US must be prudent when supplying arms to Taiwan, Xi tells Trump
China’s leader Xi Jinping called Taiwan “the most important issue” in China-US relations during a phone call with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday.
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GREECE 
February 5, 2026 Left says tragedies at sea hightlight “hardline approach to migration”
By Martin Banks A Greek coast guard boat collided with a boat of “fleeing” people off the island of Chios on Tuesday, leaving at least 15 dead and more injured.
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GREECE
February 5, 2026 Farmers eye February 13 or 14 for big Athens rally
Greek farmers voted to escalate their long-running demonstrations by descending on the capital with tractors and buses on February 13 or 14, following a national meeting in Thessaly, central Greece, on Wednesday.
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HISTORY
February 5, 2026 5 February 2026: This day in history
1576: Henry of Navarre (later Henry IV of France) abjures Catholicism at Tours 1597: A group of early Japanese Christians, known as the 26 Martyrs, are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society 1885: King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as his personal colonial […]
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WORLD
February 4, 2026 Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of ex-Libyan leader, reportedly shot dead
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya’s former leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, has reportedly been shot dead.
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CYPRUS
February 4, 2026 Cyprus has second highest card usage in euro area, CBC says
Cypriots are shifting towards digital payments, with card payments standing out as the most popular method (75%) of non-cash payment transactions in volume terms, exhibiting also the second highest card usage in the euro area, according to Central Bank of Cyprus’ statistical release for the first half of 2025.
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ECONOMY
February 4, 2026 Sharp drop in Golden Visa applications in 2025
Applications for residence permits from non-European Union nationals under Greece’s Golden Visa program are in a steep decline.
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HISTORY
February 4, 2026 4 February 2026: This day in history
211 Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies in Eboracum (York) in England, leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons, Caracalla and Geta 960 Coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of the Song initiates three centuries of Song Dynasty dominance in southern China 1789 First US Electoral College chooses George Washington […]
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EUROPE
February 3, 2026 EU “trapped in a vicious circle” on raw materials
By Martin Banks EU action on import diversification is not producing tangible results, bottlenecks hinder domestic production, and recycling is still in its infancy. Against this backdrop, many EU-supported projects are unlikely to succeed in time, the auditors say.
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SPORTS
February 3, 2026 Belgian sailor pays tribute to team for record-breaking effort after solo Atlantic crossing
By Martin Banks Belgian sailor Quentin Debois has broken the world record for crossing the Atlantic from east to west aboard his 6.50m sailboat Les Poupoules .
