Archive 2021

An Australian female politician seems to be the most favoured choice for the succession of the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative and head of the UN peacekeeping force (UNFICYP) ...

Pope Francis said on Sunday that he was praying that many countries take Afghan refugees and, in an apparent reference to the Taliban’s past restrictions on schooling for women, ...

The health ministry announced the rapid test sites for Monday, 39 in total. People need to present an ID, passport or driver’s licence to get tested. District Testing Sites Work ...

With rentals thin on the ground and new procedures being introduced in some parts of the UK returning students are finding it increasingly difficult to find somewhere to live By ...

By Alistair Smout British vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi on Sunday said a decision had not yet been taken on whether healthy children aged 12- to 15-years-old should be vaccinated against ...

Police on Sunday said they were looking for the whereabouts of a 43-year-old male detainee who escaped after being transferred to the Paphos hospital. Younes Amrani Boukhobza from Morocco had ...

Russia on Sunday denied it has discussed participation in an online G7 ministerial meeting about Afghanistan, Interfax news agency reported, citing Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. China and Russia ...

Archbishop Chrysostomos said he would suggest to the Holy Synod the punishment of clergy who urge people not to get vaccinated reports said on Sunday. According to state broadcaster CyBC, ...

Afghanistan withdrawal has strengthened rather than ended the West’s delusional thinking that led to the misbegotten adventure in the first place By Gwynne Dyer A man is sitting in ...

World number one Ash Barty became the latest high-profile player to be ousted at the U.S. Open after the Australian suffered a third-round defeat to American Shelby Rogers on ...

A 38-year-old man was arrested on Sunday after 12 cannabis plants were found during a search in his house in Limassol. In the house, police found four greenhouses with lighting and ...

By Bill Trott Willard Scott, the ebullient former “Today” show weatherman, venerator of centenarians, pitchman extraordinaire and the original hamburger-hawking Ronald McDonald, died on Saturday, his successor on the morning ...

Police on Sunday called on members of the public to help identify a woman who is in critical condition at the Nicosia hospital after being hit by a car in ...

Police booked 40 individuals and 11 businesses during the last 24 hours, for breaching the measures taken to contain the spread of Covid-19. A police spokesperson told CNA that a total of 3,652 checks ...

A surfer died on Sunday after being bitten by a shark off a surfing beach on Australia’s east coast, paramedics said. The incident took place off the Emerald Beach, ...

By Patricia Jordan Wow! What a hot summer we have had and it is not over yet. According to those who ‘read’ the weather conditions for the rest of the ...

The US has backed a plan to bring desperately needed gas to Lebanon from Syria. Syria said on Saturday that it welcomed Lebanon’s request to import Egyptian gas for ...

Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Amazon are seeking to meet Malaysia’s prime minister to ask that foreign vessels be allowed to repair undersea cables in its waters, a Google spokesperson ...

The US economy created the fewest jobs in seven months in August as hiring in the leisure and hospitality sector stalled amid a resurgence in Covid-19 infections, which weighed on ...

With the recent rebound across cryptocurrencies of various types, it’s time to take a hard look at the ones most likely to return on investment. The rebound started back ...

Electricity prices will not be coming down for the foreseeable future By Elias Hazou Electricity prices will not be coming down for the foreseeable future due to a perfect storm ...

There was good economic news to report this week. Unemployment fell to the lowest level since June 2009. In July this year, according to Eurostat, it stood at 5.2 per cent compared ...

SADLY, it does not look like we will be returning to the constitution of 1960 any time soon, Prez Nik’s zealous and earnest initiative failing to convince anyone, not even ...

In the music for the film Zorba the Greek, Mikis Theodorakis, who died last week aged 96, produced a masterpiece that married music and character to perfection. Zorba, “Damn it boss, ...