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Cultural Cross Hatchings | Online | March 9
Theologian and religious historian Vasilis Adrahtas will be delivering a lecture from the University of Sydney on "Myths and Dreamings: Cross Hatchings between Ancient Greece and Indigenous Australia," exploring the similarities in the underlying hierophanics between the two cultures.
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Australia Develops a New Drug Which Can Prevent Deaths From COVID-19
An experimental drug developed by an Australian researcher could help prevent deaths from COVID-19 by controlling the formation of blood clots responsible for breathing difficulties, organ failure, stroke and heart attack.
Australia Closes Several Embassies due to the “Extremely Harmful Air Pollution”
Australia's wildfires have led to the closure of a number of embassies in the Canberra capital, where local authorities have threatened to smoke in the area over the weekend due to hot and windy weather, the Financial Times reports.
The head of the Estonian Diplomatic Mission in Australia, Kersti Eesmaa, confirmed that the Estonian Embassy has moved to Sydney.
Fires in Australia have Killed at least One Billion Animals
At least one billion animals have been killed in the fires in Australia since September last year till today, according to a local environmentalist, DPA reported.
Half a Million Animals Killed in Fires in Australia
More than 500,000 animals have been killed in wildfires in Australia, NOVA reports.
The accounts are from environmentalists at the University of Sydney, published by Evening Standard.
Worldwide 'Catastrophic Collapse' of Insects According to a Study
Nearly half of all insect species worldwide are in rapid decline and a third could disappear altogether, according to a study warning of dire consequences for crop pollination and natural food chains, reports AFP.
Greek Cinema: Greek Film Culture Revisited by Vrasidas Karalis
Vrasidas Karalis holds the Sir Nicholas Laurantos’ Chair in Modern Greek and Byzantine Studies at the University of Sydney.
China Is a "Bully" McCain says
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Arizona Republican Senator John McCain, hired for a speaking engagement in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, portrayed China's foreign policy moves as that of a schoolyard tormentor.
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Lakos, academic in charge of school books, likens Macedonian heroes to jihadists
Education Minister Nikos Filis set off vibrations in Greek society when he said that the ethnic cleansing of the Pontian community could not be considered genocide. Now, Antonis Lakos, the man redesigning the Greek Ministry of Education, believes that Greeks were similar to jihadists when they acted against Jews and Bulgarians.
Aussie archeologists find 3rd century BC theater on Cyprus
Australian archeologists in Cyprus found a theater dating from the 3rd century BC that had been used for spectacles more than six and a half centuries ago. The Department of Antiquities of Cyprus said that it was the oldest structure of its kind ever unearthed on the Mediterranean island. The structure was used from 300 BC through to 365 BC.