Archive February 2023

The cartoon “Dilbert” has been dropped from numerous U.S. newspapers in response to a racist rant by its creator on YouTube. Scott Adams called Black Americans a “hate group” ...

A Russian spacecraft on a mission to bring back to Earth a crew stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) has docked at the station, Russian space agency Roscosmos said ...

Russia’s senior diplomat to the United Nations accused the West on Sunday of “cowboy” methods and “arm twisting” of some countries during last week’s United Nations General Assembly ...

Hong Kong police said on Sunday they had arrested three people in connection with the murder of 28-year old model Abby Choi, whose legs were found in a refrigerator in ...

A federal judge in Austin, Texas on Tuesday rejected a request by Meta Platforms Inc’s (META.O) to throw out a $175 million jury patent verdict for walkie-talkie app maker ...

In the race to go green, the public could end up facing long-term debt and restrictions on their freedom of movement By Jean Christou From Wednesday Cyprus will have a ...

The inauguration ceremony for the eighth president of the republic will take place on Tuesday morning at the legislature, after which Nikos Christodoulides will head to the presidential palace where ...

DISAPPOINTED that the Disy leadership election will not be contested by the good, the bad and the ugly, as had been widely expected, the bad and the ugly having decided ...

Arsenal and Manchester City continued to slug it out in the Premier League title race with wins over Leicester City and Bournemouth respectively on Saturday while at the bottom Leeds ...

Launching its March agenda, the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra has a stylistically rich concert scheduled for the first week of the new month. Under the direction of Yiorgos Kountouris, the orchestra ...

Turkey has arrested 184 people suspected of responsibility for the collapse of buildings in this month’s earthquakes and investigations are widening, a minister said on Saturday, as anger simmers over ...

A demonstration against supplying Ukraine with weapons for war with Russia attracted 10,000 people on Saturday, drawing criticism from top German government officials and a large police presence to maintain order. ...

Russia has halted supplies of oil to Poland via the Druzhba pipeline, the chief executive of Polish refiner PKN Orlen PKN.WA said on Saturday, adding that the company would ...

Britain and the European Union are inching towards concluding talks on revising post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland and an agreement is possible, but by no means guaranteed, in the ...

The European Union vowed to increase pressure on Moscow “until Ukraine is liberated” as it adopted a tenth package of sanctions on Russia on Saturday, a day after the first ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff signalled on Saturday a possible further delay in Budapest’s ratification of Finland and Sweden joining NATO, saying a vote may ...

Thinking of buying a home in the UK? Try Lancashire! This north-western county has the third highest home ownership rate in the country, thanks to its real estate prices. Plus ...

By Les Manison In his campaign to become President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides promised that his government would be one of “broad social acceptance” and would represent ...

A 54-year-old grandmother and her 19-year-old grandson are behind stealing from a house owned by the chief of the police drug squad Ykan, CyBC radio reported on Saturday. The two ...

Candidate for the leadership of Disy, Demetris Demetriou on Saturday said he would wait to see the intentions and choices of president-elect Nikos Christodoulides before shaping the party’s strategy ...

Outgoing health minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Saturday called on his successor to embrace public hospitals and health professionals, underlining that public hospitals are the backbone of the health system. Hadjipantela, ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Saturday said that the Anastasiades administration’s highest priority was the steady development of rural areas and improving the standard of living for those with ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘labour minister’ Hasan Taçoy on Saturday said that 3,800 earthquake victims from Turkey have found refuge in the north since the beginning of the month. Citing data from ...

Limassol municipality said on Saturday it will take part in the city’s big carnival parade with three floats satirising the recent election battle, the glacial progress of the country’...