A village near Iraklio on the island of Crete, has been placed under a state of emergency after large ground fissures caused serious damage to about 20 homes. Nine houses in Voutes have been marked as unsafe, forcing evacuations, officials said. “The cracks are essentially due to some form of landslide phenomenon,” said Efthymios Lekkas, […]
Spain’s Interior Ministry declared a state of emergency after a nationwide blackout paralysed much of the Iberian Peninsula. Work is still underway as technicians scramble to restore power.
1864: Battle of Gate Pā (Pukehinahina): 1,700 British troops suffer their worst defeat of the New Zealand Wars at the hands of 230 entrenched Māori warriors in Tauranga [1] 1872: Jesse James’ gang robs a bank of $1,500 in Columbia, Kentucky, killing bank employee Robert A.C. Martin during the crime 1916: Irish republicans abandon the […]
Canadians are heading to the polls to decide on their next government at a pivotal moment in their relations with the US. The country faces a huge economic challenge in the shape of Trump tariffs on Canadian exports to the US. And the US president’s pursuit of Canada as part of an expanded US has […]
The Fish Festival taking place each year in Polis Chrysochous, in Paphos district, is an important event for the region, boosts the local economy and u 75th 9 the 10th Fish Festival.
The rain held off in Melbourne on Friday, April 25, as large crowds gathered for traditional ANZAC Day Dawn Service and parades. Among them, members of the Hellenic Returned and Services League (RSL) sub-branch in South Melbourne came together, reflecting the enduring spirit of Greek Australians who served in the Greek and Australian armies during […]
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis outlined key provisions of an upcoming bill on the safety and modernization of Greece’s railway network during a Cabinet meeting on Monday. He emphasized that the goal is to restore public trust in the network, which has been severely undermined by the 2023 Tempe train collision, the deadliest in Greek history.
The EU has been struggling with a loss of productivity and slump in growth for almost two decades, while its competitors China and the US have surged ahead, taking the lead in innovation and retaining key industries.
1611: Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, the Catholic University of the Philippines, the oldest existing university in Asia and the largest Catholic university in the world 1770: British Captain James Cook, aboard HMS Endeavour, first lands in Australia at Botany Bay 1789: Fletcher Christian leads a mutiny on HMS Bounty […]
Russia’s military says it has regained full control of the country’s western Kursk region – a claim denied by Ukraine. Top Russian commander Valery Gerasimov said the last village held by Ukrainian troops had now been recaptured – eight months after Kyiv’s surprise incursion. He also praised the “heroism” of North Korean troops during a Russian […]
