1666: Great Fire of London ends, leaving 13,200 houses destroyed and 8 dead 1774: Twelve of the thirteen American colonies adopt a trade embargo against Great Britain at the first Continental Congress at Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1839: The First Opium War begins in China 2017: Hurricane Irma becomes the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin region […]
Millions of care home residents, staff and housebound people have been invited to receive their autumn Covid booster jab from Monday.
JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia raised subsidised fuel prices by about 30% on Saturday, as the government moves to rein in ballooning subsidies despite a risk of mass protests. The price of subsidised gasoline was raised to 10,000 rupiah ($67 U.S. cents) a litre from 7,650 rupiah, while that of subsidised diesel rose to 6,800 rupiah a […]
The Greek Australian Women’s Network, Food For Thought Network continues its informative seminars with its Patron, Professor Vasso Apostolopoulos.
The value of carobs exported from Cyprus increased 27.3% from 2017 to 2021, according to data from the Statistical Service of Cyprus, while in recent years the Cypriot product has been exported to more countries such as Bulgaria, Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco. In the same period, the main market for Cypriot carobs was Egypt followed […]
Measures to help Portuguese families cope with rising living costs will be announced on Monday, Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa told reporters on Thursday, stating that “strength comes from staying calm”.
476: Romulus Augustulus, last Western Roman Emperor, abdicates after forces led by Odoacer invade Rome. Traditional End of the Western Roman Empire. 1609: Navigator Henry Hudson is the first European to discover island of Manhattan [or Sep 11] 1781: Los Angeles is founded by 44 Spanish speaking mestizos in the Bahia de las Fumas (Bay of Smokes) 1862: General Lee begins the Maryland […]
Jane Fonda has revealed she has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and that she has started chemotherapy treatment. The Oscar-winning actress, 84, revealed the news on Instagram, explaining that it is a “very treatable cancer” for which she feels “very lucky”. Fonda, a lifelong activist, used the announcement to raise the issue of how many Americans […]
(Reuters) – Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader beloved of the West who lived long enough to see all the reforms he had championed in his homeland undone, will be buried on Saturday without state honours or the presence of the current Kremlin incumbent.
Adelaide High School’s Greek Parents Association hosted their annual Dinner Dance last Saturday at the Chian Association of South Australia. The sold-out event highlighted the strong Hellenic spirit amongst the broader school community where philhellenes gathered to celebrate Hellenism; ensuring the Greek language, culture and identity remain strong in the diaspora for generations to come. […]
