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May 22, 2025
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Greece Earthquake: 6.1 magnitude earthquake hits Greece’s Crete, second in a week | World News

A powerful 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Greek island of Crete at 8.49 AM (local time) on Thursday, news agency ANI reported.According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the quake struck 82 kilometres (51 miles) northeast of Crete’s capital, Heraklion, at a depth of 68 kilometres beneath the seabed.So far, there have […]

April 24, 2025
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World

Greece beefs up firefighting force ahead of fire season: PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis | World News

Kyriakos Mitsotakis (File photo) ATHENS: Greece will deploy the largest firefighting force in its history for a menacing fire season that has already seen over a thousand blazes break out, the prime minister said Thursday.“For 2025, we have the largest number of men and women in the fire service,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during […]