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Tentative Deal on Ending the Iran War Sends Stocks Soaring While Oil Prices Fall

BANGKOK (AP) — World share prices soared Monday after a tentative deal was announced on ending the Iran war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, while oil prices fell more than $4 a barrel. The future for the S&P 500 was up 1.2% and that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.9%, auguring likely early gains for Wall Street. In early European trading, Germany's DAX advanced 1.3% to 24,942.12, while the CAC 40 in Paris added 1.1% to 8,444.00. Britain's FTSE 100 gained 0.2% to 10,496.56. After repeated false starts, investors were betting that this time, the war might end. U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed the initi... Read more

Greek Community of Leicester Offers Warm Welcome to Musicians from Lesbos

LEICESTER, UK – The island of Lesbos extended musical bridges into the heart of the United Kingdom, bringing the aromas of homeland and sounds of tradition. The Greek community of Leicester offered a warm welcome to Fr. Eustratios Giousmas and his three musical companions. “The idea for this event came from my Byzantine music teacher, Fr. Eustratios Giousmas, who has students in Leicester and was invited there for the third year in a row to chant. So, on the occasion of his presence there, it was agreed that after Sunday’s Divine Litu... more

Flash Mob Alert: Take Back Greece’s Beaches

Greeks famously resisted the Ottoman Occupation for 368 years before gaining their independence – with the invaluable aid of Great Britain, France and Russia – and kept their language and culture. The rebellion against the takeover of public beaches and government granting licenses for private businesses to occupy them – in violation of the Constitution – lasted less than a summer. Citizen activists, led by those on the island of Paros, in 2023 protested the unconstitutional takeover of the beaches – by the government and businesses ... more

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Chevron in Athens June 15 Energy to Advance Energy Projects

ATHENS – A delegation from the Chevron corporation arrived in Athens on June 15 to finalize an agreement for the company’s entry into the so-called Block 10 offshore area in the Kyparissia Gulf, Environment and Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou announced in an interview with ANT1 on in the morning. He said that following the U.S. energy group’s request to participate in hydrocarbon exploration, the relevant procedures have been completed and a meeting will take place at the ministry on Monday afternoon to formalize the agreement. Th... more

Foundations Are Emphasizing Their Community Services to Counter Narratives of Fraud and Partisanship

NEW YORK (AP) — A nationwide network of charitable foundations is encouraging its members to emphasize their positive contributions to American life, a 250th anniversary campaign aimed at quelling what it calls the “greater intensity" of scrutiny felt from the federal government and populist movements. Popular notions of philanthropy as merely a game for the ultrawealthy to fund partisan projects and commit fraud have left the sector vulnerable to political attacks, as the Council on Foundations sees it, influencing policies that hamp... more

Cyprus Issue Attention Shifts to Ankara with the Continuation of UN Official’s Contacts

NICOSIA – Ankara is now the focus of efforts to resolve the Cyprus issue as the personal envoy of the UN Secretary-General, Maria Angela Holguín, traveled on Sunday, June 14 for meetings after spending a week in Cyprus. Holguín is scheduled to meet with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and hold other consultations in Ankara...

Feast of Apostle Barnabas Celebrated in Turkish-Occupied Cyprus

NICOSIA – The memory of the Founder and Patron Saint of the Church of Cyprus, Apostle Barnabas, was once again commemorated this year with due solemnity and ecclesiastical splendor at the Holy Royal and Stavropegial Monastery, near Ancient Salamis in Famagusta in Turkish-occupied Cyprus. According to an announcement by the monastery, the celebrations at the...

Glimmer of Hope on Cyprus Issue at the PSEKA Conference in Washington, DC

WASHINGTON, DC – Cyprus Government Spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis, speaking at the annual PSEKA conference in Washington, DC, conveyed that Nicosia is not simply seeking just another meeting with the Turkish Cypriots but will go into it with “one goal” – that it becomes “the stepping stone” for announcing the resumption of negotiations for the reunification of Cyprus. He stressed that if there is corresponding political will from all parties, this goal is achievable.

Signatures June 8 For Agreement on Hosting French Forces in Cyprus; Tanks Upgrade on Hold

NICOSIA – A Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the Republic of Cyprus and France will be signed on June 8 in Nicosia by Cyprus’s Minister of Defense, Vasilis Palmas, and his French counterpart, Catherine Vautrin, according to information obtained by the Cyprus News Agency (CNA). According to CNA sources, the two defense ministers will...

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Pope Slams World’s Indifference to Migrants While Visiting Onetime ‘Dock of Shame’ in Canary Islands

ARGUINEGUÍN, Spain (AP) — Pope Leo XIV traveled to a once-notorious epicenter of the European migration debate on Thursday, challenging countries to uphold migrants’ rights while shaming those leaders, including Christians, who turn them away with indifference. Leo issued an impassioned plea to recognize the dignity of migrants from the port of Arguineguín, in the Canary Islands. In 2020, the port was dubbed “dock of shame” because of the squalid conditions migrants were forced to live in for months during a spike in arrivals. “Human ... more

World Cup Racism Monitor Urges FIFA to Remove Match Official Over Hand Gesture on TV Broadcast

GENEVA (AP) — FIFA’s discrimination monitor at the World Cup called Monday for a video review official to be removed for appearing to make a hand gesture resembling a white supremacist sign. When the official broadcast of Germany's opening game against Curaçao on Sunday cut pre-game to show the team of video review analysts, Shaun Evans from Australia made an “OK” symbol with his right hand in front of his right leg. Though the game was played in Houston, video officials work in Dallas at the World Cup broadcast center. In 2019, the g... more