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A migrant boat sinks near the Greek island of Samos, killing 6 children and 2 adults
Eight people, including six children, have died when a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of the Greek island of SamosWorld - ABC News - Yesterday -
UK police to investigate treatment of England fans
Local police in Athens are said to have used riot shields and tear gas to control England fans before the Nations League fixture with Greece.Top stories - BBC News - November 15 -
Greeks go on general strike demanding higher pay
Ships docked at Greek ports, and railway and bus services were disrupted on Wednesday as workers joined a nationwide strike to demand higher pay.Top stories - NBC News - November 20 -
Harris wins Rhode Island
Vice President Harris has won Rhode Island, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. Her victory does not come as a surprise in the deep blue New England state, where she had a 98 percent ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Why encouraging cruise ships to dock at Amorgos would be a Greek tragedy
A policy of restricting huge liners visiting popular Cyclades islands could have the unintended consequence of diverting mass tourism towards quieter islands. Imagine the perfect Greek island, a ...World - The Guardian - November 7 -
Former Greek opposition leader Kasselakis departs left-wing Syriza
Stefanos Kasselakis, a businessman who burst into Greek politics over a year ago, says he's leaving left-wing Syriza, the country’s main opposition party he had led, and forming his ownWorld - ABC News - November 9 -
Vardis Vardinoyannis, Greek business magnate and Kennedy family friend, dies at 90
Vardis JWorld - ABC News - November 12 -
Greek and Turkish coast guards aim to boost cooperation against migrant smuggling
Senior Greek and Turkish coast guard officials have agreed to boost cooperation in restricting one of the main illegal migration routes into EuropeWorld - ABC News - November 13 -
Vardis Vardinoyannis, Greek Tycoon With Ties to the Kennedys, Dies at 90
He built his family’s oil-refining operation into one of the largest companies in the country, and then used his wealth to benefit charitable causes.Business - The New York Times - November 13 -
Yiannis Boutaris, Vintner, Animal Defender and Greek Mayor, Dies at 82
A colorful figure in Thessaloniki, he tried to reconcile the city’s painful history with its Turkish and Jewish communities, and he extended a hand to his country’s foes.World - The New York Times - November 16 -
Former Greek PM expelled from ruling New Democracy party
Hardline nationalist Antonis Samaras ousted over persistent criticism of government policies. Former Greek prime minister and lawmaker Antonis Samaras was expelled from the ruling New Democracy ...World - The Guardian - November 16 -
Former Greek premier Samaras is expelled from the ruling conservative party
Former Greek Prime Minister and lawmaker Antonis Samaras has been expelled from the ruling New Democracy party over his persistent criticism of government policiesWorld - ABC News - November 16 -
Greek police say they have seized explosives and weapons in an Athens apartment building
Greek police say they have seized explosives and weapons in a search of a storage area in an apartment building in AthensWorld - ABC News - 6 days ago -
Monkey Island Fans Create Their Own Game, The Booze of Monkey Island
Although Ron Gilbert came back to the Monkey Island franchise with Return To Monkey Island in 2022, it's unclear when or if the series will ever get another official sequel. But that hasn't ...Tech - GameSpot - November 5 -
13 Scary Islanders Facts On Halloween
The Islanders' numbers aren't pretty through the first 10 games of the season.Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 31 -
ESPN Football Island opens in Fortnite Creative
Check out ESPN Football Island in Fortnite Creative, the part of Epic Games' blockbuster title that lets people create their own games.Tech - VentureBeat - October 29 -
Sabres Have Perfect Trade Target In Islanders Star
The Sabres should keep an eye on this Islanders forward during this season.Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 1 -
Barzal leaves Islanders road trip due to injury
Mathew Barzal has left the Islanders' road trip with an upper-body injury.Sports - ESPN - November 1 -
Whitehouse wins Rhode Island Senate race
Incumbent Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D) is projected to win his reelection bid against Republican state Rep. Patricia Morgan in Rhode Island. An aggregate of polling from The Hill/Decision Desk HQ ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Is this tiny Mauritian island a confidential spy station?
