Bitcoin rises above $51,000; ether at $3,932
Bitcoin rose 0.49 per cent to $50,188.4 at 1004 GMT on Sunday, adding $245.24 to its previous close.
The world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency is up 81 per cent from this year’s low ...
Afghanistan: Kabul main money exchange reopens; long lines form outside
The main money exchange market in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, reopened on Saturday (September. 4), 10 days after Taliban takeover, as a banking crisis still exists in the Asian country, a local ...
Volkswagen CEO: Self-driving cars are the real gamechangers in auto industry
Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) head Herbert Diess on Sunday said autonomous cars, not electric vehicles, were the “real gamechanger” for the auto industry, which is facing the end of combustion ...
Technical committee on the Cyprus-Egypt joint gas pipeline project to meet mid-September
The technical committee that is working on the preparations for a joint gas pipeline project between Cyprus and Egypt will convene on September 15, the office of the Minister of Energy, ...
Italy equal unbeaten world record with Swiss draw
Jorginho missed a penalty as Italy were held to a 0-0 draw by Switzerland in a World Cup qualifier on Sunday, a result that meant Roberto Mancini’s side equalled ...
US Open day seven highlights
Highlights of the seventh day at the U.S. Open, the last Grand Slam tournament of the year, at Flushing Meadows on Sunday (times in GMT):
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Lingard double helps England ease past Andorra
Jesse Lingard returned to the scoresheet for England for the first time in three years with two goals in his side’s 4-0 win over Andorra in a one-sided World ...
Religious artifact’s long and winding road home
The doors of an iconostasis in an occupied Church were reported as having returned home last week. They were the first looted item to be returned to the island from ...
Bale’s hat-trick snatches Wales victory in Belarus
Gareth Bale ended his two-year Wales scoring drought as his hat-trick secured a thrilling 3-2 World Cup qualifying win over Belarus in Kazan.
Bale had not added to his record 33 ...
Coronavirus: two deaths and 147 new cases on Sunday (Updated)
Two deaths and 147 new coronavirus cases were announced on Sunday by the health ministry.
The deaths concern a 52-year-old man and an 83-year-old woman. The number of people who have ...
Verstappen triggers Dutch party with dominant home win
Max Verstappen won his home Dutch Grand Prix for Red Bull on Sunday and took the Formula One championship lead in front of a roaring, dancing army of fans hailing ...
More than 1,300 traffic violations recorded during weekend
Five cars and 14 motorcycles were seized during traffic checks during the weekend, police said on Sunday.
According to data released by the police, more than 1,300 traffic violations were recorded in ...
Israel to reopen for small foreign tour groups
By Steven Scheer
Israel will allow small foreign tour groups from selective countries to visit from Sept. 19 under a pilot programme to kick-start tourism, the government said on Sunday.
Tour ...
Former EU Commissioner Stylianides candidate for Greek ministerial post
Former European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management Christos Stylianides is a candidate for a ministerial post in Greece, reports said on Sunday.
Stylianides, a Cypriot national, was the ...
Interlinkages between the pandemic and globalisation
By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides
The pandemic and temporary “shut down” of economies has led to a worldwide sharp decline in key economic indicators and negatively affected the trade ...
Taliban say they have entered capital of holdout Afghan region
The Taliban said on Sunday their forces had fought their way into the provincial capital of the Panjshir valley, their latest claim of progress in fighting against opposition forces holding ...
Weather ‘seers’ forecast a rainy winter
By Evie Andreou
If we are to believe traditional weather forecasters, it will be pouring down this winter as per their predictions based on the first days of August.
Experts, ...
Born conjoined back-to-back, Israeli twins finally see each other after surgery
One-year-old twin Israeli girls who were born conjoined at the head, back to back, can make eye contact for the first time after undergoing rare separation surgery.
The more than 12...
Dozens injured in anti-Serbian protests in Montenegro
By Stevo Vasiljevic
Montenegro police used teargas against rock-throwing protesters during Sunday’s enthronement of a Serbian Orthodox Church cleric as the nation’s religious leader, with dozens reported injured.
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Employee drones seek new hive
By Anna Mylona
Since the outbreak of Covid-19, every aspect of life has been affected in some way, shape or form. Over a year down the line since the pandemic ...
Cyprus needs an honest leader with a vision and lots of courage
The first and most important lesson from Akis Tzohatzopoulos’ life is that power corrupts
By Christos P Panayiotides
On August 27, Akis Tzohatzopoulos passed away, at the age of 82. He was ...
Spanish village hosts first bull running fiesta since pandemic
By Guillermo Martinez and Sergio Perez
Ten bulls charged through the streets of Villaseca de la Sagra on Sunday in pursuit of hundreds of runners as the first bull-running fiesta ...
Invasive sea creature may be upsetting the habitat
Uninvited hitchhicker from the Suez is now found around the island
By Nick Theodoulou
An invasive species of mildly poisonous sea urchin with longer spines than those endemic to Cyprus ...
Qatar to operate daily aid flights to Afghanistan
Qatar has flown humanitarian aid into Kabul and said it will operate daily aid flights to Afghanistan over the next few days, providing much-needed supplies following a hiatus in much ...