Mostly clear weather on Monday
The weather on Monday will be mostly clear. Winds will primarily be from the northeast to southeast, while in the west they will shift from the southwest to northwest, ranging ...
UK pay growth stagnates as firms predict slower wage rises ahead
Growth in pay awards by British employers stagnated during the three months to September and firms expect average wage rises to cool over the coming 12 months, according to a survey ...
us election: racism
Trump headlines Madison Square Garden rally after vulgar, racist remarks from allies
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump headlined a rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Sunday that began with a series of vulgar and racist remarks by allies of ...
EU joins up with venture capital firms to boost region’s tech sector
The European Union said this week it had joined forces with leading venture capital firms from the region to boost investment in tech innovation in Europe, amid concerns that Europe’...
London commercial properties lure global investors
Britain’s commercial property market is returning to life after its post-pandemic freeze, albeit largely at much lower prices.
Some big-ticket office properties now on sale will show just where ...
Starbucks baristas and customers have one message to new CEO: change!
By Waylon Cunningham
Starbucks’ new CEO Brian Niccol has his work cut out for him.
Tasked with reassuring investors that the company’s coffee shops are still hugely popular in ...
Lloyds downplays bank tax fears as profits hold steady
Lloyds Banking Group shrugged off fears of a bank tax hike in the UK budget next week, with CFO William Chalmers saying Britain’s biggest mortgage lender would play its ...
Roblox plans to open office in Turkey if access to platform restored
Video game platform Roblox (RBLX.N) has said that it plans to open an office in Turkey in line with local laws if access is restored to the platform, which ...
ExxonMobil is back in Cyprus
It has been over two-and-a-half years since ExxonMobil last drilled in Cyprus’ EEZ, but the company is about to come back.
In an interview earlier this month the minister of ...
Salah’s late equaliser earns Liverpool 2-2 draw at Arsenal
Mohamed Salah’s late equaliser earned Liverpool a 2-2 draw with rivals Arsenal in an entertaining Premier League encounter at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday, as Gabriel Magalhaes limped off ...
Chelsea beat Newcastle, Spurs beaten by Palace
Goals by Nicolas Jackson and Cole Palmer earned Chelsea a 2-1 home win over Newcastle United in the Premier League on Sunday in the latest sign of progress for the ...
Late penalty gives West Ham dramatic win over Man United
Jarrod Bowen converted a last-gasp penalty to lift West Ham United to a 2-1 Premier League victory over Manchester United in a fluctuating clash between two struggling sides on Sunday.
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Cyprus’ rainbow butterflies: ADHD’s uphill battle
It was quite telling that during ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) awareness month, allegations of mistreatment of students with ADHD hit the news.
Like most topics that fall under the ...
Open letter to MPs: extraordinary taxation on bank profits
A meeting of the Finance Committee of the House of Representatives on October 7, 2024 discussed the proposal of the general secretary of Akel, Stefanos Stefanou, for the levying of a temporary ...
Bolivia’s Morales says vehicle hit by gunfire as political tension flares
By Daniel Ramos and Monica Machicao
Bolivia’s Evo Morales said on Sunday his vehicle was hit by gunfire captured in a video, reflecting how political tensions have turned violent ...
Washington Post reports Elon Musk briefly worked illegally in US in 1990s
South African-born billionaire businessman Elon Musk worked illegally in the United States during a brief period in the 1990s while building a startup company, the Washington Post reported on Saturday.
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Paphos municipality officially changes name
The municipality of East Paphos has been officially renamed as the municipality of Ierokipias (Holy Garden), mayor Nicos Palios said on Sunday.
The move follows an official announcement in the ...
Nato, Cyprus and the final leap
By Euripides Evriviades
There is Nato, known to all, with 32 members.
There is also the Nato Partnership for Peace, known to most, with 18 members.
There is also the Nato Partners, ...
Netanyahu says Israel hit Iran hard; Khamenei says damage should not be exaggerated
By Ari Rabinovitch and Adam Makary
Israel’s airstrikes “hit hard” Iran’s defences and missile production, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, but Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali ...
UN Security Council to meet Monday over Israel’s strike on Iran
The United Nations Security Council will meet on Monday to discuss Israel’s attack on Iran, council president Switzerland said on Sunday.
The Swiss U.N. mission said the meeting ...
Council of Europe’s campaign to increase the safety of journalists
Protection – the first thematic event of the Council of Europe’s ‘Journalists Matter’ campaign – will end in Strasbourg with a multi-stakeholder dialogue on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The ‘Journalists Matter’ campaign, ...
President to meet Biden at the White House
President Nikos Christodoulides has been invited to meet American President Joe Biden at the White House, CyBC reported on Sunday.
According to the channel’s correspondent in Washington Petros Kasfiki ...
British lawmakers accuse Starmer of ‘colonial mindset’ in slavery reparations debate
By Catarina Demony
Some British Labour lawmakers on Sunday accused Prime Minister Keir Starmer of having a “colonial mindset” and trying to silence nations pushing for discussions on reparations for ...
Former advisors take president to court
Two of four advisors to the president and ministers who were dismissed due to a change in the law are taking the matter to court, it was reported on Sunday, ...