Man suffers facial fracture in football violence
A 26-year-old man suffered a facial fracture and other injuries to his body after being involved in violent episodes while leaving a football match on Monday night.
The incident occurred ...
Cyprus keeps refinancing needs at manageable levels
Cyprus’ refinancing needs will remain within manageable levels for the coming years, well below the ten per cent of GDP threshold.
Projections estimate requirements at around three per cent of ...
Today’s weather: Mainly sunny
Tuesday’s weather will be mainly sunny across the island, with temperatures set to rise to 27 degrees Celsius inland and on the coasts, and 17 degrees Celsius in the mountains.
Overnight, ...
Ballon d'Or
Spain’s Rodri wins Ballon d’Or for best player in the world
Spain and Manchester City midfielder Rodri won the Ballon d’Or award for the best player in the world on Monday, beating Brazil’s Vinicius Jr and England’s Jude ...
us election: Religion, jobs
Trump appeals to religion, Harris talks jobs as millions vote early
Republican Donald Trump appealed to religious voters in the southern swing state of Georgia as his campaign distanced itself from racist remarks by supporters that could alienate key voter groups.
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No urgency for ECB to accelerate policy easing, says central banker
There is no urgency for the European Central Bank to cut interest rates quicker and it could even live with a small, temporary undershoot of its inflation target, Belgian central ...
Israel votes to ban UN aid agency, Palestinians say 100,000 residents trapped
Israel’s parliament passed a law on Monday to ban the UN relief agency UNRWA from operating inside the country, alarming some of Israel’s Western allies who fear it ...
Abu Dhabi gains ground on Dubai as a financial centre
Abu Dhabi is emerging from Dubai’s shadow as it attracts its own share of asset managers’ and billionaires wealth, helping cement United Arab Emirates’ role as an alternative to ...
UK business confidence dips ahead of budget, Lloyds reports
British business confidence sank to a four-month low in October ahead of the first budget plan from the country’s new government, a survey showed on Monday, echoing other signs ...
BoE to proceed with digital currency in case banks fall short, says governor
The Bank of England is reluctantly pressing on with work to create a form of digital money accessible to the general public, as commercial banks risk failing to keep up ...
No quick solution to traffic congestion says transport minister
The government is investing tens of millions of euros to manage Cyprus’ traffic problem, although, according to Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades, the issue is not easy to solve.
Vafeades, speaking ...
Our View: Student parades serve no purpose in today’s society
Student parades were held in all towns on Monday to celebrate Oxi Day – the rejection of Mussolini’s ultimatum to Greece on October 28, 1940 – which led to Greece’s victorious war ...
Thousands protest in Georgia as opposition challenges election results
Thousands of people protested outside Georgia’s parliament on Monday after the governing party won an election marred by reports of voting irregularities which Western powers said must be investigated.
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Russia launches bomb attacks on Kharkiv, 19 injured
Russian forces staged guided bomb attacks on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city on Monday, badly damaging an administrative building and a medical facility and injuring at least 19 people, Ukrainian officials ...
Netanyahu did not receive hostage proposal, protests continued on Monday night
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel did not receive a proposal that would include the release of four hostages in return for a 48-hour ceasefire in ...
Italy’s Meloni secures tight win in Liguria regional election
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her right-wing coalition pulled off another regional election win on Monday, near final results from Liguria in the northwest showed on Monday, in a ...
Israel bans UNRWA, humanitarian process may collapse
Israel passed a law on Monday banning the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA from operating in the country, legislation that could impact its work in war-torn Gaza.
The lawmakers who ...
Oil cargo from Mexico en route to Cuba amid power crisis, data shows
A tanker carrying about 400,000 barrels of oil departed from Mexico’s Pajaritos port and was on Monday en route to Cuba, where an acute energy crisis has left the island ...
US ELECTIONS
Washington state ballot box in flames in suspected arson, police say
A Washington state ballot box used to collect early votes ahead of the November 5 US election was engulfed in flames on Monday in a suspected arson, which the FBI is ...
US warns Iran at UN of ‘severe consequences’ if further attacks
The United States warned Iran at the United Nations on Monday that if it undertakes any further aggressive acts against Israel or US personnel in the region “there will be ...
Boeing to raise up to $22 bln to shore up finances, stave off downgrade
Boeing on Monday launched a stock offering that could raise up to $22 billion as the planemaker looks to strengthen its finances squeezed by an over month-long strike by its workers ...
Deneia farmer threatened by Turkish army, UN intervenes
A Turkish army officer allegedly threatened a farmer in Deneia on Monday afternoon, while he was tending to his field in the buffer zone.
Deneia community leader Charalambos Alexandrou said ...
US ELECTIONS
Musk handing out money over US election is ‘totally inappropriate’
Trump ally Elon Musk’s move to give away money to voters in the upcoming November 5 presidential election is “totally inappropriate”, US President Joe Biden said on Monday.
Musk, the ...
French PM Barnier undergoes operation on cervical lesion
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier underwent surgery on a cervical lesion over the weekend, his doctor said in a statement shared by Barnier’s office on Monday.
The operation went ...