White Pearl Foundation to hold fourth annual Breakfast for Brain Cancer event
The White Pearl Foundation will hold its fourth annual Breakfast for Brain Cancer event this year on Friday, March 18 at the Royal Motor Yacht Club in Point Piper.
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GREEKS ABROAD
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CYPRUS 
March 12, 2022 A quarter of the Cyprus Police workforce are women
Cyprus ranks in the first places among European countries with the highest number of females in the police force, as 25% of the workforce are women, Assistant Head of Crime Combat Unit and member of the Police Gender equality committee, Kyriaki Lambrianidou, said on Friday.
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EUROPE
March 12, 2022 EU leaders tone down Ukraine’s membership plan
After hours of debate, EU leaders on Thursday (10 March) stopped short of concrete commitments on Ukraine’s appeal for rapid accession to the bloc and differed over the reach of sanctions against Moscow.
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HISTORY
March 12, 2022 12 March 2022: This day in history
538: Witiges, King of the Ostrogoths, ends his siege of Rome, retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of victorious Byzantine General Belisarius 1455: First record of Johannes Gutenberg’s Bible, letter dated this day by Enea Silvio Piccolomini refers to the bible printed a year before 1642: Abel Tasman is the 1st European to sight New Zealand, viewing […]
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UK NEWS
March 11, 2022 E.on customers hit by direct debit error – with monthly payments affected
E.on customers have been hit by a billing glitch that means their direct debit energy bill payments will be taken later than expected this month.
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POLITICS
March 11, 2022 Boris Johnson’s controversial statements removed by Facebook
Controversial remarks made by Boris Johnson and other senior politicians were removed by Facebook after a privacy campaigning organisation posted them on the site using dummy accounts.
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SPORTS
March 11, 2022 Manchester United report: Mauricio Pochettino to become United manager with PSG sack looming
Manchester United will hire PSG manager Mauricio Pochettino this summer, following the French giants’ dramatic exit from the Champions League. Paris Saint-Germain were dumped out of the competition after being in control for most of the tie, having won the first leg and stormed to a 1-0 lead in the Bernabeu. Karim Benzema’s late hat-trick […]
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WORLD
March 11, 2022 China closes legislative session amid Ukraine, virus worries
China is wrapping up the annual session of its rubber-stamp legislature against the backdrop of Beijing’s controversial position on the war in Ukraine and a COVID-19 surge.
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GEOPOLITICS
March 11, 2022 Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Implications for Investors and Businesses in Vietnam
By Randall Puah Ukraine has come under a full-blown invasion by the Russian military since Putin’s 24 February 2022 shock announcement of a “special military operation” in the country’s south-eastern Donbass region. The conflict has already caused market jitters, commodity price hikes, and exacerbated supply chain disruptions. It has also prompted a well-planned and coordinated effort […]
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GREEKS ABROAD
March 11, 2022 Federal Labor calls on the British Museum to return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece
Federal Shadow Minister for the Arts, Tony Burke, has tabled an official motion in the Australian Parliament calling for the Parthenon Marbles to be returned to their rightful home in Greece.
