Argentine President Javier Milei is facing impeachment calls – and legal action accusing him of fraud – over his promotion of cryptocurrency on social media. Milei posted on X, formerly Twitter, about the $LIBRA coin on Friday, which he said would help fund small businesses and start-ups. He shared a link to buy it, causing […]
Privacy campaigners have called Google’s new rules on tracking people online “a blatant disregard for user privacy.” Changes which come in on Sunday permit so-called “fingerprinting”, which allows online advertisers to collect more data about users including their IP addresses and information about their devices. Google says this data is already widely used by other […]
Athens and Cairo have agreed that the status of the historic St Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai, which has operated uninterrupted since its founding in AD 546 by Byzantine Emperor Justinian, will be preserved. The Greek Orthodox monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002, holds cultural, religious and historical significance as the world’s oldest continually […]
By Martin Banks The Chair of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Stefanchuk, has addressed a formal sitting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
The US justice department has told prosecutors to drop the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, instructed federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York to drop all charges on Monday. In a memo, he said the indictment […]
A federal judge has blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) from accessing the personal financial data of millions of Americans in Treasury Department records, according to court documents. US District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer issued a preliminary injunction on Saturday to prohibit access, ordering Musk and his team to immediately destroy any copies […]
Donald Trump has imposed new tariffs on goods entering the US from Canada, Mexico and China. The US president signed an executive order putting a 25% tariff – or tax on imports – on all goods coming from Canada and Mexico, to get both countries to crack down on illegal immigration and drug trafficking. Goods […]
1587: Queen Elizabeth I of England signs the death warrant for her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots 1843: Oldest continuous writer of insurance in America opens, the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York (MONY) 1884: First volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, A-Ant, is published 1908: King Carlos I of Portugal and his heir, […]
The highly anticipated Greek Community Cup Women’s Tournament is set to kick off this Sunday in John Cain Memorial Park 3070/281 Darebin Rd, Thornbury, bringing together teams from across the Greek Australian community in a spirited showcase of skill, sportsmanship, and cultural pride. This marks the first-ever edition of the women’s tournament, and we are […]
The funeral for the late Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durres and All Albania was held at the Orthodox cathedral in Tirana on Thursday, with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presiding.
