The Armchair Traveller: Be dazzled by Italy and delve into Paris’s secret maze of tunnels – how to explore the world from the comfort of your home The Secret Catacombs Of Paris podcast explores the city’s underground tunnels Remind yourself of famous sights with the World Landmarks 1000-piece puzzle Film fans can fall in love … Read more
NeNe Leakes brought a cast trip to Greece to a screeching halt when she stormed out of a ‘goddess party’ on Sunday’s episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta. The 52-year-old reality star was infuriated when she learned that two of her castmates were about to act out a ‘Greek tragedy’ that depicted her arguments … Read more
A ship carrying 600 asylum seekers has departed from Lesbos to a closed camp in northern Greece amid the coronavirus crisis. The migrants arrived at the port of Mytilene in the Greek island of Lesbos, ahead of their departure with the ship, named ‘Aqua Blue’. Clashes broke out overnight on Greece’s border with Turkey after … Read more
She is a successful society businesswoman and mother-of-five whose children are already forging their own successful paths in life, so Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece is certainly well placed to be offering parenting advice. The fashion designer, 51, shares five children with her royal husband, Prince Pavlos of Greece: daughter Olympia, 23, and four sons: Constantine, … Read more
A new virtual library in Minecraft will let people in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Russia and Vietnam read stories from banned journalists Reporters will be able to use Minecraft as a workaround for censorship The popular videgame will host a new virtual library filled with censored news stories in both English and the language they … Read more
President Tayyip Erdogan said today he would not stop migrants trying to cross Turkey’s border into Greece before advising Athens ‘these people won’t stay in Greece’ and to ‘let them pass into other European countries’. Tens of thousands of migrants have been trying to get into Greece, a European Union member state, since Turkey said on … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES In doubt The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more
The EU has told Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that if he wants support for his war in Syria, he must first pull an estimated 35,000 migrants back from the Greek border. Erdogan flew into Brussels for talks today aimed at shoring up the shattered 2016 migrant deal, where Turkey would hold back an estimated … Read more
Menacing Turkish special ops soldiers have been pictured patrolling the country’s border with Greece – as Angela Merkel has promised that Germany will welcome some of the 1,500 Syrian refugee children trapped on Greek islands and said she expects other EU countries to do the same. Troops armed with machine guns and wearing balaclavas were pictured silently … Read more
President Erdogan called on Greece to ‘open the gates’ for migrants trying to reach Europe at Turkey’s border ahead of his talks with the EU on Monday. Thousands of migrants have arrived at Turkey’s border with Greece since Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced last month that the country would no longer prevent migrants and refugees from crossing … Read more
Greek police have launched tear gas at migrants as the Turks fired back at the border crossing where thousands are trying to get into Europe. More clashes erupted Saturday between Greek police and Europe-bound migrants gathered on the Turkey side of a border crossing near the Greek village of Kastanies. Like previous confrontations this week, … Read more
The coronavirus has now spread to almost 70 countries around the world and health officials are scrambling to stop people spreading the virus among themselves. But with many patients not realizing they’re ill, and others carrying on with normal life until they are diagnosed, the fast-spreading infection is proving difficult to contain. Avoiding an infection … Read more
Thousands of desperate migrants have pleaded with Greek soldiers and insisted they simply want to use Greece ‘as a bridge to Europe,’ in a deepening crisis at the Turkish border. Ankara today announced it was deploying 1,000 specialist police officers to stop the Greeks from pushing the refugees back. The EU has accused Turkey’s President Recep … Read more