A Doxology service will be held in Sydney on Thursday, October 29, to commemorate the anniversary of OXI Day, marking Greece’s historic rejection of Italy’s ultimatum on October 28, 1940.
Greece’s state budget posted a primary surplus of €2.5 billion on a cash basis from January-September, compared with €10.1 billion in the same period last year.
1097: The first Crusaders reach Antioch in northern Syria during the First Crusade 1603: Chinese uprising in the Philippines fails after 23,000 people are killed 1803: US Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase 1917: US suffragette Alice Paul begins a seven-month jail sentence for peacefully picketing in support of the Women’s Suffrage (right to vote) Amendment […]
France’s Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is holding a crisis cabinet meeting on Monday to assess a weekend of violence and looting across the country, in what were some of the worst scenes of public disorder in modern French history. On Saturday over half a million mainly peaceful protesters demonstrated against rising living costs and dwindling […]
President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhürman attended the sixth Bicommunal Peace Festival in Pyla on Saturday 17 October, joining Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot residents for an evening promoting peace and cooperation.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington would seek a new ambassador to Greece who has the confidence of President Donald Trump, stressing that the resignation of Kimberly Guilfoyle would not signal a weakening of bilateral ties.
202 BC: Battle of Zama: Hannibal Barca and the Carthaginian army are defeated by Roman legions under Scipio Africanus, ending the Second Punic War 1781: British forces under General Charles Cornwallis sign terms of surrender to George Washington and Comte de Rochambeau at Yorktown at 2 p.m., effectively ending the American Revolutionary War 1943: Streptomycin, […]
By Martin Banks Price hikes, reforms, protests, market consolidation—Belgium’s “titres-services” (subsidized domestic service voucher) system has never been the subject of such intense debate. In Brussels, nine domestic workers have now decided how to respond: they are launching “Les Perles rouges” (The Red Pearls), an agency they co-own. It offers the same services as a […]
A large fire near a Canadian military base in Alberta has killed and injured some people, the defence minister said, without confirming the number of casualties. The Canadian Armed Forces were working with local authorities to manage the fire and were looking into what caused it, David McGuinty said, describing the situation as “very, very […]
