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World Health Organization Director Tedros Adhanom Ghedbreyesus stepped out to recommend the world's first malaria vaccine to people after the organization had approved the vaccine. Ghebreyesus called this a "historic moment" after the United Nations health agency's vaccine advisory group...

Kim Jong Un has become the first North Korean leader to enter South Korea, igniting hopes that the armed standoff on the peninsula can be resolved. A smiling Kim was filmed stepping over the demarcation line between the two states...

After the screening of his movie “The Enemy Within” (“O Ehthros mou”) during the 4th Beijing International Film Festival, Director Yorgos Tsemberopoulos, said he hopes Greek films can become more popular in China, which is currently the second largest...

Greek expats in Dubai recently came together for a football tournament to show solidarity with their compatriots back home still struggling through one of the deepest socioeconomic crises in their country’s history. Eight teams consisting mainly of Greek players, played intense football...

Senior Greek expatriates from the region of Cape Town, South Africa, who responded to the call of the Good Hope diocese, now have the opportunity to spend some time and speak Greek with people their own age. During this first...

In a distant place of the world -- Novosibirsk, Siberia -- there are some Greeks who keep the Greek spirit alive despite the fact that they are far away from their homeland. The Greek cultural organization Hope was founded 20 years ago. Hope is...

Fears are growing that Iran could hit Israel with missiles or drones in the next few days in apparent retaliation for the Israeli bombing of an Iranian consular building in Damascus on 1 April, which killed a top Islamic...

Australian mining magnate Clive Palmer, who has been pitching the idea of building a 'Titanic II' since 2012, a hundred years since the original ship sank, has recently reaffirmed his commitment to the project, saying it will be an...

For the first time, the UN Security Council has called for an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza. The US abstained rather than using its veto. This was in a move away from its previous position. The resolution also demands the immediate...

A new, $15 billion giga-project tunnel that will be the longest in the world is hanging in the balance, and if built, will link Tallinn in Estonia with Helsinki, in Finland, two countries currently only linked by ferry and...

Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry has agreed to resign following weeks of mounting pressure and increasing violence in the impoverished country. This comes after regional leaders met in Jamaica on Monday to discuss a political transition in Haiti. Henry is...

A company in Texas claims to have new evidence that may help in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, a Boeing 777 which disappeared from air traffic control radars just after midnight on March 8 2014, while...

Hopes for high-speed rail underwater tunnels between Spain and Morocco have been renewed as the Spanish foreign minister visited the North African country this week to discuss the infrastructure project and how it can be progressed. The 17.2-mile underwater tunnels...

Dubai is set to add another mega-structure to its already-famous skyline—the Ziggurat Pyramid, which, when completed, will stand at 1,200 meters tall, cover an area of approximately 0.88 square miles (circa 2.3 square kilometers), and house one million people. The...

Israel's Eurovision song entry, "October Rain," which allegedly references the October 7th Hamas attacks, is being "scrutinized" by the organizers of the competition, who are considering whether the lyrics breach non-political rules, one week after Israel was given the...