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Australia beats Greece in women’s water polo
Australia’s Bronte Halligan walked out of the pool after her team’s 9-6 victory over Greece in the women’s water polo quarter-final on Tuesday and took a moment to reflect on …
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Greek coastguard rescues 75 migrants off Greece
The Greek coastguard on Tuesday said it had rescued 75 migrants in an area where one of the Mediterranean’s worst migrant shipwrecks occurred last year. They were on board a …
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Vasso’s Corner: Oropouche fever outbreak in Latin America
The current outbreak of Oropouche virus (OROV) infection in the Amazonas and Acre states of Brazil presents considerable public health concerns, including the risk to travellers visiting these regions. Given …
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Germany beat Greece to reach Olympic basketball semis
World Cup champions Germany reached the Olympic men’s basketball semi-finals for the first time Tuesday, coming from behind to beat Greece 76-63 and dumping two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo out …
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Miltos Tentoglou clinches gold again at Paris 2024 Olympics
Miltos Tentoglou secured another gold medal in the long jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Tuesday, adding to his previous gold from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. This achievement makes …
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Greek tests positive for doping, leaves Olympic village
A Greek athlete has tested positive for banned substances at the Paris Games and has been expelled from the athletes’ village, the Greek Olympic Committee says. The team had been …
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Greek authorities find cocaine worth €1 million in banana shipment
One million euros (over $1.68m AUD) worth of cocaine has been found hidden in a shipment of bananas by Greek authorities. According to Reuters the drugs were seized from a …
Dialogue –
Both sides of Cypriot diaspora must stand together
On July 21, 2024, Melbourne’s Federation Square was filled with more than 2,000 Greeks and Greek Cypriots and their supporters. The event was to commemorate the beginning of the brutal …
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St Sophia & Three Daughters Greek Language School visit grave of Australia’s first Greek woman migrant
Adult students from the St Sophia & Three Daughters Greek Language School in NSW visited the grave of Katerina Crummer nee Plessos, the first known free Greek woman migrant in …
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Rex board spat grounded as airline’s future in balance
An 11th-hour bid to oust the directors of struggling carrier Rex will be sidelined ahead of a vote by tens of thousands of creditors to decide whether to resurrect or …