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Palestinians try to pull out a body of a dead person from under the rubble of a destroyed building following Israeli airstrikes on town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023
AP / Mohammed Dahman
2023-10-26, Al Jazeera
Since the October 7 Hamas attacks on southern Israel that killed more than 1,400 people, European leaders have paraded through Tel Aviv in what appears to be a turning...
Traffic police stands, Huangpu Qu, Shanghai Shi, China
Creative Commons
2023-03-14, Xinhua
BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- About five months after his election as general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Xi Jinping won his third...
Vaccine against COVID-19
European Community / Cedric Bufkens
2022-02-03, Greek City Times
Greece donated 1,346,400 coronavirus vaccines to Ethiopia through a team of EU member states, the GreekForeign Affairs Ministry tweeted on Wednesday. “Greece...
People Daily: GENEVA, May 3 (Xinhua) -- When the name Orient Express could still conjure up the famed adventures depicted by writer Agatha Christie during a leisurely eight-hour journey between Hungary and Serbia, modern society, accustomed to a fast-paced life, also yearns...
Xinhua: Construction workers of the Belgrade-Budapest railway project work on the tracks on the Novi Sad-Subotica section in Sajlovo, Serbia, on April 11, 2024. (Xinhua/Zheng Kaijun) by Xinhua writer Zeng Yan GENEVA, May 4 (Xinhua) -- When the name Orient Express...
Ekathimerini: The Easter exodus from the cities to the islands and countryside, the largest recorded since before the Covid-19 pandemic, is set to enter its final stage on Easter Saturday. Data showed that from 6 a.m. on Holy Monday to 6 a.m. on Holy Saturday, 440,296...
Greek City Times: Many Athenians continued their departure from the Greek capital on Good Friday for the Easter holidays. A total of 18 ferries were scheduled to depart from the port of Piraeus for the Aegean islands, with another...
Ekathimerini: “The global environment was crucial to China’s emergence,” University of Virginia professor emeritus of foreign affairs Brantly Womack tells Kathimerini, a few hours after the conclusion of the workshop “Recentering Pacific Asia: RegionalChina and World...
Greek City Times: They are performing all the greatest hits on a world tour. Two more Greek cities are added to the Dire StraitsLegacy world tour schedule, featuring original members of the legendary band. So, in addition to their scheduled concerts in the TechnopolisCity of...
Ekathimerini: Traffic has eased on the major thoroughfares out of Athens after the Easter exodus from the capital peaked on the afternoon of Good Friday. Data showed that from 6 am to 1 pm, 35,517 vehicles passed the tolls on the motorway...
China.dot.org: by Xinhua writer Zeng Yan GENEVA, May 3 (Xinhua) -- When the name Orient Express could still conjure up the famed adventures depicted by writer Agatha Christie during a leisurely eight-hour journey between Hungary and Serbia, modern society, accustomed to a...
Greek City Times: In a poignant discovery, the wreckage of the Spercheios, one of the most tragic shipwrecks in Greek maritime history, has been located by an underwater research team led by Kostas Thoktaridis. The vessel, which sank on Holy Wednesday in May 1945, claimed the...
Asahi News: TAIPEI, Taiwan--Ukraine, trade and investment are expected to dominate Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s first trip to Europe in five years, as the Asian giant rebuilds its foreign relations after a prolonged absence during the Covid-19 pandemic. Xi will start the...
Greek City Times: Greek authorities are escalating efforts to apprehend four individuals connected to an ongoing Greek Mafia investigation. These four suspects remain at large, prompting officials to publicise details of all eight individuals involved. This move comes in...
Ekathimerini: Public transport services in Athens will be adjusted for the Greek OrthodoxEaster long weekend, from Friday to Wednesday after Easter. Services will end before 11 p.m. on Saturday, while the usual extension of Friday schedules to midnight will not be...
Greek City Times: Mass transportation schedules in Athens will be adjusted for the Greek OrthodoxEaster period, from Holy Friday to Wednesday after Easter. As in every year, transportation schedules will end before 23:00 on Holy Saturday, while the usual extension of Friday...
The Daily Mail: Aston Villa captain John McGinn says his team have a ‘mountain to climb’ in Athens next week after slumping to a 4-2 first-leg defeat by Olympiacos in the EuropaConferenceLeague semi-final - but they are ‘more than capable’ of doing so. It was a poor...