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Exclusive: Hear the Drive-By Truckers Play Their Best Album Live at a Tiny Bar in Athens, Georgia in 2002
Tonight, when the Truckers perform on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, they'll be joined onstage for the first time in nearly twenty years by Isbell, whose post-DBT redemption...
Activist flotilla seeking to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza says drones attacked its boats
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Activists taking part in a flotilla seeking to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza said Wednesday that some of their boats were attacked by drones...
Greek island sees surge in migrant boat arrivals despite harsher detention policy
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece say more than 120 migrants were intercepted off the island of Crete early Monday, the latest in a series of arrivals despite...
Greece, Spain and Portugal race to contain wildfires as EU steps up cross-border help
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Fire crews in Greece, Spain and Portugal raced Thursday to contain wildfires, taking advantage of calmer winds that slowed the blazes’ advance. Much of southern...
Parts of Athens evacuated after more than 50 wildfires in 24 hours
Parts of Athens have been evacuated after more than 50 wildfires broke out in 24 hours, fuelled by dry conditions, high winds and extreme temperatures.People living in the suburb...
Footballer George Baldock died from drowning in his own pool in Athens, inquest finds
Former Sheffield United and MK Dons footballer George Baldock died from drowning in his own swimming pool, an inquest has found.The 31-year-old died as the result of an accident...
Greek parliament passes suspension of asylum claims despite international criticism
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s parliament approved a three-month suspension of asylum claims for migrants arriving from Libya on Friday, despite strong criticism from the United Nations refugee agency...
Goods delivered by nuclear power? UN agency chief meets Greek shipowners to discuss the idea
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi, met with Greek shipowners on Thursday to discuss the potential use of nuclear power...
What Executive Shopping Director Libby Page Packed—And Wore!—to Cos’s Athens Show
Cosregular longline linen-blend blazerSteameryCirrus X handheld steamerDay 1: See it and Shop it!Photo: Courtesy of Sandra Semburg Two morning coffees to fight jet lag and I was very much...
Rescuers search for a girl missing after a migrant boat sank near Greek island
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard said Friday that a search and rescue operation off an eastern island near the Turkish coast had still not found any trace...
Greek rights groups call for criminal charges over deadly 2023 migrant shipwreck
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Rights groups are demanding criminal charges be brought against members of Greece’s coast guard over a deadly 2023 migrant shipwreck, after the country's ombudsman released...
Greece says 66 migrants arrive on southern island of Crete after sailing from the Libyan coast
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities said Thursday they had found 66 migrants in two locations on the southern Greek island of Crete who had sailed to the island...