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British Museum sues ex-curator over alleged thefts

The British Museum has gone to court against a former curator alleged to have stolen hundreds of artefacts from its collections and offered them for sale online. The museum is …

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Charles and Catherine’s cancer diagnoses: key dates

Catherine, Princess of Wales’s announcement Friday that she has cancer and is in the early stages of chemotherapy comes just weeks after King Charles III revealed his own cancer diagnosis. …

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France mounts security drill ahead of Olympic torch relay

French police tested their security plans for the Olympic torch relay on Friday, with a multi-layered ring of 100 officers set to be deployed to keep protesters at bay. Authorities …

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Greek frigate sees first anti-drone action in Red Sea

A Greek frigate deployed to the Red Sea last month to ward off attacks on shipping by Yemen’s Huthis saw action for the first time on Wednesday, the military said. …

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EU must adapt to warming continent: officials

EU countries need to step up preparedness for global warming after 2023 burned its way into history books as the hottest year on record, European Commission officials said Tuesday. “Europe …

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Sweden finally joins NATO, ending non-alignment, in Ukraine war shadow

Sweden on Thursday became the 32nd member of NATO in the shadow of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, turning the page on two centuries of non-alignment and capping two years of …

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Russia hits Odesa during Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis visit to Ukraine

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy were visiting the Black Sea port of Odesa when a Russian missile hit the infrastructure, close enough for leaders to …

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Ethnic Greek mayor Fredi Beleri sentenced to two years of prison in Albania

Fredi Beleri, mayor-elect of the ethnically Greek city of Himare in Albania, has been sentenced to two years in prison for buying votes in the local election. Beleri was arrested …

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Telly Savalas’ family awarded with Greek citizenship in LA ceremony

The eldest daughter of the late actor Telly Savalas, Christina Savalas Koussakis, her husband, John Peter Koussakis, and their children were awarded Greek citizenship at the Consulate of Greece in …

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Odysseus moon lander hailed a success by officials

Odysseus, the first US spacecraft to land on the moon in half a century, neared a mission-ending slumber on Wednesday, six days after a lopsided touchdown that hindered its operation, …

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