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Delegates and election observers seated with laptops in front of a stage labeled 'National Tally Centre Presidential Elections 2026,' with Ugandan flags and election officials in the background.
Unofficial results show reelection of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni
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Syrian ‘hero swimmer’ acquitted of charges in Greece
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The Olympic flame is lit
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Divisions within Greenland’s independence movement
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Rapper calls out Greece’s lack of birthright citizenship as ‘racist’
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Tensions simmer as rival brotherhoods lay claim to 10th-century monastery
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Houthis are ‘back to business’ with dual strikes on Red Sea ships
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In the wake of dramatic accident, Greece promises to upgrade rail system
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Refugees
New book ‘A Greek Tragedy’ recounts harrowing shipwreck at the height of the 2015 refugee crisis
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New book recounts harrowing shipwreck at height of the 2015 refugee crisis
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Severe storm hits Greek island
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High-level resignation in Greece over train crash controversy
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Oval Office meeting between US and Ukraine cut short after heated argument
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Protests in Greece mark two years since deadly train crash
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Greek islands Santorini on alert as earthquakes shake the area
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Number 1 isn’t enough; Rema wants to win his first Grammy
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Greece goes on strike
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Workers in Greece go on strike
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Attacks on oil tanker in the Red Sea
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Greece battles wildfires near Athens
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Lifestyle
The enduring harvest of the ‘Tears of Chios’
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Saving ‘The Tears of Chios’
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Heat clobbers southern Europe
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Come back to Rhodes!
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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis acknowledges applause from his lawmakers during a parliament session for the budget of 2023, in Athens, Dec. 17, 2022.
Politics
New Greek law blocks far-right party from running in upcoming election
Mussel growers harvest mussels by passing beneath the docks on small barges, pulling up the ropes and cutting the harvest loose.
Environment
Unusually warm seas kill off mussel harvests in Spain, leaving restaurant owners with limited options
A security guard stands at the entrance of the Medical Forensic Institution in Istanbul, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022.
Migration
In a Turkish border town, migrant ‘pushbacks’ from Greece turn deadly
Protestors clash with riot police during a demonstration against the reinforced measures of the Belgium government to counter the latest spike of the coronavirus in Brussels, Belgium
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Europe sees widespread protests against COVID-19 restrictions
Seán Binder stands outside a court in Mytilene port, on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021.
Justice
‘I’m still not free’: Aid workers who helped refugees in Greece face months of legal limbo
President Joe Biden waves towards the White House balcony in Washington
Top of The World
US, Canada and Mexico to hold talks at the White House
European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson arrives for a meeting of EU justice and interior ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021.
Afghanistan
EU’s top migration official calls for global response to help Afghans in order to avoid migration crisis in Europe
The shoreline of a village on the Greek island of Evia is shown with massive plumes of dark smoke rising in the distance.
Climate Change
Discussion: Climate change and a deepening global health crisis
Several Taliban fighters are shown standing in a street or sitting on blanket-covered motorcycles.
Top of The World
The Taliban take 10th provincial capital in offensive
A man is shown with his back to the camera and facing a large wildfire with two other people running away from the fire.
Top of The World
UN climate report is a ‘code red for humanity’
A view of Athens from above showning the city and in the distance large dark smoke clouds filling the sky.
The Big Fix
Athens’ first-ever chief heat officer says historic heat wave feels ominous, like a ‘prequel’ of the city’s future
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing is shown wearing glasses and a green military uniform with gold epaulettes.
Top of The World
Head of Myanmar military declares himself prime minister
In ancient Greece, the heart and soul of the festival was the experience shared by all who attended.
History
What would the ancient Greeks think of an Olympics with no fans?
Vegan Beat storefront
Food
Gyro is the ‘holy grail’ of Greek fast food. An Athens restaurant offers a vegan alternative.
A view of a steel wall at Evros river, near the village of Poros, at the Greek-Turkish border, Greece, Friday, May 21, 2021. 
Critical State
What’s a border anyway? Part I
A concrete walkway has been paved on the Acropolis plateau in an effort to make the site more accessible. But critics say materials used would make it impossible to remove the pathway without damaging the ancient bedrock underneath.
Infrastructure
‘They want to make the Acropolis into Disneyland.’ Site renovations face backlash. 
