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Man City drop more points as Newcastle beaten by Brentford
Manchester City’s Rico Lewis bagged a second-half goal and then was shown a red card in the dying minutes as his team salvaged a point in a 2-2 Premier ...
Lebanese man missing for 40 years freed from Syrian prison, family says
Muammar Al-Ali knew at once that the bearded man filmed after being freed by Syrian rebels from a prison in Hama when the city fell to them this week was ...
Hamas releases video claiming to show living hostage
Hamas released a video claiming to show Israeli hostage Matan Zangauker in captivity on Saturday.
In the video a man who introduces himself as Matan Zangauker, 24, can be seen pleading ...
Christodoulides non-committal over new Polis hospital
President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday remained non-committal over the possibility of a new hospital being built in Polis Chrysochous.
He was asked about the matter while visiting the town as ...
Schoolboy Gout betters 56-year-old Australian 200m record
Teenage sensation Gout Gout ran the 200 metres in 20.04 seconds at the Australian schools championships in Brisbane on Saturday to break the national record Peter Norman set at the 1968 Olympics.
The ...
One killed, three hurt in apartment collapse in The Hague
One person died, three were injured and an unknown number of people were missing after a building in The Hague collapsed on Saturday following explosions and a fire, the mayor ...
McLaren target title after front row sweep in Abu Dhabi
Lando Norris led a McLaren front row sweep in qualifying for the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Saturday with the team perfectly placed to win their first Formula One ...
Tatar: I do not accept the term ‘Cypriot’
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday said he does not accept the term “Cypriot” to refer to people from the island of Cyprus.
Addressing the north’s Ataturk teachers’ ...
No need to overload your cranberry sauce with sugar
By Rosemary Trout
The holidays are full of delicious and indulgent food and drinks. It’s hard to resist dreaming about cookies, specialty cakes, rich meats and super saucy side ...
Over 1,000l of petrol from north found in house
The customs department on Saturday found a total of 1,395 litres of petrol which had been smuggled into the Republic from the north in a house.
The petrol was stored in ...
TikTok set to be banned in the US after losing appeal
A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday upheld a law requiring Chinese-based ByteDance to divest its popular short video app TikTok in the United States by early next year ...
Ancient urn in London handed back to Cyprus govt
An ancient Cypriot zoomorphic urn dating from the bronze age was on Saturday formally handed back to the Cyprus government in London.
The urn was handed over by the director ...
Italy’s La Scala opens season with Verdi opera about tragedy of war
Milan’s famed La Scala opera house kicks off its new season on Saturday with a Giuseppe Verdi drama adapted to the modern day to tell the tragedy of war, ...
Christodoulides announces ‘green’ plans for Tillyria
A series of plans aimed at bolstering the environmental credentials of the Tillyria region were announced by President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday.
He was visiting the region as part of ...
Vote to impeach South Korea’s president fails after boycott by ruling party MPs
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol survived an impeachment motion in the opposition-led parliament on Saturday that was prompted by his short-lived attempt to impose martial law this week, after ...
Did Venus ever have oceans? Scientists have an answer
Earth is an ocean world, with water covering about 71 per cent of its surface. Venus, our closest planetary neighbor, is sometimes called Earth’s twin based on their similar size ...
Fast fashion may seem cheap…
By Paula M Carbone
Fast fashion is everywhere – in just about every mall, in the feeds of influencers on social media promoting overconsumption, and in ads constantly popping up online.
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Potatoes thrown at Ustel’s office
Potatoes were thrown at the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel’s office on Friday evening as trade unions protested the north’s high cost of living and a bill ...
Christodoulides ‘ready’ to discuss crossing points with Tatar
President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday said he is “ready” to discuss the matter of crossing points with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar.
Speaking during a tour of the Tillyria area, ...
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Seeing an artist’s kaleidoscopic view
Another exhibition joins the Limassol cultural scene this December. Kaleidoscope is set to open next week at Lumiere Contemporary Art Gallery presenting works by Irina Pakhmutova, a distinguished Russian artist ...
Govt ‘doing everything possible’ to ensure water supply after desalination plant fire
The government “will do everything possible” to ensure the continued supply of water to the Paphos district, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday after a desalination plant between the villages ...
Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens on Saturday, five years after fire
Paris’ Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens its doors on Saturday, five-and-a-half years after it was ravaged by a devastating fire that destroyed its spire and roof and brought the entire Gothic masterpiece ...
Syrian rebels quicken momentum as Assad tries to shore up defence
Syrian rebels readied to press their lightning advance on Saturday as government forces buttressed collapsing frontlines and bombarded the insurgents’ positions around Homs, in a bid to save President Bashar ...
Police believe gunman who killed insurance CEO has left New York City
New York City police believe the man who fatally shot a UnitedHealth UNH.N top executive has left the city, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on Friday, as the hunt ...