Archive June 2021

By Nathan Frandino Sea otters are helping to keep marine forests healthy by feasting on the seaweed-loving urchins whose numbers have exploded off California’s coast, researchers have found. Urchins ...

In this video, we get a professional demo from the Downtown Tailoring YouTube channel on how to shorten jean legs and take in the waist of denim trousers. Summer can ...

University of Nicosia, the first university in the world to offer a degree in blockchain and digital currency, has announced that the previously online master’s course is also now ...

Cyprus has achieved the goal of vaccinating 65 per cent of the population by the end of June, while a total of 1,070 teenagers aged 16 to 17 have booked Pfizer appointments, the health ...

From an eight-year-old joyrider to a owner of a car museum, life for one Limassol man has featured more than motor vehicles as he is also a successful businessman. THEO ...

By Adrian Portugal and Peter Blaza Each morning, a group of Filipinos rakes up piles of trash on the banks of one of the world’s most polluted rivers, filling ...

Beaufort, SC, is naturally sentimental. Its historic downtown area is blotched with live oaks surrounded by Spanish moss that switch in the salty air and antebellum architecture. Yet, there exists ...

Psychiatric patients have been left behind by the national health scheme (Gesy), state doctors union (Pasyki) said on Wednesday as they went ahead with a three-hour work stoppage at the ...

In harsh times, local populations often turn to poaching wild life in a bid to eke out a living. It follows that investing in poverty-stricken communities can have a doubly ...

Hey kids, in this video we meet 17-year-old Aalyah Del Rosario, a 6’6” high-schooler setting milestones on and off the basketball court. Aalyah was born in the US, but spent most ...

Inspired by the bicentennial of the beginning of the Greek revolution, the newly established Alkman Saxophone Quartet will present a concert on July 16 called Five Centuries of Music in Blue ...

A 28-year-old Nicosia resident who arrested on suspicion of car theft in the Famagusta area was remanded on Wednesday until July 6. Police said the man, who was arrested on Tuesday ...

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 ...

A yellow weather warning for high temperatures remains in force on Wednesday, the met service said. Initially issued at 6pm on Tuesday, the yellow alert will continue to be in ...

Landmark case saw lower court defy Supreme Court and follow EU directive By Elena Michael-Riga and Kriton Dionysiou The fundamental principle of the EU legal order, i.e. the “principle ...

By Sam Beever, Deirdre Ní Fhallúin, Elke Merks-Schaapveld and Anders Hagelberg This was the very clear message sent by the UN Security Council in January this year, and one ...

Music exec Simon Cowell wants to convince all five former One Direction members to get back together again, after never-before-seen selfies of the band surfaced this week. Often credited as ...

Australian officials extended lockdown and social distancing measures to more of the country on Wednesday, with four major cities already under a hard lockdown in a race to contain an ...

International tourism arrivals are set to stagnate this year, except in some Western markets, causing up to $2.4 trillion in losses, a U.N. study said on Wednesday, adding the sector ...

Suppliers to Walmart (WMT.N), Target (TGT.N), Amazon.com (AMZN.O) and other major retailers told Reuters they are placing holiday orders for Chinese-made merchandise weeks earlier this year, ...

South African Kevin Anderson will hope to gain revenge on Novak Djokovic and end the Serb’s bid for a record-equalling 20th Grand Slam when they meet in the Wimbledon ...

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed to U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration to lift or waive all sanctions on Iran as agreed under a 2015 deal aimed at ...

Europe’s sovereign control over its money is at risk if it does not push ahead with plans for a digital euro and a European payments system, France’s central ...

The Canadian province of British Columbia suffered nearly double the average deaths as temperatures hit a record high of 46.6°C (115.88°F) during the past four days of “extreme heat”, officials ...