Elena Becatoros

Explosions and sounds of aircraft heard in Kabul, hours after Afghanistan attacks Pakistan Three explosions and the sound of aircraft have been heard in Kabul, hours after Afghanistan launched an attack on Pakistan in retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes on border areas earlier in the week.

Airstrikes hit Kabul after Afghanistan launches retaliatory attack on Pakistan.

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Afghanistan's new penal code sets 15 days in prison for wife-beating, 5 months for animal fights A new penal code issued by decree in Afghanistan sets harsher punishments for the mistreatment of animals than for domestic violence against women and solidifies into law inequality based on gender an...

Afghanistan's new penal code: 15 days in prison for injuring a wife in a beating.
3 months for a woman who goes to stay at her parents' home without her husband's permission.
It also sets punishments based on social class.

#afghanistan #women

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Greece will seek to obtain Nazi execution photos offered for sale online A series of photos that seem to show the execution of 200 Greeks by Nazi soldiers in Athens appeared on eBay over the weekend.

Greece is sending experts to Belgium on Friday to meet with a collector of German World War II memorabilia after he put up for auction 12 photos that appear to show the final moments of 200 Greeks executed in Athens in 1944.

#greece #WWII #photos #Kaisariani

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Afghanistan faces catastrophic hunger crisis as aid cuts force the WFP to turn away 3 in 4 children Afghanistan is facing a surging child malnutrition crisis as aid cuts leave most families without food or treatment.

Afghanistan faces a surging hunger crisis as aid cuts leave families without food or treatment. The World Food Program says it has to turn away three out of four acutely malnourished children. Four million children are at risk.

#afghanistan #hunger #wfp #malnutrtition

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Rural Greece struggles to cope with predator comeback Populations of brown bears and wolves are burgeoning in Greece, thanks to conservation efforts. But not everyone is enthusiastic about the comeback.

Predators at the gate. Bears, wolves and wild boar make a comeback in parts of rural Greece

#greece #conservation #wildlife #bears #wolves

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AP, AFP, BBC News and Reuters issue joint statement about their journalists in #Gaza:

"Journalists endure many deprivations and hardships in warzones. We are deeply alarmed that the threat of starvation is now one of them."

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With no access to education beyond the 6th grade, girls in Afghanistan turn to religious schools For six hours every day after school, Nahideh works in a cemetery, collecting water from a nearby shrine to sell to mourners visiting loved ones’ graves.

Banned from education beyond primary school, girls and women in Afghanistan are turning to madrassas - religious schools - instead.

#afghanistan #education #religion #madrassa #women

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Outdoor workers demand protection as cruel heat bakes southern Europe The cruel heat is back as southern Europe slips deeper into summer. In homes and offices, air conditioning is sweet relief.

Outdoor workers swelter as heat bakes southern Europe.

By @dgatopoulos.bsky.social

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🔴 ⚠️ ♨️ 🛰️ 🔥 The ongoing #heatwave in the Mediterranean has already hit S,reaching over 44°C in Sicily and is moving eastward.⬇️ Latest 14hrs from meteosat-12 MTGI1 + MSG fire detection on July 22, with new wildfires in Italy, Albania and #Greece #climateemergency @volcaholic1.bsky.social

What to know about the conflict between Israel and Iran, and the US intervention The United States has inserted itself into Israel’s war against Iran, bombing three of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear sites overnight. U.S.

What to know as the U.S. inserts itself into Israel's war against Iran

#Iran #Israel #UnitedStates

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On Greece's Mount Athos, a cliffside monastery transcends country-based branches of Orthodoxy The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea.

Clinging to a cliff in northern Greece, this monastery welcomes monks from around the world. No women allowed.

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Four centuries later, Easter's date remains divisive. Some church leaders want that to change Eastern and Western churches will celebrate Easter on the same day this year, while marking 1,700 years since the Council of Nicaea unified Christian doctrine.

Four centuries later, Easter's date remains divisive. Some Orthodox and Catholic leaders want that to change.

#Easter #Orthodox #Catholic #religion #Greece

By @dgatopoulos.bsky.social

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Water cannon trucks have become a regular sighting at public protests in Athens.

#Greece
Our story on today's general strike, By @elenabec.bsky.social
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At least 7 dead after boat carrying migrants capsizes near Greek island of Lesbos A boat carrying migrants from Turkey to a nearby Greek island capsized, leaving at least seven people dead, including two children, while 23 people have been rescued.

Migrant boat capsizing near Greek island leaves at least 7 dead, including two children.

#Greece #migration

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The cute whiskers are back on. Rare Mediterranean monk seals are cared for in a Greek rehab center A Greek charity has been treating dozens of orphaned, sick and injured Mediterranean monk seals, rare marine mammals whose population had dwindled so dramatically that the species at one point faced e...

Thanks to conservation efforts, the Mediterranean monk seal is making a remarkable comeback – nearly half of the 800 global population thrive in Greek waters.

