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Former PASOK Minister Vasso Papandreou has passed away at the age of 80. She had been facing serious health issues in recent years.

Her funeral will take place on Saturday, October 19, at 3:00 PM in Valimitika, Aigio.

Floods have been tearing a path of destruction across the globe, hammering Kenya, submerging Dubai, and forcing hundreds of thousands of people from Russia to China, Brazil and Somalia from their homes.

The heat wave threatens human health and makes the terrain suitable for fires.
Last week's heat wave named Kerber is followed by a new one that Italian forecasters named Charon, after the ferryman of Hades from Greek mythology who transports souls to the underworld.

Russia's Sputnik V vaccine was 91.6% effective in preventing people from developing COVID-19, according to peer-reviewed results from its late-stage clinical trial published in The Lancent international medical journal on Tuesday.

While people have been confined to their homes this spring, wildlife has faced less human disturbance, traffic and polluting fumes. In Israel, wild boar are venturing further into the city of Haifa than before, while dolphins are increasingly braving the Bosphorus, the Turkish narrows that normally serves as a busy shipping route.

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Why is it so hot?

Archaeologists in Nazareth where Jesus lived have identified a 1st-century-home as the place where Jesus spent his childhood years with Mary and Joseph. The house, located in modern-day Israel, is made of mortar-and-stone walls cut into a rocky hillside.