Archive June 2021

Seemingly lost for an explanation of why vaccine uptake is so low in Russia when coronavirus infections are soaring and vaccines are readily available, the Kremlin resorted on Friday to ...

In this video, we pay a pre-Covid visit to the Isle of Man’s Buchan School, where students learn how to keep and care for honeybees. Open to students in ...

The first round results of France’s regional elections marked a form of failure for President Emmanuel Macron’s party, said Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin on Monday, although he added ...

Actress Priyanka Chopra and US women’s football star Megan Rapinoe are among the newest faces of Victoria’s Secret. The beleaguered lingerie brand, which cancelled its famed fashion show ...

The British government’s plans to build a 200 million pound ($276.3 million) successor to the Royal Yacht Britannia, which was retired in 1997, are a good idea, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said ...

Heavy rain is negatively affecting visibility on some areas along the Nicosia-Larnaca highway, police said on Monday, especially in the areas of Latsia and Pera Chorio. “Due to the rain, ...

Increasing building costs, limited availabity of suitable housing units in central town areas, the burden of VAT, the lack of titles for new units, among others has turned housing demand ...

The ECB’s elusive inflation goal, currently set “below but close to 2 per cent”, seems almost certain to get a facelift and be set at 2 per cent, with a tolerance ...

Armenia’s acting prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, kept power in a parliamentary election that boosted his authority despite being widely blamed for a military defeat last year in the Nagorno-Karabakh ...

A 34-year-old was caught driving almost five times over the limit in Larnaca in the early hours of Monday after causing an accident. No one was injured in the incident, ...

Global cashless payment volumes are predicted to increase by more than 80 per cent from 2020 to 2025, from about 1 trillion transactions to almost 1.9 trillion, and to almost triple by 2030, according to a ...

A climate change sceptic will be Australia’s new deputy prime minister after a leadership revolt in the coalition government’s minor party, making it harder for Prime Minister Scott ...

Amer Darwish, a refugee, is known as the “Palestinian inventor” among his friends and relatives in the Beddawi camp in northern Lebanon for making a number of innovations throughout the ...

British residents are being urged to get biometric residence cards. They don’t count as ID, but they do have your fingerprints. British expats registered or living permanently in Cyprus ...

Systemic corruption poisons values, erodes rule of law, distorts the market, discourages investment and productivity and reduces standard of living Kleptocracy is a form of government in which the leaders, ...

France‘s far-right party topped the first round in Sunday’s regional elections in Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur, two exit polls showed, a key battleground that Marine Le Pen wants to ...

The United States said on Sunday it saw as an “interesting signal” North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s comments that he is ready for “dialogue and confrontation,” but added ...

Britain recorded 9,284 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday and six new deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test. Although lower than recent days, the number of new cases reflects ...

The health ministry said there had been no new deaths from Covid on Sunday and announced that 61 people had tested positive from 30,610 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.2 ...

Armenians were voting in a parliamentary election on Sunday, with opinion polls putting the party of acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and that of former President Robert Kocharyan neck-and-neck. The ...

Over half the new COVID-19 cases being reported in the Lisbon region are of the more infectious Delta coronavirus variant, preliminary data showed on Sunday as Portuguese authorities scramble to ...

Screenings will be carried out at 53 sites islandwide on Monday at the following locations: Province Sampling points Hours Limassol (14 points) “Grigori Afxentiou” Square, Limassol 9 a.m.-7.30 p.m. TEPAK ...

This video is meant to expand your general knowledge about living a healthy life and is NOT a substitute for seeking medical advice. Please consult with your doctor before making ...

The Cyprus Brotherhood of South Africa has served its expatriate community for decades, but the pandemic and the growing desire for Cypriots to return to Cyprus has taken its toll ...