#Greece / HT @elenabec.bsky.social & Thanassis Stavrakis
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Violent protests in Greece on rail crash anniversary as frustration at system failures boils over Riot police have fired volleys of tear gas, stun grenades and water cannons at protesters hurling gasoline bombs and smashed-up paving stones in Athens.

Riot police clash with protesters as hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets of cities across Greece on the second anniversary of the country’s worst rail disaster.

By @dgatopoulos.bsky.social

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Greek rail disaster report cites errors and major systemic failures An independent investigative committee in Greece has released a long-awaited investigation into the country's deadliest train crash.

Head of Tempe rail inquiry tells AP that key safety measures to mitigate human error have still not been installed.

w/ Lefteris Pitarakis / #Greece #Τεμπη
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Israeli police raid Palestinian bookshop in east Jerusalem, claiming incitement to violence Israeli police have raided a long-established Palestinian-owned bookstore in east Jerusalem, detaining the owners and confiscating books about the decades-long conflict.

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Surge in earthquake activity prompts state of emergency on Greek island of Santorini Greece has declared a state of emergency on Santorini after hundreds of undersea earthquakes shook the resort island for nearly a week.

State of emergency declared on Greek island of Santorini as hundreds of earthquakes continue to strike the area.

By @dgatopoulos.bsky.social, recently returned from the quake zone.

#Greece #santorini #santorinivolcano #earthquake

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As quakes rattle Greek islands, a few brave tourists enjoy having Santorini to themselves More Greek islands closed schools Tuesday as hundreds of earthquakes ratted the Aegean Sea, while a handful of hardy tourists enjoyed having Santorini’s stunning views to themselves.

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By @dgatopoulos.bsky.social on #Santorini

Multiple earthquakes are rattling Greece's volcanic island of Santorini. Here's what we know Repeated earthquakes are rattling Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini. Scientists say the quakes aren't related to a slight increase in volcanic activity that has also been registered recently.

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Multiple tremors near Greek island of Santorini shut schools and put residents on edge A series of earthquakes near the Greek island of Santorini have led authorities to shut down schools, dispatch rescue teams with sniffer dogs and sent instructions to residents including a request to ...

Repeated earthquakes near Greece's volcanic island of Santorini prompt authorities to shut down schools, dispatch rescue crews, warn people to avoid indoor gatherings and ask hotels and residents to drain swimming pools.

#Greece #Santorini #volcano #earthquake

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The oldest evidence for lead pollution comes from ancient Greece Researchers have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution dating to around 5,200 years ago in ancient Greece.

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An unlikely symbol of cooperation, the barn owl brings Arab and Israeli scientists together A cross-border conservation project centered on barn owls is fostering cooperation between Israeli and Arab scientists, offering a rare example of coexistence in the conflict-ridden Middle East.

Soaring over borders and divisions, this ruthless predator is being used as an ecological alternative to pest control in farming - and bringing Arab and Israeli scientists together: The barn owl.

By @dgatopoulos.bsky.social

#MiddleEast #Israel #Arab #conservation

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‘We were raided regularly’: with Assad gone, banned books return to Syria’s shelves Under the deposed dictator, books had to pass detailed scrutiny by government censors To print a book in the days of the Bashar al-Assad regime, one first had to think of the censors. Was the book political in nature? Off to the ministry of information.…

‘We were raided regularly’: with Assad gone, banned books return to Syria’s shelves

A 2,000-year-old statue is found abandoned in a garbage bag in Greece Police in Greece say a marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old has been found abandoned in a garbage bag and handed to archaeologists.

2,000-year-old marble statue of a woman found in garbage bag in northern Greece.

#Greece #archaeology

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EU's migration commissioner in Athens for talks on migration pact, returns policy Magnus Brunner, the European Union’s new commissioner for migration and internal affairs, is in Athens to discuss the bloc's migration policies with Greece, which has long been one of the major entry ...

EU migration commissioner in Athens for talks on migration pact, returns policy

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Greece police arrest 2 women for allegedly stealing luggage from Athens airport's baggage claim area Greek police say they have arrested two women for allegedly stealing other passengers’ luggage from the baggage claim area in Athens’ international airport.

Suitcase snatchers: 2 women arrested for allegedly stealing other passengers' luggage at Athens airport's baggage claim.

#Greece #airport #travel

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BREAKING: The Qatari prime minister says Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire deal to pause the war in Gaza and release some hostages.

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Greece sees an outcry after police release a drunk driver later involved in a deadly crash Greece’s minister in charge of police says “all necessary sanctions” will be brought against officers on the island of Crete who failed to detain a driver found driving drunk and without a license who...

Outcry in #Greece after police release a drunk driver later involved in a crash that killed a 22-year-old.

“Panagiotis won’t be the last victim,” the 22-year-old's father said before his son’s funeral. “Because the mentality hasn’t changed, and it will never change.”

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