Hurricane Ida: New Orleans loses power as category 4 storm hits
Hurricane Ida has knocked out power in New Orleans after making landfall in Louisiana as a brutal category 4 storm, slamming the coast with 150mph sustained winds.
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SPORTS 
August 30, 2021 Lionel Messi makes PSG debut but Kylian Mbappe steals the show
Lionel Messi came off the bench to make his Paris Saint-Germain debut as Kylian Mbappe’s double secured a 2-0 win over Reims.
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GREEKS ABROAD
August 30, 2021 Let Loula’s Taverna in Vancouver Take You to Greek Delights
For Vancouverites longing for a trip to Greece, the adventure is now closer to home for them, especially lovers of Greek food, thanks to Loula’s Taverna, which just opened in the Western Canada city.
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CYPRUS
August 30, 2021 We are heading full speed ahead to a two states solution!
N. Anastasiades monopolized the news last week with the decision to revoke the passports of “officials” of the pseudo-state “Trnc”, the announcement of an inter-state appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and primarily his proposal to Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar for…a return to the 1960 Constitution. On the passports issue, I […]
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EUROPE
August 30, 2021 Permit for Germany’s newest coal-fired power plant was invalid, court rules
Germany’s youngest coal-fired power plant, Datteln 4, was constructed based on an invalid development plan, a German court ruled on Thursday (26 August), following a case brought against the plant in the north-west of the country.
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HISTORY
August 30, 2021 30 August 2021: This day in history
1146: European leaders outlaw crossbow, intending to end war for all time 1363: Beginning of the Battle of Lake Poyang; two Chinese rebel leaders Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang are pitted against each other in what was one of the largest naval battles in history during Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty 1590: Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle (Traditional Japanese date: August […]
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INTERVIEWS
August 30, 2021 Interview with internationally acclaimed journalist Siham Hilala
Interview by Vassilios Nicolaos Vitsilogiannis (IG @vassiliosvitsilogiannis) Siham Halila is an international journalist and a CEO of the Buzz magazine. She started working in journalism since 2005 as a CEO of Al Iktissadia newspaper. After that she worked for many large circulation magazines and newspapers in the Middle East, UK and Turkey. Modeling was one […]
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POLITICS
August 29, 2021 Britons can still retire in EU after Brexit – but only if they have enough money
The expat retirement dream is not dead, but it could be more costly and complicated. Here’s what you need to do make it work.
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SPORTS
August 29, 2021 Hannah Cockroft storms to sixth Paralympic gold as Kare Adenegan claims silver
British wheelchair star Hannah Cockroft picked up the sixth gold medal of her illustrious Paralympic career by powering to T34 100 victory in a world-record time of 16.39.
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OPINION
August 29, 2021 Majority of Northern Irish voters want vote on staying in UK
Two-thirds of voters in Northern Ireland believe there should be a vote over its place in the UK, but only 37% want it to take place within the next five years, according to a new poll for the Observer.
