7 h. ago Greece passes North Africa asylum ban amid rights groups’ opposition

Greek lawmakers voted on Friday to temporarily stop processing asylum requests from migrants arriving from North Africa by sea in a bid to reduce arrivals into Europe’s southernmost tip, a move rights groups and opposition parties have called illegal. The ban comes amid a surge in migrants reaching the island of Crete and after talks […]

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55 h. ago Greece suspends asylum applications for migrants from North Africa

Greece will stop processing asylum applications from people coming from North Africa for three months after a rise in arrivals on the island of Crete, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday. Sea arrivals from northeastern Libya of migrants trying to cross to Europe through Greece’s southern islands of Crete and Gavdos have surged to […]

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4 d. ago Ο Γουέιν Ρούνεϊ εγκαταλείπει την προπονητική και γίνεται σχολιαστής στο BBC

Στην ακμή του ως ποδοσφαιριστής κέρδιζε πολλά χρήματα. Κι αυτό ίσχυε και στα τελειώματα της σπουδαίας καριέρας του όταν αποφάσισε να περάσει στην άλλη πλευρά του Ατλαντικού για λογαριασμό της Ουάσιγκτον. Ωστόσο, επιστρέφοντας στην Ευρώπη για να φορέσει το κουστούμι του προπονητή, ο Γουέιν Ρούνεϊ δεν τα κατάφερε εξίσου καλά έχοντας απολυθεί από τις περισσότερες […]

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5 d. ago Κυριαρχία Νόρις και McLaren στο χαοτικό GP του Σίλβερστοουν – Πρώτο βάθρο στην καριέρα του Χούλκενμπεργκ

Ο Νόρις πήρε την πρώτη του νίκη στο επεισοδιακό GP στο Σίλβερστοουν, ψαλιδίζοντας τη διαφορά από τον Πιάστρι, που τερμάτισε 2ος. Έγραψε ιστορία ο Χούλκενμπεργκ, με το πρώτο βάθρο στην καριέρα του. Ο καιρός έδωσε και πάλι τον δικό του ρόλο στο Grand Prix της Μεγάλης Βρετανίας. Βροχή, pit stops, εικονικά αυτοκίνητα ασφαλείας και συνεχείς […]

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7 d. ago Reeves caught between weak growth, rising debt, and party revolt

After a year in office, Britain’s finance minister Rachel Reeves faces a reckoning over unmet promises of economic stability, with a stop-start economy and restive bond markets pointing to another tax-raising budget that she had hoped to avoid. Wednesday saw the biggest collapse in British government bond prices since the ill-fated 2022 economic agenda of […]

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7 d. ago France and Britain hope migrant ‘taxi boat’ plan will slow record Channel crossings

Early one morning this week, a dinghy motored along a vast beach in northern France, stopping every few hundred metres to pick up migrants bound for Britain. Four French police gave chase, but failed to reach the migrants before they reached water’s edge. Soon, with 70-odd people onboard, the dinghy began chugging across the sea, […]

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1 week ago As USAID stops foreign aid, Rubio says future US assistance will be limited

The US Agency for International Development will on Tuesday officially stop implementing foreign aid, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, adding that America’s assistance in the future will be targeted and limited. In a statement marking the transfer of USAID to the State Department as part of President Donald Trump‘s unprecedented push to shrink the […]

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1 week ago BBC regrets not stopping Glastonbury livestream of Bob Vylan

Britain’s BBC said it regretted not stopping the livestream of punk-rap duo Bob Vylan’s set at Glastonbury after the performance included chants againstthe Israeli military, drawing condemnation from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The BBC has come under fire for allowing the performance to be shown live on Saturday as a Bob Vylan member led […]

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1 week ago UK’s Starmer and Glastonbury slam ‘death to’ Israeli military chant

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Glastonbury organisers said on Sunday they were appalled by on-stage chanting against the Israeli military during a performance at the festival by Punk-rap duo Bob Vylan. During their show on Saturday, the duo chanted “Death, death, to the IDF” in reference to the Israel Defense Forces, the formal name of […]

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1 week ago Two firefighters killed in Idaho shooting, shelter in place lifted

Two firefighters were shot dead while responding to a fire in northern Idaho and the body of a man was later found with a gun nearby, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office said on Sunday, as it lifted a shelter-in-place order. Sheriff Bob Norris had earlier said law enforcement officers and firefighters were taking sniper fire […]

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2 w. ago Dundee United: Cyprus move paid off as Bert Esselink reaches UK 'target'

Dundee United: Cyprus move paid off as Bert Esselink reaches UK 'target'  BBC

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2 w. ago If you missed Ripple (XRP) and Solana (SOL) early, don’t sleep on Little Pepe (LILPEPE) in 2025

There are numerous what-if stories in the cryptocurrency realm. For example, missing Ripple (XRP) at $0.006 in 2013 or Solana (SOL) at $0.50 in 2020 has made many people regret their decisions, as those projects’ market caps have grown to billions. Little Pepe ($LILPEPE) is a new competitor that could bring life-changing gains in 2025. […]

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2 w. ago Lincoln victim of Cyprus hotel fall urges people to get insurance

Lincoln victim of Cyprus hotel fall urges people to get insurance  BBC

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2 w. ago Blasts shake Tehran after furious Trump tells Israel to stop strikes to preserve truce deal

Israel bombed a target near Tehran on Tuesday despite a furious rebuke from US President Donald Trump for launching airstrikes hours after agreeing to a ceasefire deal with Iran. Trump scolded both Iran and Israel for early violations of the truce that he had announced at around 5am GMT, but directed particularly stinging criticism at […]

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2 w. ago UK farm swaps milk for cow cuddles as floods and food prices take their toll

Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England’s northeast to stop milking its cows and instead charge visitors to cuddle them. Dumble Farm started as a dairy farm in the 1970s, but in recent years flooding washed out crops and killed off the type of grass the cows like […]

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2 w. ago Crown Iris due back Saturday with 1,500 people fleeing Israel

The cruise ship ‘Crown Iris’, which is participating in the Israeli “Safe Return” operation, returns to Limassol port on Saturday carrying mainly foreign nationals leaving Israel.  The cruise ship, which stopped its scheduled season cruises to assist in the effort to repatriate Israelis and evacuate foreign nationals from the war-torn region, had set sail on […]

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3 w. ago Additional UK fighter jets likely in Cyprus amid escalating Middle East conflict

The United Kingdom has likely sent additional Royal Air Force aircraft to Cyprus amid an escalating conflict in the Middle East, though the British government is yet to confirm their exact location. British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Sunday confirmed the country would increase its presence in the Middle East, with the BBC reporting […]

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3 w. ago Why PM Modi’s Cyprus Stop En Route To Canada G7 Summit Is A Major Geopolitical Signal

Why PM Modi’s Cyprus Stop En Route To Canada G7 Summit Is A Major Geopolitical Signal  NewsX

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3 w. ago Iran does not want conflict with Israel to expand but will defend itself, foreign minister says

Iran does not want its conflict with Israel to expand to neighbouring countries unless the situation is forced, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday, adding its response had been based on self-defence. Araqchi said Tehran had been responding to foreign aggression, and that if this aggression stopped, Iranian reactions would also cease. The foreign […]

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3 w. ago Israel says attacks on Iran are ‘nothing’ compared with what is coming

Iran and Israel traded missiles and airstrikes on Saturday, the day after Israel launched a sweeping air offensive against its old enemy, killing commanders and scientists and bombing nuclear sites in a stated bid to stop it building an atomic weapon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel’s strikes had set back Iran’s nuclear programme […]

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