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Five days after his death, the funeral of Pope Francis took place Saturday, April 26, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square. About 50 heads of state attended the ceremony, including French President Emmanuel ...
In the March 9 edition of the Taipei Times a piece by Ninon Godefroy ran with the headine “The quiet, gentle rhythm of Taiwan.” It started with the line “Taiwan is a small, humble place. There is no ...
The Modern Greek language has some aspects that would totally baffle a native English speaker for various reasons.
Reading like the lyrics to a popular song or poem from modern times, ancient Greek poems have prompted new insights into ...
Scammers have now resorted to a new method of looting people, and this time, it is the steganography technology. As confirmed ...
It is political, even philosophical. The word acequia—from the Arabic word “as-saquiya,” which means “that which carries water”—was used to describe the irrigation ditches that evolved in the Middle ...
Among his final words in the day before dying, the church said, were "thank you." That's what Francis, 88, told his longtime health aide, Massimiliano Strappetti, a nurse whom the pope has said ...
The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek origins. From 776 BCE to 393 CE, the Olympics were held here quadrennially.
The Turkish-Cypriot administration on Wednesday accused the Greek-Cypriot side of “distorting history” and evading responsibility for the Cyprus problem in a strongly worded letter to the ...
Meghan Markle has defended her much-mocked habit of liberally sprinkling dried flowers on food, saying it is a good way to bring “magic” to every day life. Meghan was speaking to Time CEO ...
"He works well with the quick-game out of spread formations, sprinkling in some RPO action. Ward will give this Titans franchise a breath of fresh air at the game's most important position" The ...
ATHENS, April 22 - Greece-based financial technology provider Qualco plans to launch an initial public offering to list its shares on the Athens Stock Exchange, it said on Tuesday. Qualco, which ...