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JPMorgan posts record annual profits as major US banks thrive in the final quarter of 2024
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer JPMorgan's net income soared 50% to more than $14 billion in the fourth quarter as the bank's profit and...
Poland’s leader accuses Russia of planning acts of terror against ‘airlines over the world’
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk accused Russia on Wednesday of planning acts of sabotage worldwide that included...
US inflation picked up in December, though underlying price pressures ease slightly
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. inflation picked up last month as prices rose for gas, eggs, and used...
Israel supplied Iran with centrifuge platforms containing explosives, top official acknowledges
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel supplied Iran with centrifuge platforms containing explosives...
Featured News
Hamas OKs draft agreement of a Gaza ceasefire and the release of some hostages, officials say
By SAMY MAGDY and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of dozens of hostages, two officials involved in the talks said Tuesday. Mediators from the United States and Qatar said Israel and the Palestinian militant group were at the closest point yet to sealing a deal to bring them a step closer to ending 15 months of war. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the proposed agreement, and an Egyptian official and a Hamas official confirmed...
Editorials
Reforming Greece’s military
Tom Ellis Most Greek experts on military and security affairs, including many in uniform, have for years pointed out the need for a...
A practical man with ambitions for Greece
Alexis Papachelas The late premier Costas Simitis is very likely to win the one battle that no politician gets to see the outcome...
‘This is Greece!,’ Costas Simitis’ rallying cry
Nikos Konstandaras One of the late Costas Simitis’s most memorable comments, “This is Greece!,” was made in Parliament a few days after...
I am praying to God almost every day but I don’t seem to be getting the answers I want to hear.
From an Orthodox Christian perspective, the question of whether God is listening to our prayers opens up a profound discussion about the...
Τhe United States at a crossroads
John Mazis In a few days Donald Trump will become, again, president of the United States. As the elections revealed, about half of...
Dire fire warning for LA area pushed back as winds ease
By JAIMIE DING and JULIE WATSON and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Easing winds delivered a brief but much-needed...
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon detained in massive law-enforcement effort
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was detained in a massive law...
Russia’s top diplomat praises Trump’s views on Ukraine conflict
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's top diplomat said Tuesday that Moscow is open for talks with...
Biden moves to lift state sponsor of terrorism designation for Cuba, part of deal to free prisoners
By AAMER MADHANI, COLLEEN LONG, MATTHEW LEE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden notified Congress of...
US TikTok users flock to Chinese app Xiaohongshu in protest with TikTok ban looming
By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — As the threat of a TikTok ban looms, U.S. TikTok users are flocking to the Chinese social...
Mark Zuckerberg will cohost reception with Republican billionaires for Trump inauguration
By ZEKE MILLER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is cohosting a reception with billionaire...
Hamas OKs draft agreement of a Gaza ceasefire and the release of some hostages, officials say
By SAMY MAGDY and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and...
Dire fire warning for LA area pushed back as winds ease
By JAIMIE DING and JULIE WATSON and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Easing winds delivered a brief but much-needed...
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon detained in massive law-enforcement effort
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was detained in a massive law...
Russia’s top diplomat praises Trump’s views on Ukraine conflict
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's top diplomat said Tuesday that Moscow is open for talks with...
Biden moves to lift state sponsor of terrorism designation for Cuba, part of deal to free prisoners
By AAMER MADHANI, COLLEEN LONG, MATTHEW LEE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden notified Congress of...
US TikTok users flock to Chinese app Xiaohongshu in protest with TikTok ban looming
By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — As the threat of a TikTok ban looms, U.S. TikTok users are flocking to the Chinese social...
Editorials
Reforming Greece’s military
Tom Ellis Most Greek experts on military and security affairs, including many in uniform, have for years pointed out the need for a...
A practical man with ambitions for Greece
Alexis Papachelas The late premier Costas Simitis is very likely to win the one battle that no politician gets to see the outcome...
