764: Tibetan troops occupy Chang’an for 15 days, capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty 1880: Best-selling American novel “Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ” by soldier Lew Wallace is published 1927: Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, paving the way for Joseph Stalin to consolidate complete power 1942: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal […]
By Martin Banks The Emirates Group has announced a new record half-year financial performance, posting a profit before tax of US$ 3.3 billion for the first six months of 2025-26, making this the fourth consecutive year of record profitability for the half-year reporting period.
By Martin Banks Ukraine has joined an international group that protects marine waters.
Farmers and livestock breeders from across Greece were heading into Athens on Tuesday for a protest rally at 12 noon outside the Rural Development and Food Ministry, demanding delayed payouts from the agricultural subsidy agency OPEKEPE and support for flocks hit by a sheep and goat pox outbreak.
1620: Mayflower Compact is signed by Pilgrims at Cape Cod, establishing the first framework of government in the territory that is now the USA [N.S. Nov 21] 1675: German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of the function y = f(x) 1745: Bonnie […]
By Martin Banks Are you looking to give your career an exciting take-off? If so, an upcoming jobs open day could be just for you.
The country’s defence minister said the National Airspace Security Centre aims to be made operational from 1 January 2026.
Distinguished Greek professors in the US, all alumni of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), are funding summer research internships for NTUA students at leading US universities.
1619: René Descartes has a dream that inspires his “Meditations on First Philosophy” 1674: Dutch formally cede New Netherland (New York) to the English 1885: German engineer Gottlieb Daimler unveils the world’s first motorcycle 1918: Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe stating that on November […]
