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A Greek holiday island is at risk of tsunami, according to an expert (Picture: Shutterstock / Georgios Tsichlis) A few years ago, I was sipping wine at a restaurant in Rethymno, a historic coastal city in northern Crete. The atmosphere was relaxed, the weather was great, and the people were friendly. Looking back, it’s hard to picture this Greek island looking any different than it did that day. However, a leading Greek seismologist has just warned residents and tourists that Rethymno should brace itself for a possible tsunami. And, that it would be wise to put serious evacuation plans into place. Efthymios Lekkas, a professor of dynamic tectonics, applied geology and natural disaster management, raised concerns at a recent conference in the city. Lekkas, who works at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and is president of Greece’s Earthquake Planning and Protection Organisation (OASP), stated that ‘Rethymno must be prepared for a tsunami.’ Two areas of Rethymno would be particularly difficult to evacuate, a new report states (Picture: Shutterstock / Georgios Tsichlis) The professor backed up the claim with findings from an updated seismic risk assessment conducted by his research team, which stated that the threat has been ‘scientifically calculated.’ During the conference, Lekkas noted that, should a tsunami hit, two areas of the city would face significant evacuation difficulties. The first is the eastern part of the city, where a combination of densely built hotels, low-lying terrain, and the local road network could obstruct people getting to safety. The other is the Old Town, due to its labyrinth of old narrow streets. However, Lekkas stressed that seismic activity in Rethymno would not be comparable to more serious events in Japan, Indonesia and Chile. He was specifically referring to the 2004 Indian Ocean disaster and the tragic tsunami that struck Japan in 2011. Lekkas said that a tsunami in Crete wouldn’t be on the same level…

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Veteran playmaker has been recalled to Australia’s squad for the Nations Championship rugby Tests after a ‘rollercoaster’ few years Rugby Australia have been open about their ambition to revive union’s golden past at next year’s men’s World Cup. Wallabies coach Les Kiss appears to have taken it literally. His recall of Kurtley Beale, who turns 38 in January, for the Nations Championship this month is the final sweep in the playmaker’s staggering story arc. One that began with birth in Blacktown in the late 1980s, through a childhood in Mount Druitt, that loops through his private high schooling and debut for the Waratahs in – check that date – 2007. The ensuing two decades? We’ll get to that. Continue reading...

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Brendan Larsen spent hours taking hundreds of photographs of the sky over a mountain in New Zealand A photograph showing thousands of satellites cross-hatching the night sky over New Zealand appeared so extraordinary the astrophotographer who captured it is fighting accusations it was created by AI. To create his spectacular image – now viewed millions of times online – Brendan Larsen spent two hours in September snapping hundreds of photographs of the night sky over Mount Taranaki in the North Island. Continue reading...

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Donald Tusk is attempting to restore legitimacy to the country’s constitutional court. In a polarised country and continent, that carries political risks The Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, must occasionally look towards Budapest and sigh. A landslide victory in elections last spring enabled Hungary’s new prime minister, Péter Magyar, to act with ruthless determination to clean up the country’s politics after 16 years of corrupt Orbánisation. Mr Tusk, whose centrist coalition ousted the far-right Law and Justice party (PiS) in 2023, is similarly taking on the legacy of a government which undermined the rule of law and democratic norms. But his efforts have been relentlessly boxed in by the blocking tactics of Poland’s (PiS)‑backed president, Karol Nawrocki. At the weekend, this standoff escalated into a crisis with wider implications for the European Union as well as Poland itself. Exasperated by Mr Nawrocki’s attempts to veto the appointment of new judges to the country’s constitutional court – which has been illegitimately dominated since 2015 by PiS‑friendly appointees – Mr Tusk backed the enforced appointment of a new head, and the suspension of the court’s president and vice‑president. Extraordinary scenes followed, as rightwing demonstrators massed outside the court building in the early hours of Saturday morning and Mr Nawrocki pushed past security forces to protest. Continue reading...

After a huge summer and with PSG’s other rivals falling away, their city rivals are aiming to ‘be one of the biggest clubs in Europe’ By Get French Football News It is hard to know what Pierre Ferracci found stranger: the fact that he was fully suited among a set of bare-chested Paris FC ultras singing his name or that, behind him, in what was the final game of his presidency, his side were playing Monaco off the park. “I didn’t see any of the first 15 minutes of the game because I was with the ultras,” he admitted. On the pitch as well as in the stands was evidence of how far his side has come since he joined back in 2006. At that time, Les Parisiens were in the amateur third tier of French football. He initially arrived in an administrative function before becoming owner and president in 2012. It wasn’t until 2016 that his side reached Ligue 2. Continue reading...