‘I’m done’: Fury sticks to retirement plan
Tyson Fury has reiterated that he is retiring from boxing, stressing that “no amount of money” will tempt him to change the decision.
The 33-year-old undefeated WBC heavyweight champion once ...
West Ham boss Moyes relishing special European clash with Eintracht
West Ham United manager David Moyes said they are relishing their Europa League semi-final tie with Eintracht Frankfurt, a fixture which gave the east London club one of their greatest ...
Erdogan says Turkish courts proved independence by convicting Kavala
President Tayyip Erdogan said a decision to jail philanthropist Osman Kavala for life over anti-government protests in 2013 showed that Turkey’s courts were independent.
Erdogan said the European Court of ...
Van Bronckhorst urges Rangers to block out noise ahead of Europa semi
Rangers boss Giovanni Van Bronckhorst has told his players to block all the outside pressures in their bid to reach the Europa League final.
The Light Blues take on RB ...
Man arrested at airport with 3.6kg cocaine
The police drug squad on Thursday said they arrested a 34-year-old man at Larnaca airport after they found over 3.5kg of cocaine in his luggage.
The man arrived at the ...
Polis Chrysochous venue owners optimistic about tourist season
The Paphos branch of the association of hospitality venues (Sikap) on Wednesday announced that venue capacity in Polis Chrysochous reached 60 per cent during April.
Ntinos Paraskeva, one of the association’...
COVID-hit Beijing increases curbs, fears Shanghai-like misery
The Chinese capital of Beijing closed some public spaces and stepped up checks at others on Thursday, as most of the city’s 22 million residents embarked on more COVID-19 mass ...
Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, the one-year jail sentence imposed on Turkish Cypriot newspaper publisher Sener Levent by a court in Turkey for offending Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has been commuted ...
With inflation, gold notes and cards find their way into America’s wallet
With inflation running at its highest levels in four decades, Utah business owner Steve Allred is concerned about the declining purchasing power of the US dollar.
To help protect against ...
Britain’s Truss tells China its rise depends on playing by the rules
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss warned China that failure to play by global rules would cut short its rise as a superpower, and said the West should ensure that Taiwan ...
Cyprus Business Now
The Cyprus Institute of Certified Management Consultants (Sesek) on Wednesday announced that it has entered into a partnership agreement with Cyprus International Institute of Management (CIIM).
The partnership entails Sesek ...
How Africa is bearing the brunt of palm oil’s perfect storm
Djeneba Belem’s fried bean cake stall in Abidjan is a world away from the war raging in Ukraine. But her business is now at the mercy of an unexpected ...
Electric car battery showdown brews in West
Several companies plan to open production facilities for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries or components in North America and Europe by 2025, as the alternative to nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) cells begins to ...
Deportations of Turkish Cypriots from Turkey cause alarm
A number of Turkish Cypriots being deported from Turkey has caused alarm in the north, as political parties sought further clarification, while the ‘foreign ministry’ played it down.
It was ...
Our View: Unearthed US telegram unfairly blames entitled youth for impasse
Easter Sunday was also the 18th anniversary of the 2004 referendum on the failed Annan plan, which normally passes without much ado except for some blah from the hard-line parties about ...
Liverpool beat Villarreal to close in on Champions League final
An own goal and a Sadio Mane strike earned Liverpool a 2-0 victory in their Champions League semi-final first-leg against Villarreal on Wednesday, putting Juergen Klopp’s side on course ...
Europe decries ‘blackmail’ as Russia halts gas to Poland, Bulgaria
Russia’s Gazprom cut Poland and Bulgaria off from its gas on Wednesday for refusing to pay in roubles, and threatened to do the same to others, cranking up retaliation ...
President’s visit to Estonia to focus on digital MoU
An updated memorandum of understanding will be signed between Cyprus and Estonia on matters of digital governance and cybersecurity during President Nicos Anastasiades’ two-day visit.
The efforts to bolster Cyprus’ ...
Federer set to return to tennis again in September
Roger Federer looks to have allayed retirement fears as he plots a return to the ATP Tour in the autumn, starting at the Laver Cup in London followed by the ...
Boy loses finger in firecracker explosion
An 11-year-old has been transferred to a private Paphos hospital as he lost a finger in a firecracker explosion late on Wednesday evening.
The minor also suffered serious injuries to ...
Bicommunal protest against Turkey’s nuclear plant
A bicommunal protest against the Akkuyu nuclear plant in Turkey was held in the buffer zone on Wednesday.
Protesters gathered in Nicosia between the two checkpoints at the Home for ...
Microsoft discloses onslaught of Russian cyberattacks on Ukraine
Russian government hackers carried out multiple cyber operations against Ukraine that appeared to support Moscow’s military attacks and online propaganda campaigns, Microsoft said in a report on Wednesday.
The ...
Two arrested in cannabis bust
Drug squad officers on Wednesday arrested a 37-year-old and 76-year-old after a bust uncovered 1.5kg of cannabis and 24 marijuana plants.
Members of the unit carried out a vehicle spot check ...
Belarus eyes wider death penalty use after anti-war railway sabotage
Belarus moved on Wednesday to make attempted acts of terrorism punishable by the death penalty after activists tried to sabotage parts of the railway network to make it harder for ...