Archive 2021

The Spanish city of Seville is to be named as a host venue for the rescheduled Euro 2020 soccer tournament after Bilbao was dropped, a source close to the decision told ...

After a night of violence in Jerusalem, Israeli police made over 50 arrests and Palestinian medics said 100 were injured during Ramadan clashes in the contested city at the core of the ...

More than 1700 Johnson & Johnson single dose Covid-19 vaccines were booked through the vaccination portal on Friday, the first day they were made available here. The J&J shots ...

Every pet deserves a loving and respectful home: please only consider acquiring a pet if you will be able to take care of its long-term needs. Also, consider choosing your ...

A woman says she has reported to police that around 10 years ago she had been raped by a man who is running for parliament in the upcoming elections. In a ...

The 14-day cumulative rate of Covid cases has reached a record 937 per 100,000 of the population, the weekly coronavirus surveillance report issued by the health ministry said on Friday. The report ...

Since the pandemic began, much of the fashion industry has taken a hit – but not the resale sector. In fact, the online market for used clothes is growing faster than ...

A Paphos resident will spend his 60th Birthday on Friday by completing a 60KM challenge to raise money for local charities. Frank Martin, well known in Paphos as the’ Blind ...

In this BBC Ideas video, Simon Redfern of the University of Cambridge’s Earth Sciences department, explains how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help us adapt to climate change, in the ...

K-pop has become a $5-billion industry, with popular acts like BTS, BLACKPINK, Super M, and others leading the way. K-pop is a genre of popular music originating in South Korea, ...

Celebrated annually on April 22, Earth Day supports environmental protection and aims to raise awareness about the planet. Going eco-friendly is one of the latest and biggest movements of the times. ...

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international – in audio form. Presented by ...

The National Council convenes on Friday morning under President Nicos Anastasiades, with a view to discuss developments as regards the Cyprus problem in view of the 5+1 informal meeting that will ...

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) said it is rolling out biometric technology at its Whole Foods stores around Seattle starting on Wednesday, letting shoppers pay for items with a scan ...

In this video we get a beautiful portrait of the early stirrings of a big dream. We meet Benoit, a 10-year-old boy living in rural northwest France with his family, ...

Vartkes Mahdessian, the representative of the Armenian community in the House of Representatives, is hopeful that US President Biden will recognise the Armenian genocide on Saturday. Biden is likely going ...

Cyprus increased its total sales of pesticides by 101 per cent between 2011 and 2019, by far the highest increase in the EU, the latest Eurostat figures show. Of the 18 EU countries for ...

India reported the world’s highest daily tally of coronavirus cases for the second day on Friday, surpassing 330,000 new cases, as it struggles with a health system in crisis and ...

As a result of 11,004 checks police booked 185 individuals, four of them business owners, for breaching coronavirus measures from Thursday until Friday. One business owner was fined in Limassol, two in ...

Turkey’s lira skidded 2 per cent to its weakest this month on Thursday as the country’s ties with US come under strain, and after President Tayyip Erdogan again defended ...

Ever since its conception, the Nord Stream 2 project has faced controversy within Europe and has attracted the wrath of and sanctions from the US due to concerns that ‘it will ...

American bank JP Morgan has attempted to amplify its involvement with football over the past two decades, not so much for the betterment of the sport, but rather to further ...

Ruling Disy appears to have it in the upcoming parliamentary elections – or at least that is the perception among the public – while a substantial percentage are not upbeat about the ...

The health ministry introduced a new method of reporting the number of Covid-19 deaths this week. It no longer states whether the deceased had underlying health conditions as had been ...