1177: Battle of Montgisard: Baldwin IV of Jerusalem defeats Saladin and a larger Ayyubid force 1783: Britain evacuates New York City, its last military position in the United States 1839: Cyclone slams southeastern India with high winds and a 40-foot storm surge, destroying the city of Coringa. Storm waves sweep inland, destroying 20,000 ships and […]
By Martin Banks MEPs have given their reaction to the outcome of the COP30 summit in Brazil, which ended without a deal on cutting fossil fuels.
The Athenian Association of New South Wales hosted a deeply moving Athenian Hellenic Achievement Awards luncheon on Sunday, November 23, bringing together distinguished guests, community leaders and families for an afternoon dedicated to honouring outstanding service, heritage and contribution within the Greek Australian community.
Three in ten Greeks now feel more comfortable discussing their finances with AI than with a person, adopting the technology faster than most Europeans, according to a European Consumer Payment Report 2025 by Intrum.
380: Theodosius I makes his adventus, or first formal entry, into Constantinople 1639: English astronomers Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree make the first recorded observations of a transit of Venus by accurately predicting its path using Johannes Kepler’s methods [1] 1642: Dutch explorer Abel Tasman is the first European to discover Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) […]
While Nicolás Maduro’s government lives on edge under a military threat from US President Donald Trump, ordinary Venezuelans spend their time trying to figure out what to eat each day. It’s Wednesday morning at Quinta Crespo, a popular market in downtown Caracas. Here, a possible escalation of the conflict is not the main concern of […]
Jordan’s capital, Amman, still bears Greek influence dating back to the Hellenistic era, when it was named Philadelphia by Ptolemy II after its conquest in 285 BC.
By Martin Banks EU leaders say the U.S. plan to end the Ukraine war will “require additional work.”
1248: Conquest of Seville occurs by Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile after the city surrenders 1644: “Areopagitica”, a pamphlet by John Milton decrying censorship, is published 1869: Clipper Cutty Sark is launched in Dumbarton, Scotland, one of the last clippers ever built and the only one still surviving 2018: US Federal Climate […]
By Martin Banks The unfolding humanitarian crisis in Sudan will come under the spotlight for MEPs when they meet in Strasbourg next week,.
