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Both side claiming victory in Turkey’s election
Turkey appeared headed for a runoff presidential election, with the parties of both Tayyip Erdogan and opposition rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu both claiming the lead but sources in both camps admitting …
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Erdogan vs Kilicdaroglu: Two visions of Turkey’s future
One embraces chaos and glorifies Turkey’s Islamic past. The other promises the badly divided country a slightly calmer and more prosperous future. Voters decided to give President Recep Tayyip Erdogan …
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Italy busts eastern Med people trafficking ring
Italian police arrested 29 people Wednesday accused of belonging to a smuggling ring shipping migrants across the Mediterranean from Turkey and Greece and helping them through Italy to northern Europe. …
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US returns two stolen 7th-century antiquities to China
The United States returned two looted antiquities to China, the latest in a wave of repatriations of artifacts stolen from more than a dozen countries, New York authorities announced Tuesday. …
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King crowned in ceremony blending history and change
King Charles III has been anointed and crowned in the United Kingdom’s biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, a display of pomp and pageantry that sought to marry 1000 years …
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King Charles III and his Greek roots
King Charles’ special relationship with Greece was featured in Greek outlet Proto Thema by Michael Stukas who wrote about, among other things: His visits to Mount Athos are well known, …
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Greek Orthodox music to accompany the coronation of King Charles III
More than 2,200 people will attend the coronation of King Charles III, Buckingham Palace has announced. They include international delegates from 203 countries, as well as community and charity workers. …
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Wars, religion and football: five faces of Erdogan
Abhorred and adored, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been compared to sultans and pharaohs while stamping his outsized personality and domineering style on Turkey over 20 years. Elected as prime minister …
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Egypt calls Netflix Cleopatra doco “a falsification of Egyptian history and a blatant historical misconception”
Egypt is not happy with Netflix’s upcoming docudrama, ‘Queen Cleopatra’, produced by Jada Pinkett Smith. The controversy centres on the casting of a black actress as the Hellenic Egyptian queen. …
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Kenya starvation cult death toll rises to 89
The death toll among followers of a Kenyan cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves has now risen to 89. The toll has steadily risen …