KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – A towering orange-and-white NASA rocket blasted off from Florida on Wednesday evening, lifting four astronauts toward space and transporting spectators’ imaginations to a future in which Americans may again set foot on the moon.
1367: Battle of Navarrete: Alliance of King Peter of Castile, Edward the Black Prince and John of Gaunt of England, Aquitaine, Majorca and Navarre defeats Count Henry of Castile near Nájera in La Rioja, Castile 1645: English Long Parliament passes the Self-Denying Ordinance, limiting regional armies, a significant step toward the New Model Army 1860: […]
By Martin Banks The Greens/EFA Group says that it “strongly condemns” the Israeli parliament’s approval of the death penalty law affecting Palestinians, who were convicted of terrorist attacks.
By Martin Banks The European Union has received €1.4 billion in windfall profits generated by the interest on the cash balances originating from immobilised assets of the Russian Central Bank (RSB), held by central securities depositories (CSDs).
Greek stocks will return to MSCI’s developed markets index in May 2027, according to a Morgan Stanley announcement.
1513: Explorer Juan Ponce de León claims Florida for Spain as the first known European to reach it 1792: The Coinage Act is passed, establishing the United States Mint and authorizing the $10 Eagle, $5 Half-Eagle, $2.50 Quarter-Eagle gold coins, and the silver dollar, half dollar, quarter, dime, and half-dime 1801: Battle of Copenhagen: British […]
All Norma Tactacon can do is pray as the sirens blare. The 49-year-old, who works in the Middle East as a domestic worker, is thousands of miles away from her home in the Philippines, where her husband and three children live. Stuck in Qatar, which is caught in the crossfire of the US and Israel’s […]
As Greek Orthodox Easter approaches, families and friends across Sydney begin preparing for one of the most important celebrations of the year – a time defined by tradition, togetherness and, of course, exceptional food.
The present crisis caused by the war in the Middle East may be tougher than that of the 2021-2022 period, when inflation spiked in Greece again, Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras said on Monday.
527: Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne 1748: The ruins of Pompeii are rediscovered by Spaniard Roque Joaquín de Alcubierre 1948: “Big Bang” theory proposed in scientific journal “Physical Review” by American cosmologists Ralph Alpher, Hans Bethe, and George Gamow 1974: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calls […]
