Eliecha Malilay wins bronze at Jiu-Jitsu Youth World Cup in Greece

Glendale B. Rosal 11/02/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu’s jiu-jitsu standout Eliecha Zoe Malilay delivered an impressive performance at the Jiu-Jitsu Asian Union (JJAU)-Jiu-Jitsu International Federation (JJIF) Youth World Cup in Heraklion, Greece, securing a bronze medal in the women’s under…

A 93-year-old Greek grandmother’s scarves travel to children in need

Reuters 03/10/2024

ATHENS — In her tiny Athens apartment, 93-year-old Ioanna Matsouka has knit thousands of brightly colored scarves for children in need from Greece to Ukraine – and she has no plans to quit just yet. “Until I…

Rescuers in Greece find 18 burned bodies as wildfires spread

08/23/2023

ALEXANDROUPOLIS, Greece—Eighteen burned bodies, possibly migrants, were found on Tuesday in a rural area in northern Greece where wildfires were burning out of control for a fourth day, authorities said, as gale force winds fanned blazes across…

At least 79 drown, hundreds missing in migrant shipwreck off Greece

Reuters 06/15/2023

KALAMATA, Greece — At least 79 migrants drowned early on Wednesday and hundreds more were missing and feared dead after their overloaded boat capsized and sank in open seas off Greece, in one of Europe’s deadliest shipping…

Greek rescuers comb through train crash wreckage as hopes fade

Reuters 03/02/2023

Larissa, GREECE – Rescuers resumed a search on Thursday for survivors of Greece’s deadliest train crash, combing through the buckled and crushed remains of carriages that derailed and then caught fire in a disaster that killed at…

Two trains collide in Greece, 26 killed, at least 85 injured

Reuters 03/01/2023

ATHENS – Twenty-six people were killed and at least 85 injured after two trains collided head-on in Greece late on Tuesday, the fire brigade said, while the circumstances of the crash remained unclear. A passenger train traveling…

Burning photos to eating soba noodles: The different ways the world celebrates New Year

Kurt Dela Peña - Content Researcher Writer / @inquirerdotnet 12/30/2022

MANILA, Philippines—As most COVID-19 restrictions were already relaxed all over the world, some eight billion people are expected to celebrate the New Year in a brighter mood. But behind the fireworks that are set to lighten the…

Four killed in Turkey as strong earthquake strikes Aegean Sea

Reuters 10/31/2020

ISTANBUL — A strong earthquake struck the Aegean Sea on Friday and was felt in both Greece and Turkey, where four people were killed as buildings collapsed in the coastal province of Izmir. People poured onto the…

Greece to impose nationwide lockdown

03/23/2020

Greece will impose a nationwide lockdown to stem the spread of the coronavirus, limiting people to their homes except for essential outings, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Sunday. “I have given orders that all appropriate action be…

Female athlete to launch Olympic torch relay for 1st time

AP 02/08/2020

ATHENS, Greece — For the first time, a woman has been chosen to launch the torch relay for the 2020 Tokyo Games at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics in Greece. Greece’s Olympic committee said Thursday it…

Greece: Quake kills 2, sends island tourists into panic

AP 07/21/2017

ATHENS, Greece — A powerful earthquake sent a building crashing down on tourists at a bar on the Greek holiday island of Kos and struck panic on the nearby shores of Turkey early Friday, killing two people…

75,000 evacuated in Greece to defuse 227-kilo WWII bomb

AP 02/12/2017

Thessaloniki, Greece — Authorities in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki were evacuating an estimated 75,000 people Sunday in order to defuse a 500-pound (227-kilogram) unexploded World War II bomb found under a gas station. The evacuation…

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