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Topic: Greeks

Why is cancer called cancer? Greco-Roman history holds the answer

In the late fifth and early fourth century BC, doctors used karkinos – the ancient Greek word for crab – to describe malignant tumours.

Hungary’s reaction to Bolsonaro video leak, Zimbabwe drought & other global news you may have missed

ThePrint’s round-up of world news and topical issues over the last week.

IMEC a project of ‘peace’, Greece is India’s doorstep to Europe, says Greek foreign minister

The economic corridor announced last September is a project that will reshape trading routes between Europe, West Asia and the Indian subcontinent. 

What we know as Indian Buddhism today was shaped by Central Asians and Greeks

What is acknowledged as ‘Indian’ now was developed across millennia by people who we don’t consider Indian today.

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US pilot rescue in Iran must be seen more than war cost. Nation protects its warriors

A live American pilot paraded on Iranian state television would have been an intelligence windfall and a propaganda coup of historic proportions.

What to expect from China’s new 5-year plan—trade innovation, tensions with partners

ASEAN is struggling against a flood of 'underpriced Chinese goods', while Brazil has imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.