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PM attacks ‘heartless’ Dutton in campaign shadow boxing
Struggling Australians need leadership with heart, the prime minister asserts as the major parties kick off their unofficial election campaigns. With voters hitting the polls in a matter of months, …
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More lives lost as battle to contain US fires continues
Firefighters have made slow progress in their battle to contain an inferno that has burned wide areas of Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades neighbourhood amid warnings a death toll of 16 …
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Sydney weather holds out to deliver successful Blessings of the Waters event
Sydney’s Hellenic community turned out in the thousands to celebrate the Epiphany Greek Festival with Archbishop Makarios arriving on a boat for the annual service of the Blessings of the …
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Through rain and storm Port Melbourne sees Blessing of the Waters
Despite heavy rain and lightning storms, the Blessing of the Waters ceremony proceeded as planned at Port Melbourne’s Princess Pier, drawing hundreds of attendees at midday on Sunday. The event, …
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Major upset at South Australian Greek Community Elections: Independent Community Progressive Party sweeps in
Peter Gonis’s Leading Our Community failed to secure the numbers, leaving the road open for Panagiotis Ppyros’s Independent Community Progressive Party to head the Community. Panagiotis Ppyros told Neos Kosmos …
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Aerial assault aims to stop LA wildfire spreading east
Firefighting aircraft have dropped water and fire retardant to stem the eastward spread of wildfires in Los Angeles as on-the-ground efforts intensified amid warnings of powerful winds. Over the past …
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EU revokes controversial ‘Turkaegean’ trademark following Greek objections
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has officially cancelled the contentious “Turkaegean” trademark, registered in December 2021 by Turkey’s Tourism Promotion and Development Agency (TGA). The decision, announced on …
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LA blazes devour thousands of homes, at least 10 dead
Wildfires menacing Los Angeles have killed at least 10 people and devoured nearly 10,000 structures, with five fires burning into a third night as dry desert winds fanning the flames …
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Vatican to allow gay men to become priests in Italy
The Vatican has approved new guidelines from Italian bishops that allow gay men to enter seminaries as long as they abstain from sex, in an unexpected adjustment to how the …
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Trump spared jail, fines over hush money, rules judge
US President-elect Donald Trump will not go to jail or face any other punishment for his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, a judge ruled, …