1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (291+ words) Melbourne Greek Community president describes hours of warm conversation, laughter and personal moments with the Patriarch during a landmark Constantinople visit Staff writers 13 September 2026 12:49pm The President of the Greek Community of Melbourne, Bill Papastergiadis, recently met with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (509+ words) With an average global surface air temperature of 16.96C, August tied with July 2023 as the world’s hottest month on record Kate Abnett and Marta Fiorin (Reuters) 10 September 2026 3:07pm The world just experienced its joint-hottest month since records began, with August pushing the…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (415+ words) Jacob Coxon’s resignation went viral, warning that frontier AI is advancing faster than the safety net around it — and some of his former colleagues say he’s right Staff writers 10 September 2026 2:45pm A dramatic resignation from one of the world’s leading artificial…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (246+ words) Staff writers 8 September 2026 2:46pm The assassination of Greece’s first governor, Ioannis Kapodistrias, will be the focus of the next instalment of the 2026 Greek History and Culture Seminars at The Greek Centre in Melbourne. Political scientist Jonathan Zervis will present The Assassination…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1630+ words) Pavlos Pamborides’ unsettling novella turns a young conscript’s watch on Nicosia’s Green Line into an examination of memory, inherited trauma and the stories nations tell themselves Nelly Skoufatoglou 8 September 2026 1:37pm There is a river beneath Nicosia that almost nobody can see....

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (503+ words) Emma Farge (Reuters) 8 September 2026 10:32am UN rights chief Volker ‌Turk has warned that artificial intelligence could pose a threat to humanity, and pledged to press AI firms to reduce risks that his office said included disruptions ‌to services, communications and democratic…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (821+ words) Mediterranean Greek Tavern says it will continue bringing Greek and Jewish communities together despite a barrage of online abuse, antisemitic attacks and a bomb threat Fotis Kapetopoulos 8 September 2026 10:40am A Greek restaurant in Melbourne has come under a barrage of abuse…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (406+ words) Volodymyr Zelenskiy is hoping to secure more peace negotiations in the hope of ending the four-and-a half year war before Ukraine’s harsh winter sets in DPA 8 September 2026 10:30am Following the recent visit by US mediators to Moscow and Kiev, Ukrainian President…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1014+ words) Theofanis Malkidis 8 September 2026 9:50am Since 1459, Samothrace had been under Ottoman rule and its strategic location at the exit from the Straits and the Aegean Seas had made it a central part of the conquerors’ policy. However, this did not prevent local…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (786+ words) Staff writers 1 September 2026 2:18pm Historian and author Dr Themistocles Kritikakos returned to his former school, St John’s College, for Book Week, bringing with him his latest book, which grew from academic interests first nurtured during his time at the school. Speaking…...