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Greece tests drone drug delivery for remote regionsGreece on Tuesday tested a drone to deliver medicines to isolated places in an environmentally friendly way, sending the unmanned vehicle to a 200-person village.The red drone with four rotor blades took off from the northwestern Greek city of Trikala and flew 3 kilometers (0.5 miles) to Leptokarya. It made two stops, landing outside a pharmacy and in a farmer's field.
Nearly one third of Australia’s koala population has been lost in three yearsAustralia has lost nearly a third of its koala population over the last three years, according to new figures.Droughts, heatwaves and bushfires have all contributed to the decline, the Australian Koala Foundation said.
Etna Volcano Erupts Again; Smog Reaches GreeceItaly’s Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, erupted again on Tuesday generating an ash plume that quickly rose to almost 15,000 feet (4,500 meters) altitude.There have been no reports of damage till now.
Cyprus leads Greece with 645 cars per 1000 inhabitantsCyprus is among EU countries with the highest number of cars per 1000 inhabitants at 645 beating Greece who is cruising at 504 cars, according to the latest data from Eurostat.Luxembourg leads the race for the last 30 years with the highest motorisation rate among the EU Member States with 681 passenger cars per thousand inhabitants recorded in 2019. In contrast, the lowest motorisation rates were found in Romania (357 cars), Latvia (381 cars) and Hungary (390 cars).
Robert Fyfe: Last of the Summer Wine actor dies at 90Actor Robert Fyfe, best known for playing Howard in sitcom Last of the Summer Wine for 25 years, has died at the age of 90.Fyfe joined the long-running BBC show in 1985 and remained until its final episode in 2010.Howard Sibshaw was Pearl's henpecked husband who was always trying to hide his passionate affair with Marina.
Thousands entitled to £8,900 pay out after DWP pension blundersThousands of pensioners are owed £8,900 after being underpaid due to repeated human errors, complex rules and outdated IT systems, a spending watchdog has ruled.