Published on 21/06/2026 – 7:14 GMT+2 On the island of Andros, visitors can explore five monasteries, including the oldest monastery in the Aegean Sea: the Holy Monastery of Panachrantos and Saint Panteleimon. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Perched at an altitude of 600 meters on the northern slopes of Mount Gerakones, the monastery stands proudly like a fortress,…
In 2026, in an effort to accelerate change, Fifa introduced new rules, external for women’s tournaments. The regulations state at least one member of medical staff must be female and at least one coach must be a woman. At the match between Curacao and Germany, for the first time in men’s World Cup history, there…
Available for over a year Capita chiefs promised MPs on the Public Accounts Committee it would fix long-running problems with its administration of one of the biggest pension schemes in the country by the end of this month. Tens of thousands of retired and serving civil servants have been reporting long delays to payments, leading…
There is a clever conceit underlying Douglas Maxwell’s sparky romantic comedy. It imagines the possibility of a sexually charged relationship being sustained without physical contact. Played out on stage, this improbable idea hits home on two levels. Meeting at a 21st birthday party in 1995, two students – one law, one media studies – agree…
Reuters Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama, Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and other dignitaries attend a wreath-laying event at the Christiansborg Castle, a former slave post, during a high-level consultative conference on the next steps to the landmark United Nations resolution on the trafficking of enslaved Africans, in Accra, Ghana, June 19, 2026 Source:…
The team shuffles onto the bus outside their senior living community in Tulsa, Okla., wearing game-day jerseys that feature an American flag with white pins and a red bowling ball. They are the U.V. Okies, a local sensation. Just a half-mile down the road await the underdogs, the Burgundy Place Strikers, who are angling to…
Published on 19/06/2026 – 16:10 GMT+2 Being a pop star must be pretty great for the most part – the travel, the money, the adoring fans screaming your lyrics back at you… But there’s a less glamorous reality that stardom doesn’t prepare you for, according to Olivia Rodrigo: the smells. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Specifically, the poopy,…
Andy Burnham has won the Makerfield by-election, paving the way for him to challenge Sir Keir Starmer as Labour leader. “Everyone knows that politics isn’t working,” he says in his acceptance speech. “Tonight could, just could, be the turning point”. Burnham previously said he would seek to enter any Labour leadership contest, where he would…
Wordle is a simple game in many respects. The vast majority of users play using the default settings, where you can guess any letter on any turn. But a smaller slice of players (you may be one) choose to play in “hard mode,” which adds a major constraint: Any revealed hints must be used in…
The appealing Zoey Deutch is the best reason to watch “Voicemails for Isabelle.” Written and directed by Leah McKendrick (who also plays a small, amusing role), the movie begins as a tear-jerker and morphs into a rom-com with poignant notes. Deutch plays Jill, a pastry chef whose inspiration is her sister, Isabelle, who died recently….
