Archive 2021

Paris St Germain manager Mauricio Pochettino has defended his decision to substitute forward Lionel Messi in Sunday’s 2-1 win over Lyon in the French Ligue 1 and said the Argentine ...

A student opened fire at a university in the Russian city of Perm on Monday, killing at least eight people and wounding several, law enforcement said. The gunman was himself ...

There was plenty of drama and talking points once again as the Premier League action continued this weekend. Here, the PA news agency looks at five things we learned from ...

Cyprus awarded American Jewish Committee (AJC) CEO David Harris on Sunday night with one of the country’s leading honours during a ceremony at the residence of the Cypriot ambassador ...

Police arrested two people shortly after 1am in Paphos on Monday when they were found stealing building materials from a construction site. According to the police, at 00:45 information was received ...

Police on Monday fined four businesses a total of €2,250 for violating coronavirus protocols as part of 4,213 nationwide checks. The checks were carried out between 6am on Sunday and 6am on ...

France has cancelled a meeting between Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly and her British counterpart planned for this week after Australia scrapped a submarine order with Paris in favour of ...

French carmaker Renault said on Thursday it would cut up to 2,000 engineering and support jobs in France as it shifts into electric cars and hires in different positions. The loss-making ...

Russia’s ruling United Russia party, which supports President Vladimir Putin, retained its parliamentary majority after an election and a sweeping crackdown on its critics, despite losing over a tenth ...

The United Arab Emirates’ economy minister will lead a high-level delegation to Britain this week, the ministry said on Sunday, as the Gulf state seeks to deepen trade ties. Abdulla ...

Royal drama “The Crown” and feel-good comedy “Ted Lasso” nabbed the top prizes at television’s Emmy awards on Sunday on a night dominated by streaming shows, British talent and ...

U .S. border agents began expelling plane-loads of mostly Haitian migrants from a large makeshift camp they had set up after wading across the Rio Grande separating Mexico and the ...

British Airways owner IAG (ICAG.L) is not planning to raise billions of euros from shareholders to get the company through the extended COVID-19 crisis, its chief executive Luis Gallego ...

British business minister Kwasi Kwarteng said on Sunday that the head of energy regulator Ofgem had assured him of the plans in place to protect the market and consumers from ...

Chelsea’s dominant second-half performance earned a 3-0 win at Tottenham Hotspur thanks to goals by Thiago Silva, N’Golo Kante and Antonio Rudiger as the Blues moved joint top ...

The health ministry announced that there had been no new deaths from Covid-19 but that 94 people had tested positive from 40,586 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.23 per cent. ...

A 23-year-old man was arrested on Sunday in connection with an investigation into child pornography. According to police, the cyber-crime unit received information from Europol that someone had uploaded a ...

Jesse Lingard scored a stunning late goal and David de Gea saved a stoppage-time penalty as Manchester United beat West Ham United 2-1 in a dramatic Premier League match on ...

A volcano erupted on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma on Sunday, sending lava shooting into the air and streaming in rivers towards houses in two villages from the ...

By Savvakis C Savvides Every capital investment whether deemed to have negative or positive Net Present Value has, like a coin, two sides. One is the return side and the ...

The ministry of finance is at an advanced stage and is expected to begin consultations among stakeholders (banks and the Cyprus Asset Management Company Ltd) on how to support the 780 ...

Thousands of people including soldiers and diplomats marched peacefully through the Ukrainian capital on Sunday in an annual gay pride parade despite some opposition to an event called off last ...

By Achilleas Demetriades The citizens of Cyprus are living in uncertainty. They bear witness to a governance that has failed them, and which excels in improvisation, in scandals and in ...

A total of 26 free rapid test sites for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Thursday, the health ministry announced, for eligible groups. Those eligible for the free tests are people between ...