India has built a 3km-long runway on Agalega and no-one has fully explained why, angering residents.Top stories - BBC News - November 9 -
World’s largest known coral discovered in Solomon Islands
Gigantic multicoloured organism is visible from space and has grown for between 300 and 500 years. The world’s largest known coral, visible from space, has been discovered in the waters of the ...World - The Guardian - November 14 -
Why Whoopi Goldberg Is Feuding With a Staten Island Bakery
The left-leaning host of “The View” said the business in a Republican stronghold declined to take an order under her name. The bakery said politics had nothing to do with it.Top stories - The New York Times - November 16 -
Tesco row shows Sundays are still sacred on Hebridean islands
The first Sunday opening of a Tesco has sparked a row and put a part of island culture under the spotlight.Top stories - BBC News - November 17 -
The Tallest Building in Queens: The Orchard in Long Island City
The Orchard, a rental tower with a dizzying array of luxury amenities, caps a decade of rapid development in the neighborhood.Top stories - The New York Times - 5 days ago -
Greek leaders tell German president a WWII reparations claim is very much alive
Greek leaders have revived a long-standing demand for war reparations stemming from Nazi Germany’s World War II occupation of Greece, during a visit by German President Frank-Walter SteinmeierWorld - ABC News - October 30 -
Greek anti-terror squad investigates big blast that killed a man in an Athens apartment
Greece’s anti-terrorist squad is investigating a strong explosion that wrecked an Athens apartment, killing one man and severely injuring a womanWorld - ABC News - October 31 -
Greek police say fatal Athens apartment blast was likely caused by improvised bomb
Greek police say that an explosion in an Athens apartment that killed a man and severely wounded a woman appears to have been caused by an improvised bombWorld - ABC News - November 1 -
Eighty years after thousands of Greek Jews were murdered, Thessaloniki’s Holocaust museum is finally set to open
Germany is among donors committing millions to the long-awaited project, to be completed in 2026, which will tell story of those who perished. Few places are more representative of the horrors that ...World - The Guardian - November 3 -
Albania aims to join the European Union by 2030, prime minister tells expatriates in Greek city
Albania hopes to join the European Union by 2030, Prime Minister Edi Rama has told an enthusiastic crowd of some 2,000 supporters gathered at a hotel in the northern Greek city of ThessalonikiWorld - ABC News - November 3 -
Greek police arrest third suspect over bombing as minister warns of new generation of extremists
Greek police have arrested a third suspect in connection with an explosion in central Athens last week that authorities have blamed on an alleged aspiring domestic extremist groupWorld - ABC News - November 4 -
Greek police seize large cache of explosives and arrest 5 in organized crime crackdown
Police in Greece have seized large quantities of explosives and firearms following multiple raids in Athens to dismantle an criminal weapons distribution networkWorld - ABC News - November 5 -
Yiannis Boutaris, winemaker and maverick former mayor of the Greek city of Thessaloniki, has died
Yiannis Boutaris was a winemaker who served two terms as mayor of Thessaloniki, Greece’s second largest city, and shook up its conservative imageWorld - ABC News - November 10 -
Greek workers hold general strike over high cost of living and call for collective wage agreements
Greek public and private sector workers have walked off the job in a 24-hour general strike that is disrupting services across the country, with public transport in the capital suspended for ...World - ABC News - November 20 -
‘Best in the class’: Greek man in his 80s starts night school after life of toil
Vasillis Panayiotaropoulos always had a thirst for knowledge – but had to leave education behind aged 12 to help his father in the fields. “Everything I learn is interesting,” says Vasillis ...World - The Guardian - 2 days ago -
‘We recognise it in this very primal way’: Stephen Fry, Brie Larson, Chris Ofili and more on why we can’t get enough of Greek mythology
Love, death, grief, power, revenge: Greek tragedies get to the essence of the human experience. Here, writers and artists select their favourite plays, music and films inspired by the classics, ...World - The Guardian - 3 days ago -
Backlash after comedian at Trump rally calls Puerto Rico 'island of garbage'
Republicans join Democrats to condemn Tony Hinchliffe for his comments at the New York event.Top stories - BBC News - October 28 -
Former Islander Ross Johnston on Return: 'I'm Forever Grateful'
On Wednesday night, former New York Islanders forward Ross Johnston made his return to Long Island. The Hockey News caught up with him following the game to get his thoughts.Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 29 -
An electric hydrofoil ferry offers cleaner journeys among Stockholm's 14 islands
A high-tech electric ferry service has began operating in Stockholm, offering commuters a low-carbon way to zip through the waterways of the Swedish capital, which is built on 14 islandsWorld - ABC News - October 29