312: Roman Emperor Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross 1795: Pinckney’s Treaty [Treaty of San Lorenzo] is signed by Spain and the US, establishing the southern boundary of the US and giving Americans the right to navigate the Mississippi River 1962: Black Saturday during the Cuban Missile […]
Two suspects have been arrested over the theft of precious crown jewels from Paris’s Louvre museum, French media say. The Paris prosecutor’s office said one of the men had been taken into custody as he was preparing to take a flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport. Items worth €88m (£76m; $102m) were taken from the […]
The Church of Greece has entered the age of artificial intelligence with LOGOS, its own AI tool developed by the Metropolis of Nea Ionia, Filadelfia, Iraklio and Halkidona in collaboration with the University of the Aegean.
Tensions are rising at Brussels Airlines after the dismissal of three senior flight attendants who refused to operate a flight from Brussels to Accra, Ghana, last Friday due to reports of possible bedbugs or fleas onboard. Both French- and Dutch-speaking unions (BBTK/SETCA and ACV Puls/CNE) have condemned the move as abusive and dangerous, warning of […]
1850: Robert McClure sights the fabled Northwest Passage for the first time, from Banks Island towards Melville Island 1861: The Pony Express (Missouri to California) ends after 19 months 1863: International conference begins in Geneva aimed at improving medical conditions on battlefields, leads to the formation of the Red Cross 1977: Last natural case of […]
By Martin Banks The annual launch of the UK’s Royal British Legion poppy appeal has been marked with a moving tribute to the war dead.
Eugenia Mitrakas, principal of EMR Mitrakas, has been recognised as a winner of the prestigious Australasian Lawyer Elite Women 2025 award, celebrating her more than 50 years of trailblazing service in the legal profession.
Lieutenant General Khaled Haftar, head of the armed forces of eastern Libya and son of Benghazi strongman Khalifa Haftar, visited Greece for consultations at the Ministry of National Defense.
1415: Battle of Agincourt: Henry V’s forces defeat a larger French army as the longbow overcomes the armored knight at Azincourt, France 1854: Infamous “Charge of the Light Brigade” during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War results in over 100 deaths 1962: US Ambassador to the UN Adlai Stevenson demands USSR UN representative […]
