Archive 2022

The 10-minute home loan – at the tap of a smartphone screen – is emerging as the next frontier in Australian banking as rising interest rates quash a pandemic-fuelled property boom, eating ...

BMW (BMWG.DE) is exploring new investments in solar, geothermal and hydrogen energy to lower its dependence on natural gas, the carmaker’s production chief told Reuters on Monday, warning ...

Israel Discount Bank (DSCT.TA) reported a higher-than-expected rise in quarterly profit that was boosted by higher financing income and a one-time gain. Discount, Israel’s fourth-largest bank by assets, ...

A young girl’s tooth excavated from a cave wall in northeastern Laos is providing new insight into the mysterious extinct human species called Denisovans and revealing their resourcefulness in ...

In case of an absolute assignment of a debt, the assignee has the chose in action An assignment agreement regulates the rights of the assignor and the assignee, especially when ...

A fire broke out shortly after 1am in the early hours of Monday in a car parked in Strovolos. According to a police spokesman, members the fire brigade rushed to ...

A 24-year-old man has been arrested and taken into custody in connection with a burglary case in Paphos. The burglary was committed on Sunday between 10 am and 5pm, and the ...

Beijing authorities extended work-from-home guidance for many of its 22 million residents to stem a persistent COVID-19 outbreak, while Shanghai deployed more testing and curbs to hold on to its hard-won ‘...

A 27-year-old man has been arrested to facilitate police investigations into a case of burglary and car theft in Larnaca. According to police statement, in March an unknown person stole ...

For decades, complaints of sex abuse by pastors and staff in the largest U.S. Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, were either ignored or covered up by top clergy, ...

A webcast-concert ‘Stand with Ukraine – The Cyprus Edition’ to raise donations for the Red Cross will be broadcast on Friday May 27, and will be addressed by President Nicos Anastasiades and ...

Manchester City won their fourth Premier League title in five years on Sunday but nearly let the trophy slip from their hands, coming back from two goals down to beat ...

Formula One world champion Max Verstappen won the Spanish Grand Prix in a Red Bull one-two on Sunday to take over at the top from Ferrari’s luckless Charles Leclerc, ...

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck near the east coast of Honshu, Japan’s main island on Sunday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 60 kms (37 ...

Ronald McDonald House Charities wants to provide accommodation so that kids’ support systems are close Cyprus’ first Ronald McDonald House will be ready to host family members of children treated ...

Russia would normally have its own “house” at the World Economic Forum as a showcase for business leaders and investors. This year the space on the dressed-up main street in ...

A member of a force that fought on behalf of Iran to protect Shi’ites and their shrines in Syria or Iraq was killed on Sunday in a rare assassination ...

Turkey’s foreign ministry summoned the ambassador of the United States on Sunday to convey discomfort over an alert the embassy published on its website related to an opposition rally ...

More and more days in the year have dangerous levels of dust, but it is not fair to blame the Sahara alone Government-issued dust warnings seem to have become par ...

The EU’s €210bn plan is far-reaching but Cyprus is woefully behind In addition to its plan to stop using Russian oil, the EU has gone further, trying to grasp ...

White House COVID-19 response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said on Sunday he expects a U.S. Food and Drug Administration decision on authorizing Moderna’s MRNA.O vaccine for children ...

Only Ukraine has the right to decide its future, the Polish president told lawmakers in Kyiv on Sunday, as he became the first foreign leader to give a speech in ...

By Achilleas Demetriades There is a protracted impasse when it comes to the Cyprus problem. We are faced with the worst situation since the invasion, one step before partition. Many ...

Ukraine ruled out a ceasefire or any territorial concessions to Moscow while Russia stepped up its attack in the eastern Donbas region and stopped sending gas to Finland in its ...