Archive June 2021

The plant-based protein industry will eat into consumer demand for meat as the rapidly growing sector expands, Cargill Inc Chief Executive Officer David MacLennan said on Friday. “Our analysis is ...

The leadership of main opposition party Akel is determined to reorganise and regain its strength it said after a meeting of its central committee following a disappointing outcome in last ...

Last month, Claire Elise Boucher, known in the music world as Grimes, earned $5.8 million in 20 minutes with the sale of Non-Fungible Tokens, or NFTs. In fact, top NFT platforms have ...

Chrissy Teigen reportedly won’t be joining the ‘Never Have I Ever’ series after all. The TV personality and cookbook author has stepped down from a planned voiceover role on ...

India reported 114,460 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, the lowest in two months, while the death toll increased by 2,677, as parts of the country prepared to ease movement restrictions. India has ...

Lebanon’s Banque du Liban has forced banks to allow depositors to withdraw $400 per month and the equivalent amount in Lebanese pounds, the central bank said in a circular released ...

Doubts over the EU’s insistence that the Digital Covid Certificate will protect everyone’s rights over their data Activists in Cyprus are joining an EU-wide effort lobbying MEPs to ...

BY FAR the most irritatingly tedious part of a parliamentary election is the subsequent horse-trading of the political parties over who to elect House president. It’s a ceremonial position ...

NOW, if we are to believe the ever-changing ideas of President Anastasiades, the way forward on the Cyprus problem is discussion and agreement on confidence-building measures. This was his proposal ...

It was Labour’s prime minister Harold Wilson who coined the phrase, a week is a long time in politics. He was UK prime minister from 1964 to 1970 and then again ...

This letter is written in response to the question posed by the unfortunate headline ‘Is insurance just a scam?’ (Sunday Mail, May 30). The headline is over an article by Antonis ...

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic more and more people have been buying what they need online. This requires a fit for purpose postal system. Packages from the UK (...

There were no deaths from coronavirus in the past 24 hours, as 41 new infections were detected in 49,462 tests, a positivity rate of 0.08 per cent, the health ministry said on Saturday. The ...

How easily does one touch their body? It’s a bold question that is a main theme in the play Underpants – part 1. Written by Nayia Karakosta and Eleni Anastasiou, the ...

Myanmar’s security forces clashed with villagers armed with catapults and crossbows during a search for weapons in the Ayeyarwady river delta region on Saturday and local media reported as ...

Around 55 per cent of those eligible for a vaccine have received at least one dose, the health ministry said on Saturday, with Paphos having the highest rate of vaccinations in ...

World number one Novak Djokovic booked his spot in the second week of the French Open with a dominant 6-1 6-4 6-1 third-round win over 93rd-ranked Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis on ...

District Testing site hours Limassol Ayios Nicolaos lyceum 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Grigori Axentiou Square, Limassol 8:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Ayios Ioannis High School 8:30 a.m.-6 p....

A man has died after he was attacked by a bull at a farm in Dali, outside Nicosia, reports said on Saturday. The incident took place at around 11.30am. The ...

For lovers of the wild, unspoiled Mediterranean coast, the road to heaven may just lead to Blue Lagoon beach, located in the Akamas region, at the northwest tip of the ...

Charles Leclerc saw off Lewis Hamilton to put his Ferrari on pole position for Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Following a frenetic qualifying, which saw four red-flag periods, Leclerc edged ...

At 300 metres elevation in the foothills of the Troodos mountains and in a frost pocket, I am always surprised that I can get anything slightly sub-tropical to grow at all. ...

The ministry of agriculture chose the humble Cypriot donkey thistle (Onopordum cyprium), to mark world environment day on Saturday, saying it highlights the intrinsic role all plants play in maintaining ...

A Turkish air strike killed at least three people and injured others on Saturday at a camp for displaced people in northern Iraq, said Rashad Kelani, a Patriotic Union of ...