Greek long jumper Miltos Tentoglou, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and reigning Olympic champion, claimed victory at the prestigious Diamond League meeting in Xiamen, China, on Saturday with a leap of 8.46 meters, matching the best mark in the world this year.
1618: Second Defenestration of Prague: Two Catholic Lords Regent and their secretary are thrown out of a window and amazingly are not seriously injured by the 70-foot (21 m) fall; event triggers the Thirty Years’ War 1785: Benjamin Franklin describes his invention of bifocals in a letter to his friend George Whatley 1813: South American […]
Cuba poses a “national security threat” to the US and the likelihood of a peaceful agreement is “not high”, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said. His comments come just a day after the US charged Cuba’s former president Raúl Castro with murder over the 1996 downing of two planes resulting in the killing […]
A draft maritime spatial plan for the northern Aegean prioritizes offshore wind farms, energy infrastructure and expanded maritime transport, while offering few concrete environmental protections for coastal areas or marine ecosystems.
By Martin Banks An appeal has been launched by the Royal British Legion to recruit new members for its Brussels branch. Globally, the RBL, the UK’s largest armed forces charity, has a 180,000-strong membership and Brussels has just over 100 members. It is a well-established and friendly branch but, with an inevitably ageing membership, the […]
334 BC: Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus 1570: First atlas “Theatrum Orbis Terrarum” (Theatre of the World) is published by Abraham Ortelius in Antwerp with 70 maps 1843: First wagon train departs Independence, Missouri, for Oregon with 700 to 1,000 migrants 1939: Germany’s […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has revealed its plans to go public in the US, allowing people to trade shares in the firm on the stock market. SpaceX makes rockets, offers a satellite internet service called Starlink, and also owns Musk’s controversial artificial intelligence (AI) firm xAI. The initial public offering (IPO) on the US stock market […]
Neoléa, in collaboration with the Cretan Association of South Australia, hosted an intimate and engaging culinary workshop on Sunday, May 17, at the Cretan Hall in Alberton, the latest event in the ongoing project, The Syllogo Initiative.
Kyiv owes Greece a “big apology” after a Ukrainian naval drone was discovered off the island of Lefkada earlier this month, Defense Minister Nikos Dendias has said, warning that the incident highlights broader risks to maritime safety in the Mediterranean.
1792: Mount Unzen on Japan’s Shimabara Peninsula erupts, creating a tsunami and killing about 15,000 people in the country’s deadliest volcanic eruption 1832: First US Democratic National Convention is held in Baltimore 1871: French Army attacks Paris, starting the Semaine Sanglante (Bloody Week), a weeklong battle that kills 10,000-15,000 and ends the Paris Commune 1927: […]
