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Apr 4, 2025 - World

Greek holiday spots Paros and Mykonos receive a month’s rainfall within hours, causing flash floods and damageA series of powerful thunderstorms erupted in the Aegean Sea on Monday and Tuesday, bringing torrential rain and bursts of hail to several popular holiday and tourist destinations.The most severe storms on Monday were concentrated across the Cyclades islands in the south, where the islands of Paros and Mykonos were reported to have received at least a month’s rainfall, much of which fell within three hours. The resultant flash flooding swept vehicles and debris through streets and washed boats away from the shore, and 13 people were rescued by firefighters after becoming trapped by flood water. Authorities issued a travel ban restricting road use to emergency vehicles only, and ferry services were also disrupted. Continue reading...

Apr 4, 2025 - World

Greece’s coast guard says a search and rescue operation off an eastern island near the Turkish coast has still not found any trace of a child reported missing after a rubber dinghy carrying migrants sank

Apr 4, 2025 - World

Reaction to a court verdict ousting South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol from office was a vivid window into the nation’s deep political divisions

Apr 4, 2025 - World

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has announced his intention to withdraw his country from the International Criminal Court

Apr 4, 2025 - World

The Thai army has filed a criminal complaint against an American scholar working in Thailand, alleging that he insulted the country’s monarchy