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Robert Redford, actor, director, environmentalist dies at 89

Robert Redford, the dashing actor and Oscar-winning director who eschewed his status as a Hollywood leading man to champion causes close to his heart,...

Greta Thunberg deported from Israel after Gaza boat seized

Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg was deported from Israel on Tuesday, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said, the day after the Israeli navy prevented her and...

ON THIS DAY: Sylvia Pankhurst, suffragette and socialist, was born

On 5 May 1882, Sylvia Pankhurst- suffragette, socialist, and staunch anti-fascist- was born in Manchester, England. A daughter of the famed Emmeline Pankhurst, Sylvia...

ON THIS DAY: Remembering Greek music legend Nikolas Asimos (1988)

On 17 March 1988, Greece lost one of its most enigmatic and rebellious musicians, Nikolas Asimos, a singer, songwriter, and countercultural figure whose influence...

Jailed Iranian Nobel laureate is ‘determined to continue fighting’

Jailed Iranian women's rights activist Narges Mohammadi gave an interview to FRANCE 24 while on temporary leave from Tehran's Evin prison. Despite nine trials...

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Gold price record holds as dollar weakens before Fed decision

Gold maintained its recent gains, trading above $3,700 per...

ON THIS DAY: Composer Manos Loizos dies at 44 (1982)

On 17 September 1982, Greece lost one of its...

Panayiotis Pourgourides: New Head of EU Commission Representation in CY

The European Commission announced on Wednesday, following the College of...

Mediterranean diet reduces gum disease and inflammation

Gum disease and the Mediterranean diet are connected to...
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