Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, we hear that Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou is in critical condition at an Athens hospital after lengthy surgery to treat a cerebral aneurysm.
There’s also ...
Nicosia event calls for release of Assange
Saying the detention of Australian activist Julian Assange was illegal and anti-democratic, the Assange Initiative and the Cyprus Union of Journalists held an event in Nicosia on Monday calling for ...
Bitcoin investing: What are the pros and cons?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of investing in Bitcoin? Here are the pros and cons to know before investing in Bitcoin.
Bitcoin investment is not different from any other ...
Russia gives Credit Bank of Moscow licence to export gold
Credit Bank of Moscow (MKB), one of Russia’s largest private lenders, has obtained a gold export licence from the government, it said on Monday, becoming the latest Russian bank ...
UN warns of ‘catastrophic’ child malnutrition due to price hikes, Ukraine war
The cost of life-saving treatment for the most severely malnourished children is set to jump by up to 16% due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and pandemic disruptions, according to ...
Eni to open bank accounts to pay for Russian gas after EU clarification
Italian energy group Eni (ENI.MI) will open bank accounts this week to pay for Russian gas after clarification that such a move will not breach sanctions, two sources said ...
Backer of stricken TerraUSD says spent reserves trying to salvage dollar peg
An affiliate of the company behind collapsed stablecoin TerraUSD on Monday said it had spent the bulk of its reserves trying to defend its dollar peg last week and would ...
Musk tells conference a lower price for Twitter might be appropriate
Elon Musk suggested that a lower price for Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) may be appropriate as he and CEO Parag Agrawal quarreled over the company’s estimates of spam accounts ...
Christodoulides’ spin doctor sacked for copying Kasoulides’ 2008 campaign speeches
Presidential hopeful Nikos Christodoulides has let go of one of his spin doctors after it turned out that several of his talking points bore an uncanny similarity or were identical ...
Our View: Continued restrictions in care homes are beyond cruel
At the same time as the general population is benefitting from the lifting of most Covid restrictions, we read that elderly people continue to be virtual prisoners in care homes ...
Arsenal falter in Champions League race with defeat to Newcastle
Newcastle United dealt a huge blow to Arsenal’s chances of qualifying for the Champions League by beating them 2-0 in the Premier League on Monday.
An own goal from ...
Ukrainian court seizes assets of Russian billionaire with Cyprus links
A Ukrainian court has seized assets of Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman worth 12.4 billion hryvnia ($420 million), Ukrainian Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said on Monday.
She wrote on Facebook that the assets ...
Taliban dissolve Afghanistan’s Human Rights Commission, other key bodies
Taliban authorities in Afghanistan dissolved five key departments of the former US-backed government, including the country’s Human Rights Commission, deeming them unnecessary in the face of a financial crunch, ...
Amber Heard says she feared she would not survive Johnny Depp marriage
“Aquaman” actor Amber Heard told jurors in a defamation case on Monday that she filed for divorce from Johnny Depp in 2016 because she worried she would not survive physical abuse ...
EU ministers fail to persuade Hungary to sign up to Russian oil embargo
EU foreign ministers failed on Monday in their effort to pressure Hungary to lift its veto of a proposed oil embargo on Russia, with Lithuania saying the bloc was being “...
Ukrainian troops evacuate from Mariupol, ceding control to Russia
Ukraine‘s military said on Tuesday it was working to evacuate all remaining troops from their last stronghold in the besieged port of Mariupol, ceding control of the city to ...
Sweden’s plans for Nato membership hit snag as Turkey says no (Updated)
By Johan Ahlander and Simon Johnson
Sweden will formally apply for Nato membership in the next few days, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Monday, but its accession process, and ...
Man, burned in football violence, released from hospital
Evripides Frangou, 20, has been discharged from the hospital where he was treated with burns to 45 per cent of his body following violent incidents involving football fans over two weeks ago, ...
After New York supermarket massacre, investigators look for missed warning signs (Updated)
An investigation into the shooting of more than a dozen people in Buffalo, New York, turned on Monday to whether early warning signs of the attack were missed, as public ...
Train driver dies and dozens injured in crash near Barcelona
The driver of a suburban passenger train died and dozens were lightly injured after two trains crashed outside Barcelona on Monday evening, Catalan regional authorities said.
Some 85 people were injured ...
Putin appears to back off threats as Nordics seek to join Nato
Vladimir Putin appeared to climb down on Monday from Russia’s objections to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, saying Moscow had no issues with them entering the U.S.-led ...
France’s Macron picks Elisabeth Borne as new prime minister (Update 2)
French President Emmanuel Macron picked Labour Minister Elisabeth Borne as his new prime minister on Monday as he prepares for legislative elections in June – only the second time in 30 years ...
England detects four more cases of monkeypox infection
Britain’s health authorities are investigating four more cases of rare viral monkeypox infection which have been diagnosed in England taking the total confirmed cases since May 6 to seven.
The ...
Greek man gets life sentence for killing British wife
A Greek man, who confessed to killing his young British wife in front of their 11-month-old child last year, was sentenced to life in prison on Monday in a case ...