‘This is Greece!,’ Costas Simitis’ rallying cry
Nikos Konstandaras One of the late Costas Simitis’s most memorable comments, “This is Greece!,” was made in Parliament a few days after...
I am praying to God almost every day but I don’t seem to be getting the answers I want to hear.
From an Orthodox Christian perspective, the question of whether God is listening to our prayers opens up a profound discussion about the...
Τhe United States at a crossroads
John Mazis In a few days Donald Trump will become, again, president of the United States. As the elections revealed, about half of...
World News
Britain’s Princess of Wales says her cancer is in remission
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Princess of Wales said Tuesday that her cancer is in remission after she spent the day supporting other cancer patients at the hospital where she received treatment. In a statement on social media, she offered her thanks to everyone who helped her and her husband, Prince William, as they navigated the ups and downs of treatment and recovery. Earlier, the princess, usually known simply as Kate, hugged patients at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London and described her own treatment as...
Why is Spain considering a 100% tax on homes bought by non-EU buyers?
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain is planning a raft of measures to address its brewing housing crisis, including an up to 100% tax on properties bought by people who are neither citizens nor residents of the European Union....
Zelenskyy, Macron discuss Western troop deployment in Ukraine before German defense chief visits
By YEHOR KONOVALOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he has held further discussions with French President Emmanuel Macron about the possibility of Western troops deploying in Ukraine to safeguard any peace deal...
Irregular migration into the European Union fell sharply last year, border agency says
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The number of irregular border crossings into the European Union fell significantly in 2024, according to the bloc's border control agency Frontex, something which it attributed to intensified cooperation against...
Why is Spain considering a 100% tax on homes bought by non-EU buyers?
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain is planning a raft of measures to address its brewing housing crisis, including an up to 100% tax on properties bought by people who are neither citizens nor residents of the European Union....
Zelenskyy, Macron discuss Western troop deployment in Ukraine before German defense chief visits
By YEHOR KONOVALOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he has held further discussions with French President Emmanuel Macron about the possibility of Western troops deploying in Ukraine to safeguard any peace deal...
Irregular migration into the European Union fell sharply last year, border agency says
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The number of irregular border crossings into the European Union fell significantly in 2024, according to the bloc's border control agency Frontex, something which it attributed to intensified cooperation against...
GREECE and Cyprus
Foreign Ministry: ‘Dodecanese islands status governed by the 1947 Paris Peace Treaty’
Newsroom Greece’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded on Tuesday to remarks by Turkish far-right Nationalist Movement Party leader Devlet Bahceli, who questioned Greece’s sovereignty over the Dodecanese islands in the southeastern Aegean, with a statement...
Three factories southeast of Athens engulfed in flames
Newsroom A fire that started at a factory in Koropi, southeast of Athens, on Tuesday afternoon has spread to two additional facilities....
Mitsotakis calls on European Commission to move faster to reduce energy prices
Newsroom Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has written to Ursula Von der Leyen to request that the European Commission consider new ways...
PM to meet President Wednesday, head of state nomination imminent
Newsroom Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will meet with President Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Wednesday at the Presidential Palace in...
U.S. News
Trump’s Cabinet picks are set for Senate hearings. Here’s the schedule
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press After the initial crush of personnel announcements for President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration, now the nominations process officially begins. Senate hearings are scheduled this week for several of Trump's picks for the Cabinet. Many nominees have met with senators individually. Now, they will go before the committees overseeing the agencies that Trump wants them to run. Here's a look at the schedule for Senate hearings set so far, in Eastern time: Wednesday 9:30 a.m.: Pam Bondi,...
Speaker Johnson orders US Capitol flags raised to full height for Trump’s inauguration
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday ordered that flags at the U.S. Capitol be raised to their full height on Inauguration Day, pausing a 30-day flag-lowering order following the death of former President Jimmy Carter. The Republican...
SEC sues Elon Musk, saying he didn’t disclose Twitter ownership on time before buying it
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has sued billionaire Elon Musk, saying he failed to disclose his ownership of Twitter stock in a timely manner in early 2022, before buying the social media site. As a result, the SEC...
