Archive 2021

European Union targets to boost biofuel use are likely to have led to the deforestation of an area roughly the size of the Netherlands over the last decade to expand ...

The health ministry announced 827 new coronavirus infections after 41,606 on Tuesday, a positivity rate of 1.99 per cent, but no deaths from the virus. The ministry said 89 people were being treated in ...

Mark Cavendish is on the brink of making yet more Tour de France history after winning his 33rd career stage in Valence. The Manxman has long brushed off questions over ...

A Limassol court has issued an interim order banning use of a building by the municipality of Kato Polemidia after the local authority had broken into the former co-op bank ...

Losing Varosha to resettlement under Turkish administration would sound the death knell for a Cyprus solution, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday. It also appears the message he passed to ...

The death toll from a partially collapsed Miami-area condominium rose by four to 32, officials said on Tuesday, as rescue workers braced for a tropical storm and relatives of a deceased ...

Leading information and communication technology companies are joining forces with other businesses to help those affected by the catastrophic fires last weekend by donating €900 thousand. According to an industry announcement ...

North Macedonia’s parliament has voted to form a national park in the Shar mountains, the UN Environment Programme said on Thursday, in a move conservationists hope will lure the ...

A court in Belarus jailed former presidential contender Viktor Babariko for 14 years on Tuesday after convicting him on corruption charges he denied, sparking condemnation from the West and the embattled ...

Alphamega supermarkets announced on Tuesday they were donating coupons totalling €100,000 to the people affected by the fires in the mountainous areas of the Larnaca and Limassol districts. The company’s ...

Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou on Tuesday effectively shut down opposition lawmakers’ aspirations to lower the retirement age from 65 to 63, saying such a move would endanger the long-term viability of the ...

Israel‘s parliament failed on Tuesday to renew a disputed law that bars granting citizenship or residency to Palestinians from the occupied West Bank or Gaza who are married to ...

The Spanish government approved a law on Tuesday to define all non-consensual sex as rape, part of a legislative overhaul that toughens penalties for sexual harassment and mandates more support ...

The Vauxhall car factory in northwest England will get a 100-million pound ($140 million) investment to produce electric vans, owner Stellantis (STLA.MI) said on Tuesday, the second positive announcement for ...

Britain’s BBC said it had cut spending on its top stars by 10 per cent and reduced its total public sector workforce by over 1,200 in the last financial year, becoming ...

British Airways has settled a case brought by customers and staff affected by a massive 2018 data breach that led to personal information being leaked, the court-appointed lead solicitors in the ...

Fashion icon and pop star Rihanna has been living it up in some of the most luxurious mansions out there. The Savage X Fenty creator knows a thing or two ...

After 30 years of participation, Cyprus won two bronze medals for the first time at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI). The winners were Charalambos Georgiou who is an army conscript ...

Second seed Daniil Medvedev crashed out of Wimbledon after a five-set defeat by Hubert Hurkacz in their rain-interrupted fourth-round match. Russian Medvedev was leading two sets to one when the ...

A heart-warming tale of a Rottweiler, Danny, credited by his owner with saving his life by licking his face to revive him when the man passed out from the heat ...

By Katie Wright Whether on holiday or at home, we all know we should be protecting our skin from harmful UV rays with a high-factor sunscreen, especially during the summer, ...

People who have been fully vaccinated and children will from Aug. 16 no longer have to self-isolate after close contact with someone who tests positive for COVID-19, health minister Sajid Javid ...

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China will step up supervision of Chinese firms listed offshore, its cabinet said on Tuesday, days after Beijing launched a cybersecurity investigation into ride-hailing giant Didi Global Inc on the ...