935: Saint Wenceslas is murdered by his brother Boleslaus I of Bohemia 1066: William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, lands at Pevensey Bay in Sussex, beginning the Norman Conquest of England 1781: 9,000 American and 7,000 French troops begin the Siege of Yorktown 1887: Yellow River or Huáng Hé floods in China, killing between 900,000 […]
Billionaire Elon Musk and Prince Andrew are named in new files released by Congressional Democrats that relate to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The files turned over to the House Oversight Committee by the Jeffrey Epstein Estate appear to show that Musk had been invited to the financier’s island in December 2014. Separately, […]
International law, principles and our will for a reunified homeland are the answer to Turkey’s continued intransigence and provocative stance, House acting President, Zacharias Koulias, said on Thursday.
Turkey’s foreign minister has repeated claims about Greece’s Muslim minority that Athens has criticized in the past.
1066: William the Conqueror’s troops set sail from Normandy to invade England 1290: Earthquake in the Gulf of Chihli (Bohai Sea) near China reportedly kills 100,000 people 1779: John Adams is appointed to negotiate Revolutionary War peace terms with Great Britain 1821: Mexican revolutionary forces led by Agustín de Iturbide occupy Mexico City as the […]
The former UK Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair has been involved in discussions about running a transitional authority in Gaza if there is a ceasefire, the BBC understands. Sir Tony, who took the UK into the Iraq War in 2003, has been in high-level planning talks with all parties to end the war and on […]
Sydney is set to host Greek superstar Konstantinos Argiros, who will take centre stage at the Sydney Opera House on October 27, 29 and 30.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will give an interview to Bloomberg Television at 3.15 p.m. (Athens time) on Friday on the sidelines of the High-Level Week of the 80th United Nations General Assembly. He will be interviewed by John Micklethwait, editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News.
1580: Francis Drake completes his circumnavigation of the world, sailing into Plymouth, England aboard the Golden Hind 1687: The Acropolis in Athens is attacked by the Venetian army in an attempt to eject the Turks, damaging the Parthenon 1688: City council of Amsterdam votes to support Prince William of Orange’s invasion of England, known as […]
By Martin Banks The EU says the 27- strong bloc can do more and this would send a strong signal to the world.”