NCAA to dole out $1.2B to help pay for House settlement. Its president asks for Congress to step in
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Stressing his own organization's ability to pay out $1.2 billion over 10 years to help settle an industry-changing lawsuit, NCAA President Charlie Baker also urged Congress to pass legislation that could put...
Speaker Johnson orders US Capitol flags raised to full height for Trump’s inauguration
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday ordered that flags at the U.S. Capitol be raised to their full height on Inauguration Day, pausing a 30-day flag-lowering order following the death of former President Jimmy Carter. The Republican...
SEC sues Elon Musk, saying he didn’t disclose Twitter ownership on time before buying it
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has sued billionaire Elon Musk, saying he failed to disclose his ownership of Twitter stock in a timely manner in early 2022, before buying the social media site. As a result, the SEC...
NCAA to dole out $1.2B to help pay for House settlement. Its president asks for Congress to step in
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Stressing his own organization's ability to pay out $1.2 billion over 10 years to help settle an industry-changing lawsuit, NCAA President Charlie Baker also urged Congress to pass legislation that could put...
BUSINESS
How David Navazio Reimagined an Industry and Built a Global Health Care Empire His Way
David Navazio, President & CEO of Gentell, Inc., based in Yardley, Pennsylvania, has become a transformative figure in the wound care...
US interest in Golden Visa has surged by 50% after Trump’s election
Newsroom The Trump effect and the imminent ending of Spain’s Golden Visa scheme continue to boost American interest in Greece’s five-year...
The tax deadline for some small businesses affected by disasters in 2024 is drawing near
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The tax deadline for some small businesses affected by severe weather in 2024 is...
How David Navazio Reimagined an Industry and Built a Global Health Care Empire His Way
David Navazio, President & CEO of Gentell, Inc., based in Yardley, Pennsylvania, has become a transformative figure in the wound care...
US interest in Golden Visa has surged by 50% after Trump’s election
Newsroom The Trump effect and the imminent ending of Spain’s Golden Visa scheme continue to boost American interest in Greece’s five-year...
The tax deadline for some small businesses affected by disasters in 2024 is drawing near
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The tax deadline for some small businesses affected by severe weather in 2024 is...
Capital One sued by US watchdog alleging bank cheated customers out of $2 billion
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. watchdog is suing Capital One for allegedly misleading consumers...
Southwest pauses some hiring and summer internships as the airline looks to reduce costs
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Southwest Airlines said Tuesday that it would put the filling of some jobs and summer internships...
GREEK DIASPORA NEWS
Tsitsipas promises to return to meet Melbourne Greek community school students
Newsroom The Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) recently welcomed Stefanos Tsitsipas to the Greek Centre ahead of the Australian Open. GCM President Bill Papastergiadis, along with vice president Michael Karamitos, treasurer Marinis Pirpiris, board member Manuel...
Hundreds celebrate Epiphany with Greek festival and blessing of the waters at Henley Beach
Newsroom Hundreds gathered at Henley Beach Foreshore on Sunday to take part in the 2025 Henley Beach Greek Festival and Blessing of the Waters, an annual event organized by the Greek Orthodox Community of South Australia (GOCSA) as part of the Epiphany Day...
Semaphore Greek Festival 2025: A vibrant celebration of Greek culture
Newsroom The Semaphore Greek Festival 2025 is fast approaching, taking place on January 18 and 19 at Semaphore Foreshore, South Australia, The Greek Herald reports. Widely regarded as one of the state’s most cherished summer events, the festival promises an exciting...
Tsitsipas promises to return to meet Melbourne Greek community school students
Newsroom The Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) recently welcomed Stefanos Tsitsipas to the Greek Centre ahead of the Australian Open. GCM President Bill Papastergiadis, along with vice president Michael Karamitos, treasurer Marinis Pirpiris, board member Manuel...
