Suez Canal: Huge Ever Given container ship is ‘partially refloated’
Salvage teams have reportedly partially freed the Ever Given in the Suez Canal, almost a week after the grounded vessel blocked the major transit route.
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WORLD
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GREEKS ABROAD 
March 29, 2021 San Francisco City Hall Celebrates 200th Anniversary of Greek Independence
SAN FRANCISCO – On the evening of March 25, 2021, about 200 people randomly gathered at Civic Center Plaza in front of an illuminated San Francisco City Hall in blue and white lights to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Greek Independence.
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CULTURE
March 29, 2021 Cyprus urges the public to use Covid tracer app
Ministry of Health called on Cypriots to use the CoVTracerEN, Cyprus’ national application for mobile phones, in a bid to avoid congestion and contribute to the containment of daily coronavirus infections. The app’s primary aim is to strengthen and complement the work of Cyprus’ Covid contract tracing unit by informing the citizens in case they […]
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EUROPE
March 29, 2021 Fossil gas ‘has no viable future’, EU’s Timmermans says
Europe has set a clear goal for full decarbonisation by 2050, with renewables-based electricity set to become the dominant energy carrier, and that means fossil gas will have “only a marginal role” in the long run, EU climate chief Frans Timmermans said on Thursday (25 March).
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HISTORY
March 29, 2021 29 March 2021: This day in history
845: Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving 1549: The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded 1901: Edmund Barton is elected Prime Minister in Australia’s first parliamentary election 1912: Captain Robert Scott, storm-bound in a tent near South Pole, makes last entry in […]
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UK NEWS
March 28, 2021 Boris set to boost vaccine rollout with addition of over 500,000 doses of Moderna jab
The US vaccine is, along with Pfizer and Astrazeneca, one of three that has currently been approved for use in the UK by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA. Doctors are expected to start administering the Moderna jabs within the next three weeks, according to the Mail On Sunday. So far, the UK […]
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SPORTS
March 28, 2021 Raikkonen explains why he ‘just picked up’ 7
For some drivers their permanent F1 racing number has sentimental value but not for one driver, Kimi Raikkonen.
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UK NEWS
March 28, 2021 England told to ‘hold its nerve’ ahead of easing of lockdown outdoors
The nation has been warned not to “squander the gains” made against coronavirus ahead of a major easing of the lockdown to allow greater freedoms outside.
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GREEKS ABROAD
March 28, 2021 Annunciation Church Celebrates Feast Day and 200 Years of Greek Independence
ELKINS PARK, PA – The Annunciation of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church in Elkins Park on March 25 celebrated its feast day and the 200th Anniversary of the Independence of Greece with the Orthros, Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, and Doxology. The services were presided over by His Grace Bishop Apostolos of Medeia who was assigned […]
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CYPRUS
March 28, 2021 UK Cypriot creates e-book for those seeking a career in Mental Health
Like many Psychology students, Eleni Panayiotou, born in Birmingham, but whose family originates from Mazotos and Kiti in Cyprus, graduated from university feeling quite lost in terms of where to start with looking for full-time work in the field of mental health. “I had sought out support from various careers advisors at university, however this […]
