Archive 2021

Arsenal defender Gabriel fought off an attacker wielding a baseball bat during an attempted robbery at his north London home in August, the Daily Mail reported. Gabriel, 23, and a friend ...

Halfway through the second season of Succession, HBO’s satirical drama about the inner power struggles of an immensely powerful but dysfunctional family, patriarch Logan Roy asks a simple question: ...

The UN Secretary General’s new Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), Colin Stewart, arrives on the island early next week to assume ...

A fire near the communities of Archimandrita and Maronas in the Paphos district was brought under control after burning 20 hectares of dry vegetation and some trees, fire services spokesman Andreas ...

The justice ministry on Wednesday submitted a bill providing for the protection of whistleblowers, which is part of a legal framework designed to fight corruption. The bill is connected with ...

The Australian Open’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate is about protecting the community, not about ‘blackmailing’ Novak Djokovic, a state government official said on Wednesday. Organisers of the year’s first ...

Ellen White spoke of her pride after breaking England Women’s all-time scoring record in the remarkable 20-0 victory over Latvia in Doncaster. White scored twice early on in the ...

A senior Botswana health official said on Tuesday that 16 out of the total 19 cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant detected in the country were asymptomatic, and it was “unfair” to ...

The growth of British house prices accelerated last month and the market was holding up despite the end of pandemic emergency support measures for housing and the broader economy, mortgage ...

Marks & Spencer’s Makarios avenue store has been fully operational since November 22, welcoming back the public, who can combine their visit with a walk along Nicosia’s impressive, renovated ...

by Richard Dickenson My father, whose work involved a good deal of public speaking, gave me this week’s title as the best possible advice for the task. He also ...

Global airlines are bracing for more volatility due to the Omicron variant of COVID-19 that could force them to juggle schedules and destinations at short notice and to rely more ...

Football friendly matches are wide open for match-fixing due to a lack of regulation, with more than 250 friendlies involving European clubs showing signs of suspicious activity from 2016 to 2020, according to ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) agreed on Wednesday to launch negotiations on an international pact to prevent and control future pandemics at a time when the world is gearing up ...

Drafting four separate zoning and planning blueprints for the Akamas peninsula would have serious long-term and irreversible negative effects in the environmentally sensitive area, the federation of environmental organisations (Opok) ...

British retailers increased their prices for the first time in more than two years in November as the coronavirus pandemic hit global supply chains, limited staff availability and pushed up ...

This is meant to be the most wonderful time of the year. Stricter measures and cancellation of some events though certainly doesn’t help to create a festive mood but ...

Turkish factory activity grew in November, with new export orders and output rising, while a sharp increase in costs pushed output price rises to their fastest pace on record amid ...

Almost half a tonne of meteorites declared as pyrite ore on import have been seized by authorities in the southern city of Shenzhen, China’s customs agency said on Monday. ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Thursday, 24 in total, in all districts for eligible groups of the population. To get tested, people need to present their ID, ...

The first flamingos have arrived at Larnaca’s salt lake in search of warmer climes, and food. Numbers are expected to increase in the coming weeks, as every year thousands ...

Ukraine urged NATO on Wednesday to prepare economic sanctions on Russia to deter a possible invasion by tens of thousands of Russian troops concentrated within reach of its border. Ukraine’...

People eligible for the booster shot of a Covid-19 vaccine will be informed through an SMS, the health ministry said on Wednesday. From December 1, individuals who meet the criteria for ...

A ‘work-from-home’ order for 20 per cent of a businesses’ staff is expected to be among the proposals submitted by the health minister to Thursday’s council of ministers meeting. Health ...