Two cars set ablaze in Limassol arson
Two cars in the parking lot of an apartment block in Limassol were set ablaze in the early hours of Tuesday, police saying it was arson.
According to the police, ...
How chemists are building molecular assembly lines
By Caleb Davies
Four huge robot arms surround the gleaming metal shell of what will soon be a top-of-the-range automobile. They jerk into life, attaching the bonnet, the wing mirrors, ...
WHO: Omicron threat remains high in east Europe
A new wave of infections from the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is moving towards the east of Europe, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, urging authorities to improve ...
Djokovic will not defend Wimbledon or French Open if mandatory jabs required
Novak Djokovic says he will not defend his Wimbledon or French Open titles if the tournaments require mandatory vaccination for competitors.
“Yes, that is the price that I’m willing ...
Pochettino sure Messi will rise to the occasion as PSG face Real
Paris St Germain coach Mauricio Pochettino has backed Lionel Messi to come alive against Real Madrid in Tuesday’s Champions League last-16 first leg despite an underwhelming domestic campaign.
Messi ...
Guardiola hails ‘exceptional harmony’ in Man City squad
Pep Guardiola claims the Manchester City dressing-room spirit is the best he has known at the club.
The City manager has often hailed the togetherness of his squad during his ...
Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, Cyprus’ legal system was tested and failed in its handling of the 2019 Ayia Napa gang rape case, the chairwoman of the House human rights committee said ...
Altered states on display in Splayed
A new exhibition opening this week in Limassol brings together not only the artistic duo Eva and Belinda Papavasiliou but also several others from diverse backgrounds. Splayed, hosted at MeMeraki ...
Russia says if provoked it will attack Ukraine, Britain’s Truss says attack imminent
Russia will “respond” if Russian citizens start being killed anywhere, including in Ukraine’s rebel Donbass region, Russia‘s RIA news agency cited Russian envoy to the European Union, Vladimir ...
Man caught driving unregistered motorbike without a licence (updated)
Paphos police stopped a 24-year-old motorcyclist in Chlorakas on Monday night. The man appeared to be under the influence of drugs and was riding without a helmet, licence plate or ...
Johnson & Johnson defends talc bankruptcy in court
A Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) subsidiary on Monday kicked off a courtroom battle that aims to use the bankruptcy process to resolve tens of thousands of claims that the ...
Scholz flies to Moscow in bid to avert war
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz heads to Moscow on Tuesday to meet President Vladimir Putin in a high stakes mission to avert war, with Russia’s largest trading partner in Europe ...
High hopes that tourism will steady Turkey’s economy
Tourism in Turkey is set to return to near pre-pandemic levels this year, boosting the crisis-hit economy with the help of a recent currency crash that has made it a ...
Ex-Goldman banker’s 1MDB corruption trial under way
Prosecutors began a US corruption trial on Monday by accusing a former Goldman Sachs (GS.N) banker of seeking to make millions of dollars laundering money looted from Malaysia’s 1...
UK makes first seizure of NFTs in tax crackdown
British tax authorities said on Monday they had made their first seizure of non-fungible tokens in a crackdown on suspected criminal activity to hide money.
Her Majesty’s Revenue & ...
Our View: We cannot keep cheating the EU over VAT on homes
When the legislature approved by overwhelming majority, the reduced VAT for the purchase of primary residences in 2016, deputies claimed they were assisting the less-off and young families buy a home. ...
Protest over gender discrimination in the army
Relatives of female army sergeants announced on Monday they are planning a demonstration to protest gender-based discrimination in the National Guard, a claim backed up by a recent report by ...
Sarah Palin loses defamation case against New York Times (Updated)
A US judge on Monday threw out Sarah Palin’s lawsuit accusing the New York Times of defaming the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican U.S. vice presidential candidate by ...
Medical association said it had warned HIO of Gesy shortcomings
Cyprus medical association (CMA) on Monday slammed the health insurance service organisation (HIO) for “shoddy planning”, reiterating they had warned about the inadequacy of the Gesy budget prior to its ...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy declares ‘day of unity’ for Feb 16, cited as possible invasion day
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called in his country to fly Ukrainian flags from buildings and sing the national anthem in unison on Feb. 16, the date that some Western media ...
Adrian Peterson after arrest: ‘I don’t hit women’
Former NFL MVP Adrian Peterson insists he didn’t do anything that warranted Sunday’s arrest in Los Angeles on a felony domestic violence charge.
“I don’t hit women,” ...
US moving Ukraine embassy from Kyiv to Lviv amid Russian buildup
The United States is relocating its embassy operations in Ukraine from the capital Kyiv to the western city of Lviv, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday, citing the “...
Canada’s Trudeau to invoke emergency powers to end protests; how will it squeeze funding of the trucker protests?
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday activated rarely used emergency powers in an effort to end protests that have shut some U.S. border crossings and paralyzed parts of ...
Fears over access to borrowers’ data in loan recovery plan
Opposition parties on Monday stayed unsatisfied with tweaks to a government bill regulating the access to borrowers’ data by companies buying loan portfolios and debt administrators.
Although the bill will ...