White tents of campsite against a blue sky
In Greece, thousands of asylum-seekers are waiting for the COVID-19 vaccine
Greek and Cypriot flags flutter on poles on the left, as Turkish and Turkish Cypriot breakaway flags fly between minarets on the right
As Cyprus’ leaders convene for peace talks in Geneva, some Cypriots say ‘expectations are low’
The Aegean Sea is shown from Lesbos. Increasingly, migrants and advocates claim, Greek authorities are illegally pushing back to Turkey people who are making the journey to Greece in the Aegean Sea. 
Refugees
‘People are being abandoned in the middle of the sea’: Claims that Greece pushes back migrants to Turkey are rising
For one of their projects, children were asked to draw two worlds: the reality they live in today and an imaginary world they would like for themselves, and then connect the two with a bridge.
Refugees
A mental health crisis on Lesbos is worsening 
The new migrant facility on Lesbos will be built next to an active landfill, according to a map published by local media in the fall.
Refugees
‘This island is a prison’: Migrants say plan for a refugee camp on Lesbos is too isolating
A migrant stands outside his tent at Karatepe refugee camp, on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, March 29, 2021. The European Union's home affairs commissioner is visiting asylum-seeker facilities on the eastern Greek islands of Samos and
Refugees
Activists protest migrant facility plan in Greece: ‘Greek islands will not be turned to prisons’ 
Riot police detain a man during clashes in the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece, March 11, 2021.
Technology
Greek police roll out new ‘smart’ devices that recognize faces and fingerprints
A man throws his hands in the air near a bird coop
Lifestyle
Turkey’s ancient practice of pigeon raising sees new life in quarantine 
Greek Olympic sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou poses for a photograph during an interview for The Associated Press, at Agios Kosmas marina in southern Athens, Feb. 4, 2021. Bekatorou is the most successful female athlete in Greek sporting history who rece
#MeToo
Greece ‘finally’ has its #MeToo moment 
Samples of a COVID-19 vaccine produced by Sinopharm subsidiary CNBG are displayed near a 3D model of a coronavirus during a trade fair in Beijing on Sept. 6, 2020.
Top of The World
UAE reports success with Sinopharm vaccine; Ethiopia rejects Tigray probes; EU plans to tighten Turkey sanctions
In this Sunday, May 24, 2020, photo, a Greek Orthodox priest distributes Holy Communion during Sunday Mass at a church, in the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece, using a traditional shared spoon. Contrary to science, the Greek Orthodox Church insists
Sacred Nation
In Greece, a clergyman’s death reignites communion spoon debate
A small inflatable boat carrying migrants from Afghanistan is towed by a rescue vessel of the Refugee Rescue NGO, near Skala Sikamias, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, Sept. 16, 2019.
Refugees
An Afghan asylum-seeker lost his son in tragic boat journey to Greece. Now, he faces prison time.
Social Hackers Academy runs its operations out of a co-working space in downtown Athens.
Technology
This Afghan ‘computer nerd’ learned to code in a Greek program for refugees. He says it was ‘life-changing.’
Protesters are seen among tear gas during clashes outside a court, where the trial of leaders and members of the Golden Dawn far-right party takes place in Athens, Greece, Oct. 7, 2020.
Extremism
Activists see Greek ruling against Golden Dawn as model for fighting extremism
Students, parents, and teachers march through downtown Athens to protest what they say are inadequate COVID-19 safety measures in the classroom.
‘We don’t want another lost school year’: Widespread protests in Greece over lack of coronavirus safety in schools
A bright red banner depicting anti-racist Greek rapper Pavlos Fyssas is seen, as demonstrators protest at the close of the trial for leaders and members of the far-right Golden Dawn, in Athens, Greece, Oct. 7, 2020.
Global Politics
Greeks celebrate court ruling on neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn
A woman walks among the Spanish flags placed in memory of coronavirus victims in Madrid, Spain, Sept. 27, 2020.
Top of The World
Pandemic reaches grim milestone; Pompeo visits Crete; US presidential candidates to spar
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis are shown both wearing dark blazers and bumping elbows.
Global Politics
Pompeo voices support for talks between Greece, Turkey
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen talks to the press after the college of EU commissioners in Brussels, Belgium, Sept. 23, 2020.
Top of The World
EU to overhaul migration policy; China aims for net-zero emissions by 2060; Lukashenko inaugurated again in Belarus
Since the fire that engulfed Moria camp on Lesbos island nearly two weeks ago, more than 500 of the 12,000 displaced migrants and refugees have been taking shelter at a center run by Team Humanity, a nonprofit humanitarian organization. 
Refugees
Migrants displaced by Lesbos fire say conditions at new camp are inhumane