Hundreds celebrate Epiphany with Greek festival and blessing of the waters at Henley Beach
Newsroom Hundreds gathered at Henley Beach Foreshore on Sunday to take part in the 2025 Henley Beach Greek Festival and Blessing of the Waters, an annual event organized by the Greek Orthodox Community of South Australia (GOCSA) as part of the Epiphany Day...
Semaphore Greek Festival 2025: A vibrant celebration of Greek culture
Newsroom The Semaphore Greek Festival 2025 is fast approaching, taking place on January 18 and 19 at Semaphore Foreshore, South Australia, The Greek Herald reports. Widely regarded as one of the state’s most cherished summer events, the festival promises an exciting...
Religion
I am praying to God almost every day but I don’t seem to be getting the answers I want to hear.
From an Orthodox Christian perspective, the question of whether God is listening to our prayers opens up a profound discussion about the nature of prayer, God's response, and the relationship between humanity and divinity. In exploring this topic, we can delve into...
Archbishop Anastasios of Albania in critical condition after emergency surgery
Newsroom Archbishop Anastasios of Albania remains in critical condition after undergoing emergency surgery on Friday to address severe internal bleeding. The 95-year-old archbishop, who has been hospitalized at Evangelismos Hospital for eight days, was transferred...
Wounded Ukrainian soldiers find solace in Greek monasteries
Alexandros Avramidis The Ukrainian soldiers arrived in Greece with marks of war – one with a head scar, another with both legs amputated above the knee, some with invisible mental wounds from a three-year conflict that has ravaged their homeland. The men, 22 in all,...
I am praying to God almost every day but I don’t seem to be getting the answers I want to hear.
From an Orthodox Christian perspective, the question of whether God is listening to our prayers opens up a profound discussion about the nature of prayer, God's response, and the relationship between humanity and divinity. In exploring this topic, we can delve into...
Archbishop Anastasios of Albania in critical condition after emergency surgery
Newsroom Archbishop Anastasios of Albania remains in critical condition after undergoing emergency surgery on Friday to address severe internal bleeding. The 95-year-old archbishop, who has been hospitalized at Evangelismos Hospital for eight days, was transferred...
Wounded Ukrainian soldiers find solace in Greek monasteries
Alexandros Avramidis The Ukrainian soldiers arrived in Greece with marks of war – one with a head scar, another with both legs amputated above the knee, some with invisible mental wounds from a three-year conflict that has ravaged their homeland. The men, 22 in all,...
Travel & Tourism
Greece hotel pools set to switch to seawater on drought-hit islands
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Hotels on Greek islands may be filling their swimming pools with seawater this summer in response to worsening drought conditions, under new legislation being debated in parliament. Greece has faced acute drought conditions over the past two...
Greece’s tourism hits record highs, offering optimism for 2025
Newsroom As 2024 concludes, Greece’s tourism sector celebrates record-breaking achievements while navigating pressing challenges. With...
€9.9 mln upgrade planned for Karpenisi ski center
Newsroom Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni has signed the investment plan for upgrading the facilities at the Karpenisi ski center in...
Record year for airports in Cyprus
Newsroom Passenger traffic at Larnaca and Paphos airports hit an all-time high in 2024, marking a milestone for Cyprus’ travel sector,...
Lifestyle
Jon Hamm of ‘Mad Men’ fame is named Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Actor Jon Hamm, who came to fame starring as ad executive Don Draper on the AMC series "Mad Men," was named Tuesday as the 2025 Man of the Year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals. The theater group, which dates to 1844 and claims...
Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived
By HILLEL ITALIE and CHRIS PIZZELLO Associated Press ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los...
Melissa Rivers recounts grabbing valued possessions before Pacific Palisades fire burned home down
By JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press Melissa Rivers recalled how swiftly the California wildfires spread, forcing the county's Ready, Set, Go...
Mission to moon carries tiny red Swedish home to space
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish artist is about to have the dream of a lifetime fulfilled: A little red model house he created will be launched...