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Five-and-a-half years’ jail for driver who killed five
A driver has been locked up for five-and-a-half years after being warned by police about a dangerous intersection before he drove through it and killed five people. Minutes before one …
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Greece’s main animal park to send its dolphins to Florida
Greece’s main zoo on Wednesday said it would transfer its five dolphins to a Florida aquarium, after a long dispute with animal organisations. “It’s not easy to keep dolphins,” Jean-Jacques Lesueur, …
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Anxious wait for gender-diverse Aussies heading to US
Gender non-conforming travellers could face issues in the United States after newly inaugurated president Donald Trump signed an executive order proclaiming the country would only recognise two sexes. Government-issued IDs …
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Ancient statue found dumped ‘near dustbins’: Greek police
Police in Greece said Wednesday they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped in a black plastic bag near dustbins in the northern city of Thessaloniki. …
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Greek Americans feature prominently in Donald Trump’s inner circle
The advisory team for Donald Trump, the 47th President of the United States, boasts significant Greek-American representation. These key individuals play pivotal roles in shaping Trump’s administration through fundraising, strategic …
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Australia likely to steer clear of Trump tariffs: Wong
Confidence is high that Australia will be able to avoid tough trade sanctions under the second Trump administration, the foreign minister says, following talks with the new US Secretary of …
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Former Labor MP Tony Lupton makes political comeback as independent candidate for Prahran
Tony Lupton, the 67-year-old former Labor MP, is re-entering politics and has announced his intention to run independently for his old seat of Prahran. Lupton who represented the inner-city electorate …
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Earthquake hits Lesvos island
Greece has been the target of an earthquake reaching 5 and above on the Richter scale, with Mytilene in Lesvos suffering the effects. The earthquake hit Greece on Tuesday night …
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Tsitsipas ignoring fan requests at Australian Open leaves them disappointed
There have been some complaints about Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Australian Open last week by some in the Greek community. These relate to his attitude and response to some fans …
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Kos Society of South Australia effort to donate ambulance in Kos delayed by Greek bureaucracy
The Kos Society of South Australia “Hippocrates” got caught in Greece’s bureaucratic red tape when they tried to donate a modern ambulance to the National Centre for Emergency Care (EKAV) …