Archive September 2021

Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai in 2019 was warned that describing the company’s Incognito browsing mode as “private” was problematic, yet it stayed the course because he did not want ...

Much commotion but not much change as the most trusted politician in Germany steps down Last January Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) were ahead in the German opinion polls ...

Britain’s decision to issue temporary visas for 5,000 foreign truck drivers is a short-term fix that will not solve an acute labour shortage that risks major disruption for retailers in ...

HSBC and Standard Chartered could face spillover damage to their profits and balance sheets from the debt crisis enveloping China Evergrande Group (3333.HK) even though the two banks say they ...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said he would drill the importance of the North London derby into the heads of his players ahead of Sunday’s home Premier League game against ...

A woman’s plea after suffering smoke inhalation after saving 17 dogs from one of this week’s many fires The recent fires that have ravaged large swathes of the countryside ...

After the golden passports exposé there was an outcry against corruption. Citizens held demonstrations, newspapers wrote fiery editorials against sleaze and opposition parties demanded a clean-up. Corruption became the main ...

ALL DAY on Friday CyBC radio news played the story that “powerful messages about the Cyprus problem are expected to be sent by the President of the Republic, from the ...

Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk dethroned world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in his own backyard with a stunning display to earn a unanimous points decision in front of a sell-out crowd ...

The announcement in an article in the Cyprus Mail last Sunday by the human rights lawyer Achilleas Demetriades that he may run for president of the Republic of Cyprus in 2023 ...

One person died from coronavirus while 99 new cases were recorded on Saturday, the ministry of health said. The death refers to an 88-year-old woman who died on Friday in Limassol ...

The matter of Archbishop of America Elpidoforos’ participation in an event in New York where Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar was presented as ‘president of the TRNC’ is considered closed, ...

Connecting with others hasn’t been the easiest of things during the past year. Genuine human connection, in-person connection with friends or strangers has been difficult to figure out with ...

Andros Townsend and Abdoulaye Doucoure were on target as Everton condemned Norwich City to their sixth straight Premier League defeat with a comfortable 2-0 win at Goodison Park on Saturday. ...

Volcanic explosions spewed red hot lava high into the air on La Palma on Saturday as a new emission vent opened, forcing the small Spanish island to close its airport ...

In a spectacular upset on the first day of the Cyprus Rally, race favourite Nasser Al Attiyah of Qatar went off the road and his car was consumed in flames ...

The European Union does not have the luxury to wait for migration flows to reach its external borders and should focus on tackling the humanitarian crisis at its source, the ...

Taliban authorities in the western Afghan city of Herat killed four alleged kidnappers and hung their bodies up in public to deter others, a local government official said on Saturday. ...

McLaren’s Lando Norris seized his first Formula One pole position at the Russian Grand Prix on Saturday after seven- times world champion Lewis Hamilton hit the wall in a ...

The 2022 budget will mark the move to recovery, which will cover the ground lost in 2020, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Saturday as the government plans to end pandemic support ...

By George M. Georgiou and Les Manison The financial crisis of 2007–2009, referred to as the Great Recession, which afflicted most of the advanced capitalist economies and beyond, triggered a debate ...

An early second-half goal from Gabriel Jesus with Manchester City’s first shot on target earned the Premier League champions a 1-0 win over joint league leaders Chelsea on Saturday. ...

The ministry of health announced 47 testing sites will operate on Sunday for people in eligible groups still allowed to have a free test. They also need to have ID with ...

Justice Minister Stefi Drakou on Saturday gave assurances that the police presence in the old town of Nicosia would be stepped up to make residents feel secure. Speaking from Phaneromeni ...