Archive February 2021

A motorist was arrested on Sunday for speeding after being caught driving at 197kph on the highway. The man was arrested, charged and released after police nabbed him on the ...

The African country of Uganda is one of the world’s largest consumers of bananas. But for every ton of the fruit, plantations leave behind two tons of refuse. Enter ...

Greek police have detained a prominent theatre director on charges of rape, the latest twist in the unfolding “MeToo” saga shaking the country’s arts establishment. Dimitris Lignadis, former artistic ...

So have your say on the Panayiotides-Syrimis-Pissarides White Paper to fight corruption The events which led to the resignation of the previous House of Representatives’ president and of another MP ...

The Animal Party said on Sunday it had joined a campaign with other European animal welfare organisations against the transport of live animals inside and outside the EU. The party ...

Hollywood action star Tom Cruise is famous for doing almost all of his own stunts, which have steadily intensified throughout his career. In the ‘Mission: Impossible’ franchise, he climbed part ...

With the chance of negotiations again becoming a reality, who is the man who leads the Turkish Cypriots? Agnieszka Rakoczy says he is seen as fast minded and innovative but ...

Many thousands of opponents of Myanmar‘s Feb. 1 military coup marched on Sunday in towns from north to south, undeterred by the bloodiest episode of their campaign the previous day ...

Iran’s decision to end snap inspections by U.N. inspectors on Feb. 23 would not mean abandoning its 2015 nuclear deal, but the United States must still lift sanctions on Tehran ...

A croissant is a buttery, flaky, viennoiserie pastry of Austrian origin, named for its historical crescent shape. Its yeast-leavened dough is layered with butter, rolled and folded several times in ...

Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides is travelling to Brussels to participate in the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union, which takes place on Monday. During the Council, the foreign ministers ...

President Nicos Anastasiades and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have agreed that the EU needs to be represented at the informal meeting on Cyprus, which will be called ...

Every pet deserves a loving and respectful home: please only consider acquiring a pet if you will be able to take care of its long-term needs. Also, consider choosing your ...

Russia would only consider releasing Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny if its leadership was hit with painful personal sanctions, a close ally said ahead of a meeting with European policymakers in ...

Britain threatens EU with ‘water wars’ that could see European bottled mineral water banned from UK. The move would be in retaliation for the European ban on UK shellfish, according ...

Three DJs and 14 other people were found at a “secret illegal club” in Larnaca on Saturday night, police said. The patrons of the establishment and the DJs were fined 300 euros ...

Ireland will not consider re-opening its hospitality sector before mid-summer due to the high level of Covid-19 infections in the country, Prime Minister Micheál Martin said on Saturday. “While ...

Booster vaccines to combat emerging Covid variants, and annual jabs for coronavirus can’t be ruled out, according to a government scientific adviser. Dr Christos Petrou, Associate Professor at the ...

What will the cities of the future look like? By 2050, the world’s population is expected to reach 9.7 billion and nearly 70 per cent of these people are expected to live ...

The semiconductor crunch that has battered the auto sector leaves carmakers with a stark choice: pay up, stock up or risk getting stuck on the sidelines as chipmakers focus on ...

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All adults in Britain will be offered a first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of July, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday ahead of a planned ...

– A very different Australian Open comes to a familiar end on Sunday as Novak Djokovic looks to thwart another challenge to his Melbourne Park dynasty from the latest Grand Slam ...

Kids, time for some inspiration! Meet 19-year-old Florida activist Domingo Cortinez, who is making a difference in the health of his community. “Taking care of our ocean and our climate ...