Southgate calls up Toney to England squad for Euro qualifiers
England called up Brentford striker Ivan Toney but kept faith with most of their World Cup quarter-finalists on Thursday as head coach Gareth Southgate named his squad for next week’...
Saddam’s rusting yacht serves as picnic spot for Iraqi fishermen
Capsized in a river in southern Iraq, the rusting wreck of a yacht that belonged to Saddam Hussein serves as a stark reminder of his iron-fisted rule that ended with ...
Striking Greeks protest over deadly train crash
Thousands of Greek workers walked off the job on Thursday and rallied in central Athens in protest at neglected safety standards they say led to the deadliest train crash in ...
UK bans TikTok on government phones over security concerns
Britain said on Thursday it would ban TikTok on government phones with immediate effect, a move that follows other Western countries who have barred the Chinese-owned video app over security ...
ECB raises rates as planned despite banking turmoil
The European Central Bank raised interest rates by 50 basis points on Thursday as promised, ignoring financial market chaos and calls by investors to dial back policy tightening at least until ...
Cyprus recorded 14 flu-related deaths this winter
A total of 14 people have died from the flu in Cyprus in this winter, authorities said on Thursday releasing figures.
Among the deaths was an 8-year-old girl with no other ...
Witch lit: how modern writers are reinventing the witch
By Lucy Atkinson
From the fairy tales read to us as children to the costumes every Halloween, the figure of the witch has been with most of us for our ...
Infantino re-elected FIFA president, telling critics ‘I love you all’
Gianni Infantino was re-elected as FIFA president during the 73rd Congress in Kigali on Thursday, promising record revenues in the next four-year cycle of $11 billion as he called for more ...
Oil regains some ground after Credit Suisse handed a lifeline
Oil prices clawed back some ground on Thursday after sliding to 15-month lows in the previous session as markets calmed somewhat after Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) was thrown a financial ...
Israeli protesters paint ‘red line’ leading to Supreme Court after Netanyahu spurns compromise
Jerusalem woke on Thursday to the sight of a long red line painted by protesters along roads leading to Israel’s Supreme Court, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected ...
Fire Service exercise at Larnaca airport
The Fire Service on Thursday carried out an emergency exercise at the Larnaca airport aviation fuelling system (LAFS) headquarters, during which firefighters had to respond to a simulated fuel leak ...
Pentagon releases video of drone incident after US, Russia trade accusations
The Pentagon released on Thursday a de-classified video showing a Russian military jet intercept a U.S. drone downed over the Black Sea two days ago, rare footage that highlights ...
Indonesia court jails policeman over deadly football stampede
An Indonesian court on Thursday jailed a policeman but cleared two other officers of negligence over crowd control measures deployed at a local soccer match that led to one of ...
Company car GPS nabs thief
Police in Paphos arrested a 27-year-old man caught stealing metal pipes from his company, after the company car’s GPS gave away his location, authorities said on Thursday.
According to ...
Turkish opposition leader in north to meet earthquake victims’ families
Turkish main opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu is visiting the north on Thursday to meet the Turkish Cypriot families, who lost loved ones in the earthquakes last month.
Kilicdaroglu, who is ...
Over 70 per cent of housing scheme applications eligible for loans
The Ministry of Finance announced on Thursday that 1,318 applications have been submitted, potentially qualifying for loans totalling €131.1 million under the Oikia housing scheme.
This scheme was designed to help manage ...
Cypriot banks say no exposure to Credit Suisse (Updated)
President Nikos Christodoulides and Finance Minister Makis Keravnos are in constant contact with the governor of the Cyprus Central Bank as of Thursday, following a 30 per cent slump in shares ...
Prison guards call for end to overcrowding
Members of the prison guards’ union Isotita sent a letter to Justice Minister Anna Procopiou urging her to take measures against the issue of overcrowding in the Nicosia central prison.
“...
Man dies in glass manufacturing factory
A 57-year-old man, identified as Stavros Joakim, died early on Thursday morning in a labour accident at a glass manufacturing plant in the Aradippou industrial zone.
Charis Hadjiyiasemi, Larnaca police ...
Police swoop on Chlorakas crime hotspot
A massive 60-person police operation in Chlorakas on Thursday morning targeted a well-known crime hotspot which found that seven apartments were stealing electricity.
Michalis Nikolaou, Paphos police spokesman and head ...
Euro, Swiss franc recover a touch as market mood improves, traders await ECB meet
The euro and Swiss franc regained some lost ground on Thursday, as markets reacted positively to the Swiss central bank’s support for Credit Suisse, ahead of a difficult meeting ...
Optimism (OP) and Litecoin (LTC) Hardforks boost Crypto rates while TMS Network’s (TMSN) Token presale hits new highs
ptimism (OP) and Litecoin (LTC) are two extremely popular crypto investments. Over the past week, Litecoin (LTC) daily trading volume has regularly passed $1 billion in trading volume, and Optimism (OP) ...
‘No signs of strangulation’ second post-mortem on woman reveals
No signs of strangulation were found on the body of a 28-year-old woman, private medical examiner Marios Matsakis said on Thursday, after conducting a second post-mortem on her body, at ...
UK’s Labour attacks planned pension changes as giveaway to the rich
Britain’s opposition Labour Party vowed on Thursday to reverse the government’s planned pension changes, saying they were a giveaway to the top 1% of pension savers at a time ...