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DNA Reveals Indigenous Mexicans Migrated to California 5,200 Years Ago
Over five thousand years ago, hunter-gatherers from Mexico moved to California. A recent genetic study suggests those indigenous Mexicans might have brought unique languages from the south about a thousand years earlier than previously thought.
This new discovery questions the...
Environment
How Climate Change Weakened the Ottoman Empire
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At its peak, the Ottoman Empire spanned three continents, controlling a vast part of Southeastern Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.
Europe
EU Reaches ‘Historic’ Migration Deal
EU home affairs ministers reached a migration deal described as historic by officials that would see EU states pay €20,000 for each migrant they refuse to host.
Swedish immigration minister Maria Malmer Stenergard, who chaired the talks in Luxembourg on...
Greek News
Greece Stopped 154,000 Migrants from Entering This Year
Greece has prevented more than 154,000 irregular migrants from entering the country this year, Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis said on Sunday.
Some fifty thousand people attempted to cross the Turkish-Greek border in August alone, he told Greek daily Eleftheros...
Diaspora
Demetrios Papademetriou, Top Scholar on Migration, Dies at 75
Demetrios Papademetriou, a leading scholar on international migration, passed away last Wednesday at the age of 75 according to a statement released by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), where he served as President Emeritus until his death.
He is survived...
Diplomacy
Pope Francis: Greece Helped Humanity Expand its Horizons
Pope Francis, who began a three-day visit to Greece on Saturday, spoke warmly about the hosting nation and its contribution to humanity at a ceremony held in the Presidential Mansion in Athens.
Addressing Greece's President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis,...
Greek News
Number of Migrants at Greek Islands Drops by Two-Thirds
Greece announced on Tuesday that the number of migrants and asylum seekers residing at Greek island facilities has dropped by 76 percent compared to October 2020.
According to figures released by the Migration & Asylum Ministry, the number of asylum...
Europe
EUMED 9 Summit Tackles Climate Change, Immigration Challenges
Leaders from nine Mediterranean nations held a summit in Athens called the EUMED 9 on Friday afternoon to address issues such as climate change, migration, Turkey and Afghanistan, among others.
The EUMED 9 enabled representatives from Spain, Portugal, France, Italy,...
Greek News
Border Crisis Heightens for Biden as Thousands Camp Under Bridge
Over 10,000 migrants trying to make their way into the United States are now camped under the Del Rio, Texas bridge separating Mexico and the United States in the latest border crisis, with thousands more apparently on the way...
Greek News
Greece Completes 40-km Fence at Border with Turkey
Greece completed earlier in the week a 40-km (25 mile) fence on its border with Turkey and a new surveillance system was in place to stop possible asylum seekers from trying to reach Europe following the Taliban's takeover of...