Lebanon’s former PM Diab says he gave up shares in company mentioned in ‘Pandora Papers’
Lebanon’s former prime minister Hassan Diab said on Monday he had given up shares in a company he was linked to in a leak of financial documents, and denied ...
Tesla ordered to pay over $130 mln to Black former worker over racism
A federal jury has ordered Tesla Inc to pay more than $130 million in damages to a Black former worker, finding he was subjected to a racially hostile work environment, the ...
Coronavirus: Five businesses booked after 2,714 checks
Five businesses in Nicosia and Paphos were booked for violating coronavirus measures as part of the daily checks, police said on Tuesday.
Three Nicosia-based establishments were fined, including one where ...
Woman dies after traffic accident
Police on Tuesday announced the death of a 70-year-old woman who was hospitalised after she was injured during a traffic collision over the weekend.
According to police, the accident took ...
Cryptocurrencies post inflows for 7 straight weeks, led by bitcoin
Cryptocurrency investment products and funds recorded inflows for a seventh straight week, as institutional investors warmed to more supportive statements from regulators, data from digital asset manager CoinShares showed on ...
UK finance minister: Fix public finances before cutting taxes
British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday that tax cuts could only come once public finances had been put on a sustainable footing.
Last month the government set out ...
Taiwan warns it needs to be on alert to ‘over the top’ China
Taiwan needs to be on alert for China‘s “over the top” military activities, the premier said on Tuesday, after a record 56 Chinese aircraft flew into Taiwan’s air defence ...
UK tells EU again it may take unilateral steps to protect Northern Ireland trade
Britain told the European Union on Monday it would trigger safeguard measures in their divorce deal if the bloc failed to agree to changes to smooth trade with Northern Ireland, ...
‘No Time to Die’ opens with $121 million in international box office sales
The latest James Bond movie took a mighty $121 million at the international box office over its opening weekend, Universal Pictures said on Monday.
The British and Irish box office led ...
State revenue from gambling triples in five years
State revenues from gambling jumped to 3.44 per cent of GDP in 2019, while in 2020, despite the contraction due to the pandemic, the percentage of revenues amounted to 2.98 per cent.
The figures ...
Pandora Papers: Rich and powerful deny wrongdoing after dump of purported secrets
The Czech prime minister, the king of Jordan and the chairman of a well-known Indian conglomerate were among global figures denying wrongdoing on Monday after the leak of what major ...
Coronavirus: One death, 117 new cases on Monday (updated)
The health ministry on Monday announced one death and 117 new Covid-19 cases out of 63,823 PCR and rapid tests, with a positivity rate of 0.18 per cent.
There are 65 patients with Covid-19 ...
Facebook blames “faulty configuration change” for nearly six-hour outage (Update)
Facebook Inc blamed a “faulty configuration change” for a nearly six-hour outage on Monday that prevented the company’s 3.5 billion users from accessing its social media and messaging services such ...
France, Spain urge pan-European response to energy price surge
France and Spain called on Monday for a coordinated European response to the surge in global energy prices to protect the poorest citizens and the competitiveness of companies, and to ...
‘Captain Kirk’ on board for Blue Origin rocket launch
William Shatner, the “Star Trek” actor who found fame by pretending a Hollywood soundstage was a spaceship exploring the galaxy, will be launched to the edge of space for real ...
Merck pill seen as ‘huge advance,’ raises hope of preventing Covid deaths
An experimental antiviral pill developed by Merck & Co could halve the chances of dying or being hospitalized for those most at risk of contracting severe COVID-19, according to data ...
Hundreds turn out to bid farewell to prominent lawyer Andreas Neocleous
Hundreds of people, including President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday attended the funeral of prominent lawyer, businessman and owner of the Cyprus Mail newspaper Andreas Neocleous, at a service at the ...
Israel accuses Iran of Cyprus attack plot after suspect arrested
Israel accused Iran on Monday of orchestrating an attempted attack against Israelis in Cyprus after police on the Mediterranean island said an armed individual had been arrested. Iran swiftly denied ...
Coronavirus: EMA makes recommendations on extra doses and boosters
The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) human medicines committee (CHMP) has concluded that an extra dose of the Covid-19 vaccines Comirnaty (BioNTech/Pfizer) and Spikevax (Moderna) may be given to ...
Artist’s controversy highlights free speech concerns
Denying criticism that his ministry was trying to stifle free expression, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Monday sought to draw a distinction between the twin roles of Yiorgos Gavriel as ...
Annual awards ceremony created for animal welfare action
On the occasion of World Animal Day on Monday, the agriculture ministry announced the establishment an annual award for of Animal Welfare Action.
The purpose of these awards is the ...
Hunting for a new handbag? Essential autumn/winter trends
By Katie Wright
Autumn is officially here, meaning it’s time to pack away our strappy dresses, shorts and sandals, and get ready to bundle up in cosy knitwear and ...
Nicosia waiting for new UN envoy
The president and the government expect the UN Secretary-General to appoint a special envoy who will assist in efforts for the resumption of the negotiations process, spokesman Marios Pelekanos said ...
Young mother was burned to death after collision, autopsy shows
Road victim Elena Kyriakou was burned to death after she was trapped in her car following a traffic collision, police said on Monday after a post-mortem was carried out on ...