Archive February 2021

Shares of Bumble Inc, backed by Blackstone Group Inc, soared more than 76 per cent in their stock market debut on Thursday, fetching a $14 billion valuation for the operator of the ...

The European Union should set binding targets for one million public charging points for electric vehicles by 2024, and three million by 2029, to give consumers the confidence to switch to the ...

Like many of the people I know I have been willing to follow government directions, mask use in public and social distancing in particular, regarding the pandemic in order to ...

One more person has died of Covid-19, while another 103 have tested positive for the coronavirus islandwide, health authorities said Thursday. The latest casualty takes the death toll to 218. The deceased ...

Roche’s arthritis drug tocilizumab cuts the risk of death among patients hospitalised with severe COVID-19, also shortening the time to recovery and reducing the need for mechanical ventilation, results ...

The last round of the voting process at the Libyan Dialogue Forum in Geneva on February 5, 2021 resulted in victory for a list of people that includes Muhammad Yunus Al-Manfi as ...

British television channel BBC World News has been barred from airing in China, the National Radio and Television Administration said on Friday, a week after Britain’s media regulator revoked ...

Executives of the organisation running the national health scheme (Gesy) insisted the system is fundamentally robust despite incidents of wastage and abuse. They were speaking at the House health committee, ...

Nick Kyrgios will attempt to reach the fourth round of his home Australian Open for only the second time since 2015 on Friday, but standing in his way is Austrian third ...

Regional problems and challenges require solutions coming from the region itself, Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday during a meeting in Athens with his counterparts from Mediterranean and Gulf ...

President Nicos Anastasiades was meeting on Thursday with the members of the negotiating team ahead of the informal five-party summit on the Cyprus problem, government spokesman Kyriacos Koushos said. Speaking ...

People over 76 will have access to the vaccination portal from Friday 9 am so that they can book an appointment, the health ministry has announced. A total of 9,264 appointments will be ...

The health ministry announced 53 test sites will operate on Friday for the free Covid-19 rapid testing of employees and the public. Testing is part of the health ministry’s triptych ...

It’s almost time for Valentine’s Day. This year though, with restaurants and bars closed, there will be no romantic dinners or love-themed events. To celebrate this day of ...

The European Union is likely to impose travel bans and asset freezes on allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin, possibly as soon as this month, after France and Germany signalled ...

Note, this video includes a brief promotion of sponsor Carl Friedrik’s bags and wallets. Despite its humble beginnings, the global business-bag market is a behemoth industry in its own ...

Are you a young person dreaming of making your business ideas come true? Do you want your ideas to come alive in the form of a startup, with all the ...

Jose Mourinho must be scratching his head at how to solve the problem that is Tottenham Hotspur after his side bowed out of the FA Cup in a nine-goal thriller ...

In this video, we take a pre-Covid look at Seattle, one of the most beautiful cities in America, which exploded into prominence relatively recently, with the rise of grunge music ...

By Liz Connor Do you find yourself ending the day with red, itchy and burning eyes? Have you been getting headaches that you can’t chalk up to a few ...

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine is not perfect, but will have a big impact on the pandemic, its chief executive predicted on Thursday, as the drugmaker pledged to double output by ...

Social distancing measures are likely to remain into the summer, a member of the government coronavirus advisory team said in an interview on Thursday morning. Addressing concerns over coronavirus variants, ...

Police on Thursday had in custody a man suspected of stabbing his wife and son to death and injuring his second son earlier in the day at their home in ...

This video takes a look at the path to abstraction of Dutch artist Piet Mondrian (1872-1944). Mondrian is known today for his patterns of black lines and bold, primary colours, ...