By Martin Banks Since June 2026, Brussels’ bustline Place Noord has made a space available to three local associations led by young people to develop their activities, projects, and events. The associations are primarily from the Quartier Nord (spanning the City of Brussels and Schaerbeek). The space is now gradually becoming a hub for meeting, […]
Tehran has launched missile and drone attacks at US targets in Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq and Bahrain after American forces resumed strikes against Iran on Tuesday. The Iranian Red Crescent said five people, including a child, were killed and more than 50 injured when shrapnel from a US missile attack hit a home where a wedding […]
The Republic of Cyprus is providing €200,000 as humanitarian aid to Nepal to help address the impact of the recent floods through “CyprusAid”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Monday. According to a post by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on X, the aid will be allocated to the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) and […]
Greece’s Maria Sakkari staged a remarkable comeback from a set and 4-0 down to defeat American Robin Montgomery and reach the second round of the US Open.
31 BC: Battle of Actium: Octavian’s (later Augustus) naval forces defeat those under Mark Antony and Cleopatra off the western coast of Greece; naval battle leading to the end of the Roman Republic 1192: Sultan Saladin and King Richard the Lionheart of England sign the Treaty of Jaffa ending the Third Crusade in a compromise […]
Germany has said Russia was responsible for last month’s drone attack at Leipzig’s airport. A drone carrying an explosive device was discovered at Leipzig/Halle Airport in eastern Germany, close to Ukrainian cargo planes, on 4 August. It failed to explode as the detonator was apparently faulty, and investigators suspect a second drone collided with a […]
His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia has officially opened Divine Thresholds: Icons and the Orthodox Christian World, a major exhibition showcasing more than 130 icons and sacred objects at Melbourne’s Hellenic Museum.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday voiced support for Germany, hours after Berlin blamed Russia for an attempted drone attack at a German airport last month.
1715: King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years, the longest of any major European monarch 1878: First female telephone operator starts work, Emma Nutt, for the Edwin Holmes Telephone Dispatch Company in Boston 1905: Wilfrid Laurier oversees Alberta and Saskatchewan joining the Confederation of Canada as its 8th and 9th […]
By Martin Banks The EU Commission has designated ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine (VLOSE), as well as Reddit and Roblox as Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs), under the Digital Services Act.
