Israel is among countries that have sent rescue teams to help put out the massive fires raging across Greece, with planes dropping significant amounts of water from the air in close coordination with Greek authorities. “The Israeli team carried out the mission successfully and the operational and professional cooperation allowed us to meet tight deadlines. Our main goal was to put out the fires, prevent further outbreaks, and despite harsh weather conditions, we achieved our goal,” said Superintendent Chaim Bar-Gil of the Israel Police Air Division, who served as mission commander. The fires ravaging Greece have also affected dozens of…
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Local residents watch the forest fire in the village of Avantas, near the town of Alexandroupolis, in the region of Evros, northeastern Greece, August 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Achilleas Chiras ) A firefighter evacuates a goat during a forest fire in Acharnes, a northern suburb of Athens, Greece, August 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) A view of flames as a forest burns, in the village of Dikela, near the town of Alexandroupolis, in the northeastern region of Evros, Greece, August 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Achilleas Chiras) Firefighters and residents try to put out a fire in the town…
LONDON (AP) — The British Museum was alerted more than two years ago to a possible theft or disappearance of valuables when an art historian became suspicious of items for sale on eBay. But museum director Hartwig Fischer said on Friday he had not taken the whistleblower’s warning seriously enough and announced his resignation as investigators try to determine what happened to hundreds of missing pieces, including gold jewelry, semi-precious stones and antiques dating back to the 15th century BC “It is apparent that the British Museum has not responded as fully as it should have to the 2021 warnings…
The public unveiling of the Statue of Liberty took place at 3 p.m. on February 11, 1951, a cold Sunday during the Boy Scouts’ birthday week. The Lady’s replica was erected atop Chimborazo Hill in Richmond’s East End thanks to a catalyst for commemorations and a public display of patriotism. The “Strengthen the Arm of Freedom” campaign coincided with the Boy Scouts of America’s 40th anniversary in 1949. At that time, JP “Jack” Whitaker was president of his automotive battery cable company, as well as commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America. Kansas. The City Regional Council was considering how…
By Michael DempseyBusiness Technology JournalistJuly 4, 2023image sources, Getty ImagesLegend, Leo Apotheker during his short reign at Hewlett-Packard in 2011Why is Europe failing to replicate the dazzling achievements of Silicon Valley?“We are not just a bunch of incompetent Europeans who are only good at going to the beach,” says Leo Apotheker.Mr. Apotheker ran SAP, a German enterprise software company that became dominant in its field. He was also for a short period CEO of the American giant Hewlett-Packard.He believes that Europe has a lot to offer.Partially retired, the 69-year-old divides his time between Paris and London and has spent the…
More than 1,000 tourists and local residents were evacuated by sea to the island of Rhodes on Saturday evening, far from fires burning persistently near tourist resorts in Kiotari and Lardo regions, ANA reports. On the beaches of Kiotari and Lardo, three Hellenic Coastguard vessels, a lifeguard boat and more than 30 private sailboats were evacuating people under the direction of coastguard officials. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was chairing an emergency meeting at the National Center for the Coordination of Operations and Crisis Management, at the Civil Protection headquarters in Athens, early Saturday evening. Officials from the armed forces…
August 25, 2023 Monroe County is the first in the state and one of the first in the nation to offer a vape and e-cigarette elimination program for residents and schools. See the full press release (PDF) Spanish language version (PDF) Ecopark website Today, Monroe County Executive Adam Bello announced that more than 5,500 vape and e-cigarette devices have been collected from the Monroe County/WM Ecopark since its launch in August 2022. That equates to more than 340 pounds of devices transported to a Clean Harbors facility. for safe disposal. Two-thirds of vapes collected in the past year come from…
A new case of the face and partial brain of Anadoluvius turkae, a fossil hominid – the group that includes African apes and humans – from the Çorakyerler fossil site located in central Anatolia, Turkey. Credit: Sevim-Erol, A., Begun, DR, Sözer, Ç.S. et al.Anadoluvius existed nearly 9 million years ago and is the ancestor of living African apes and humans.The recent discovery of a fossilized ape from a site in Turkey, 8.7 million years old, challenges long-held ideas about human origins. This discovery supports the hypothesis that the ancestors of African apes and humans may have evolved in Europe and…
The attraction’s visitor numbers have increased by 70 percent in the past month, giving a taste of what’s to come this summer without crowd control. The Acropolis cannot help but elicit a sense of wonder in visitors.ADVERTISEMENTBut when Caroline Kutek visited the famous archaeological site of Athens recently, she’s had a hard time ignoring the crowds.“The wait and the number of people here are really overwhelming,” said the 30-year-old American customer service operator.She stood in plain sight of hundreds of people queuing on the way up to the 2,500-year-old monument, an all-too-common sight.Australian sales assistant Jackie Zachary admitted she did…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, currently in Greece, received the Grand Cross of the Order of Honor on Friday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the Grand Cross of the Order of Honor in Greece on Friday. Photo courtesy: Narendra Modi X Page This honor was bestowed on him by Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou. The Order of Honor was created in 1975. The head of the goddess Athena is depicted on the front of the star with the inscription “ONLY THE RIGHTEOUS SHOULD BE HONORED”. Traditionally, this honor is bestowed by the President of Greece on prime ministers and eminent personalities for…