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Trump Arrives at G7 Summit Looking for Momentum After Announcing Agreement Aimed at Ending Iran War

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — President Donald Trump arrived in the French Alps on Monday to meet with fellow world leaders at the Group of Seven summit after announcing an agreement he says will bring an end to the U.S. war with Iran. Trump and Iranian officials had been saying for days they were making progress toward reaching a deal, but even on Sunday, things appeared to be on shaky ground after a new round of strikes between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. With the agreement, the Republican U.S. president arrived in Evian-les-Bains on Monday with the wind at his back for talks with G7 leaders, ... 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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Alexandros Giotopoulos to Return to Korydallos Prison After Supreme Court Ruling

ATHENS - The Greek Supreme Court has published a ruling accepting a proposal by Deputy Prosecutor Sofoklis Logothetis to overturn a decision by the Piraeus Court of Appeal Judicial Council that had recently ordered the release of Alexandros Giotopoulos, who was serving 17 life sentences for his role in the November 17 terrorist organisation. As a result, Giotopoulos will be re-arrested and returned to Korydallos prison. Members of 17 November that remain in jail include Dimitris Koufodinas and the brothers Savvas and Christodoulos Xir... 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