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November 9, 2024 3:34 PM

Greece’s mussel harvest wiped out by warming seas

When Anastasios Zakalkas pulled up the ropes of his mussel farm in the Aegean Sea last month, the devastation was clear: the lines were not heaving with molluscs as they should be at harvest time but were instead filled with cracked, empty shells. I...

August 13, 2024 1:23 PM

Wildfire fanned by gales menaces Athens suburbs as residents flee

Greece's worst wildfire this year spread into the Athens suburbs on Monday, forcing hundreds of people to flee as it torched trees, homes and cars and choked busy roads with smoke and ash. The government called for help from fellow EU members to tac...

June 20, 2024 6:30 PM

Millions sweltering under extreme heat worldwide as summer arrives

Dangerous heatwaves are scorching cities on four continents as the Northern Hemisphere marks the first day of summer, a sign that climate change may again bring about record-breaking heat that could surpass last summer as the warmest in 2,000 years. ...

December 20, 2023 5:15 PM

EU agrees new rules on hosting migrants, seeks to cut numbers

The European Union reached agreement early on Wednesday on new rules designed to share out the cost and work of hosting migrants more evenly and to limit the numbers of people coming in. Representatives of the European Parliament and of EU governmen...

October 17, 2023 9:08 AM

Global migrant crisis is acquiring alarming proportion

When in recent days thousands of fresh migrants crossed into America with many more continuously reaching Mexican border towns with a hope to enter their dream location, Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterating at the continuing UNGA m...

August 22, 2023 11:05 AM

PM Narendra Modi departs for South Africa to attend 15th BRICS Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked for South Africa to attend the 15th BRICS Summit. PM Modi emplaned for his three-day visit to the country at the invitation of South African President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa. South Africa is set to hold the muc...

September 30, 2023 12:59 PM

PM Modi to attend BRICS Summit in South Africa; will also visit Greece

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, from August 22–24. Following the BRICS summit, PM Modi will proceed to Greece on August 25 for a visit at the invitation of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Min...