1527: Pánfilo de Narváez departs Spain to explore Florida with 600 men – by 1536 only 4 survive 1792: 24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street 1803: John Hawkins & Richard French patent the Reaping Machine 1973: Senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings 2004: Massachusetts becomes the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage 2014: The center-right […]
The Canary Islands’ regional government leader, Angel Victor Torres, has said that the region will be put on the UK’s green list “imminently”. If the UK Government agrees to add the islands to the list, it will be the thirteenth destination to welcome British visitors from tomorrow, May 17.
A consortium led by Rolls-Royce is on the hunt for orders for its £2billion nuclear reactors after a redesign that means each will power 100,000 more homes.
Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane is set to leave the club at the end of the season, reports suggest.
The Israeli military said it has destroyed the home of Gaza’s top Hamas leader, the third such attack in as many days, after nearly a week of heavy air strikes on the Palestinian territory.
A number of experts have warned against the planned easing of restrictions in England on Monday, as concerns grow over the coronavirus variant first seen in India.
WASHINGTON, DC – The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) worked closely with the co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) and Congressman Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), on legislation the co-chairs introduced May 7 that promotes religious freedom in Turkey and calls out Turkey’s violations of the religious freedom of the […]
Almost 660 people from 15 political parties, as well as eight independents, officially submitted their candidacies on Wednesday, competing for one of parliament’s 56 seats during the May 30 elections. According to the interior ministry, 651 candidates belong to parties and eight were independents. The ministry said 247 candidates, including three independents, were vying for […]
The EU’s recovery fund and private investors will push investment to a level not seen for more than a decade, but the risk of corporate insolvencies could hamper the European economy take-off.
1920: Joan of Arc (Jeanne D’arc) canonized a saint 1943: Operation Chastise: No. 617 Squadron RAF begins the famous Dambusters Raid, bombing the Möhne and Eder dams in the Ruhr valley with bouncing bombs 1944: 1st of 180,000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz 1989: Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping meet in Beijing and formally end a 30-year rift 2013: Human stem cells are successfully […]
