Australia defends its handling of French submarine deal
Australia defended its scrapping of a deal for French submarines on Sunday, saying the government had raised concerns to Paris for months, as a new deal with the United States ...
UK’s meat industry warns CO2 shortage could hit food supplies
Britain’s meat industry on Friday warned that an impending shortage of carbon dioxide (CO2) could cause massive disruption to food supplies within two weeks.
The gas is used to ...
Europe’s power firms locked out of record price bonanza
Several European power firms have been shut out of bumper revenues from record high gas and electricity prices as their sales are largely locked in at lower prices, and face ...
UAE to give conglomerate favourable treatment after local hiring pledge
The United Arab Emirates will give favourable treatment to a locally-owned conglomerate after it pledged on Saturday to hire thousands of citizens, days after the government unveiled a $6.5 billion plan ...
US probes possible insider trading at crypto exchange Binance
US officials are examining possible insider trading and market manipulation at Binance, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, potentially adding more heat to the cryptocurrency exchange that has become a target ...
Not one sod of earth has been turned: Pissouri residents slam state’s inaction
People who were living in Pissouri landslide homes accuse the government of double standards in comparison with fire-stricken areas
Residents of Pissouri homes that have either been destroyed or seriously ...
Our View: Same old reluctance to control public spending is evident today
Presenting the state budget for 2022 to the Council of Ministers last Wednesday, Minister of Finance Constantinos Petrides informed his colleagues that the public sector wage bill will rise by 3.2 per ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Offending the Gods of scientific wisdom
I MAKE a point of not following the Twitter accounts of our self-important scientists, who have become A-list celebrities of the Covid era, but a few days ago I was ...
Boris Johnson’s Global Britain on the case
The new cabinet does not have the intellectual and political heavyweights that Britain needs to carve out her new role after Brexit.
Government reshuffles in Britain are as fascinating as ...
SpaceX capsule with world’s first all-civilian orbital crew returns safely
The quartet of newly minted citizen astronauts comprising the SpaceX Inspiration4 mission safely splashed down in the Atlantic off Florida’s coast on Saturday, completing a three-day flight of the ...
Evergrande says six execs redeemed investment products in advance
t on its website, without identifying the executives or giving details on the nature of the products.
“Regarding the early redemption of Evergrande wealth investment products by some managers, the ...
Sonatas for cello and piano
A chamber music recital organised by the Ledra Music Soloists will be held on Monday with works for cello and piano performed by renowned cellist Péter Somodari and pianist ...
Coronavirus: Two deaths, 140 people test positive on Saturday (Updated)
The health ministry announced that two people had died of Covid-19 and that 140 more had tested positive from 53,472 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.26 per cent.
The deaths ...
Gesy budget well within estimates, HIO says
The budget of the national health scheme (Gesy) remained within initial estimates, counting €794.7m for the period of January to August despite the pandemic, an HIO official said on Saturday.
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Man City held to frustrating draw by Southampton despite VAR reprieve
Manchester City were held to a frustrating 0-0 draw by Southampton in the Premier League on Saturday, despite being handed a reprieve by the VAR that led to Kyle Walker’...
US Capitol on high alert as pro-Trump demonstrators converge for rally
Hundreds of police officers were patrolling around the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, ahead of a rally by supporters of the people who breached the building on Jan. 6 trying to ...
Milan’s Ibrahmovic not Superman, won’t play at Juve says coach
AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is not Superman and will not recover from injury in time to face Juventus away in Serie A on Sunday, coach Stefano Pioli has said.
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Paphos police investigating suspected assault over parking spot
Police on Saturday were investigating after a man allegedly beat up a 63-year-old Paphos resident over a parking spot.
According to the police, they received information about an injured man ...
Man found dead in sea off Latchi
An 87-year-old man was found dead in the sea off Latchi in Paphos, police said on Saturday.
The body of the man, who is a third-country national was spotted floating ...
UN confirms informal Guterres meeting with the two leaders (Updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades was on his way to New York on Saturday to attend the UN General Assembly and also meet on the sidelines with UN chief Antonio Guterres and ...
Pele ‘still recovering very well’ following surgery after ‘little step back’
Pele has revealed he is very well despite “a little step back” this week in his recovery after surgery to remove a tumour from his colon earlier this month.
The ...
Navalny allies accuse Telegram of censorship in Russian election
Allies of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny accused Telegram of censorship on Saturday after the popular messaging app followed Google and Apple in restricting access to their voting campaign in ...
US ambassador calls for tackling waste management at source
Waste management is something that needs to be tackled at the source, said US ambassador, Judith Garber, marking International Coastal CleanUp Day in Larnaca on Saturday.
Garber participated in the ...
Coronavirus: Testing locations for Sunday
A total of 47 rapid testing sites will operate nationwide on Sunday for the testing of specific population groups, the health ministry announced.
The sites will operate for free for minors ...