Coronavirus: events planner fined €8,000
An events planner was fined €8,000 for violations of the measures against the spread of Covid-19, police said on Sunday.
The case concerns an organiser of a private company event in ...
Islamic countries seek response to Afghanistan emergency
Muslim nations sought to respond to the growing economic and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan as neighbouring Pakistan opened an extraordinary meeting on Sunday of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
The ...
Sixth child dies from Australian jumping castle tragedy
By Sonali Paul
An 11-year-old boy died on Sunday from a jumping castle accident four days ago in Australia’s island state Tasmania, taking the death toll from the tragedy ...
Remand for 74-year-old who admitted killing wife, 75 (Updated)
A 74-year-old man who confessed to killing his wife, 75, on Saturday evening in their home in Tremithousa in Paphos, was remanded on Sunday for eight days.
The remand hearing took ...
Premier League title race set to continue despite Covid chaos
Unless the Premier League fixture list is further decimated by the COVID-19 surge that has ripped the pre-Christmas schedule to shreds the three-way title race will continue on Sunday with ...
Coronavirus: Monday’s testing sites for eligible groups
A total of 22 free rapid test mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Monday, for eligible groups, the health ministry announced.
Free rapid testing for the general population has ...
‘Twas the night before Christmas’ helped make the modern Santa
Melissa Chim, General Theological Seminary
The poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” better known by its opening line “‘Twas the Night before Christmas,” has a special place among Christmas traditions, ...
Russia’s richest woman rules out parting with a slice of the Wildberries pie
Tatyana Bakalchuk is a rarity – a dotcom billionaire uninterested in outside capital or a stock market listing.
The founder of Wildberries, Russia’s largest ecommerce retailer, has made it to ...
Stablecoins steal the limelight from subdued bitcoin
As bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, struggles to recover after a massive crash, regulatory and private sector focus has turned to another part of the digital currency world: stablecoins.
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Rivian warns supply issues to hit production, shares drop to record low
Rivian Automotive Inc (RIVN.O) shares skidded nearly 15 per cent on Friday to hit a record low after the electric vehicle maker’s first result as a listed company highlighted ...
Fibbing may yet bring down Boris Johnson
By Alper Ali Riza
The victory of Helen Morgan over the Conservative candidate Neil Shastri-Hurst in the North Shropshire mid-term election on Friday is a shot across the bows of ...
Palantir to localize UK data operations as privacy regulations tighten
Palantir Technologies Inc (PLTR.N) said on Friday it plans to shift its entire UK data processing out of the United States, at a time when data privacy regulations are ...
Pournara camp, a ticking time bomb
Anger, suspicion and some sympathy – villagers say asylum camp out of control
By Theo Panayides
The Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers outside Kokkinotrimithia, on the outskirts of Nicosia, has ...
Our View: We need a justice system that can deal with white-collar crime
The 10 defendants implicated in a loans scandal at the Strovolos Cooperative Bank were cleared of all charges by the Nicosia criminal court on Thursday. There was a total of 48 charges ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Deciphering the latest Covid coercion tactics
THERE was some good news this week, among the long list of mind-numbing rules about what combination of vaccinations and PCR or rapid tests would allow you to go to ...
Brexit supremo Frost resigns in blow to PM Johnson
Brexit minister David Frost resigned on Saturday over disillusionment with the direction of Boris Johnson’s government, dealing a major blow to the embattled prime minister as the Omicron variant ...
Netherlands to go into strict Christmas lockdown
The Netherlands will go into a strict lockdown over the Christmas and New Year period to try to contain the highly- contagious Omicron coronavirus variant, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said ...
Martinelli double helps Arsenal rout hapless Leeds
Brazilian forward Gabriel Martinelli’s double helped Arsenal ease to a dominant 4-1 win at Leeds United in the Premier League on Saturday.
In the only Premier League game to ...
Coronavirus: Two deaths, 508 people test positive on Saturday (Updated)
The health ministry announced that two people had died of Covid-19 and that 508 had tested positive from 75,844 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.67 per cent.
The deaths concerned ...
Wish upon a star
With strict measures for the pandemic and rainy weather postponing some of the events that do manage to be organised, it can be hard to get into the holiday spirit. ...
Football fans urged to donate a teddy for kids in need
Fans who will ago to the Nicosian derby match between Apoel and Omonia on Boxing Day have been asked to bring a teddy bear with them to be given to ...
No excuses for England after latest batting collapse
England cannot make excuses for their troubling run of batting collapses at the Ashes and must find a way to put scores on the board, according to Dawid Malan.
The ...
Turkish business group calls for an end to Erdogan’s low-rates policy
Turkey’s largest business group urged President Tayyip Erdogan’s government on Saturday to abandon a monetary policy based on low rates that has prompted a crash in the lira, ...
Philippines’ feared death toll from Typhoon Rai rises to 31
The feared death toll from a typhoon that battered the Philippines has risen to 31, officials said on Saturday, nearly triple the previous day’s number as rescue teams reach damaged ...