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Greece qualify for Rugby League World Cup for the first timeGreece will make their debut at the 2021 Rugby League World Cup in England after thrashing Serbia 82-6 in Belgrade.Full-back Chaise Robinson scored a hat-trick as the visitors, ranked 16th in the world, ran in 16 tries to secure the final European qualifying spot.Greece are currently not allowed to play matches in their home country as the government and the Hellenic Modern Pentathlon Federation (HMPF), who claim governance of the sport, do not recognise the Greek Rugby League Association.Police have been called to matches, facilities were made near impossible to acquire and as such, the sport continues to operate on an 'estranged' basis.The waters are muddied slightly as Tasos Pantazidis - the president of the HMPF - used to be in charge of the Hellenic Rugby League Federation before its member status was withdrawn by the Rugby League European Federation over concerns about mismanagement.It adds a sour note to a historic qualification that Greece - into the major competition for the first time - cannot celebrate its achievements before its own people.
Study reveals huge genetic diversity among ancient Romans, who had more in common with people from Greece, Syria and Lebanon than western Europeans
‘We are running out of time’: Murder and corruption threaten Europe’s last great forestsHome to Europe’s largest swath of pristine, old-growth forests, Romania’s otherwise idyllic woodlands have become the perhaps unlikely setting for a series of murders – pitting the “wood mafia” against those trying to protect these ancient ecosystems. Encompassing some 7 million hectares of total forest cover, around half a million of which are old-growth, this “Amazon of Europe” supports the continent’s biggest brown bear population, and carnivores such as wolves and lynx. But this largely unspoilt wilderness, under threat from illegal logging, is now mired in a battle involving violence and corruption, culminating in the recent murder of two forest rangers.
Full text of Xi's signed article on Greek newspaper A signed article by Chinese President Xi Jinping titled "Let Wisdom of Ancient Civilizations Shine Through the Future" was published Sunday on Greek newspaper Kathimerini (The Daily) ahead of his state visit to the European country.An English version of the full text of the article is as follows:
Greek sympathy for refugees and migrants wanes as arrivals riseNew right-wing government tightens restrictions and threatens to start deportations
Europe’s other wall: How militarised barrier continues to divide Cyprus, 30 years after Berlin’s came downSoldiers and UN peacekeepers still patrol bitterly contested frontier which runs through central NicosiaThirty years after the Berlin Wall came down, the bullet-riddled sandstone walls and concrete machine gun nests dotting Cyprus‘ no man’s land are a jarring reminder that Europe still hosts the world’s last divided capital.The bustling medieval centre of Nicosia remains cut in half by a United Nations administered buffer zone, the most visible scar from the 1974 war which split the island nation in two.Following a coup launched by Cypriots who favoured union with Greece, Turkey invaded and established a breakaway state in Northern Cyprus.Despite a ceasefire ending the conflict just weeks later, the final positions of the two armies remains as the so-called Green Line, which is still patrolled by soldiers on both sides.
The tiger next door: America’s backyard big catsThere are more tigers in American gardens than there are left in the wild.
NHS hospitals fighting hidden drugs war as patients order class A narcotics for delivery to their beds ‘like pizza’Exclusive: The number of hospital admissions in England for heroin and opioid poisoning has soared by 121 per cent
QuoteThe tiger next door: America’s backyard big catsThere are more tigers in American gardens than there are left in the wild.https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/nov/10/the-tiger-next-door-americas-backyard-big-cats
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