Teen critical after motorcycle accident
A 17-year-old boy was in critical condition at the Nicosia general hospital on Monday after being involved in a motorcycle accident in Ayia Napa late on Sunday, police said.
The ...
Terry Anderson, US journalist held hostage nearly 7 years in Lebanon, dead at 76
Terry Anderson, a US journalist who was held captive by Islamist militants for almost seven years in Lebanon and came to symbolize the plight of Western hostages during the country’...
Israeli PM Netanyahu says he will fight any sanctions on army battalions
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would fight against sanctions being imposed on any Israeli military units for alleged rights violations, after media reports said Washington was ...
US regional banks seen booking more commercial property losses, loan sales
By Saeed Azhar and Matt Tracy
US regional banks are expected to set aside more money to cover potential commercial real estate (CRE) losses and sell more property loans as ...
The riches in Europe’s mountains of metals waste
Waste from the production of aluminium, nickel and other industrial materials offers the EU an opportunity to advance its recycling goals.
By Michael Allen
In the western Irish city of ...
Apple supplier Foxconn introduces rotating CEO role
Taiwan’s Foxconn (2317.TW) has this month started a rotating chief executive system in an overhaul of its management designed to nurture successors of the world’s largest contract electronics ...
SiTime introduces chip aimed at saving power in AI data centers
SiTime (SITM.O) has introduced a chip that it says is designed to help data centres built for artificial intelligence applications run more efficiently.
SiTime makes what are known as ...
Indian elections: fascism is not necessarily India’s future
Extreme nationalism always looks foolish or even deranged to those who have not caught the virus, but in India it’s now official.
In January, India’s Ministry of Defence ...
Man Utd win FA Cup thriller against Coventry on penalties
Manchester United survived one of the most astonishing FA Cup semi-final comebacks ever to beat second-tier Coventry City on penalties after a spellbinding clash ended 3-3 after extra time at ...
Swimmer airlifted after getting injured in Paphos
A 24-year-old man was airlifted after being injured on the rocks in the sea caves in Paphos on Sunday.
According to Paphos police’s assistant operations director Michalis Nikolaou, the ...
Trump uses hush money trial to squeeze small donors, court big spenders
By Alexandra Ulmer and Jason Lange
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is using his hush money trial to squeeze his loyal army of small donors and personally lobby major backers ...
Many prisoners go years without touching a smartphone
It means they struggle to navigate life on the outside
By Ye In (Jane) Hwang
You’d be hard pressed to find any aspect of daily life that doesn’t ...
Christodoulides: We cannot accept any more Syrian refugees
President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday that Cyprus “cannot accept any more Syrian refugees”.
In an interview with the Editor Network Germany (RND), he said “we are not in a ...
Phone thief claims to be ‘Turkish hacker group’ agent
A man accused of stealing a mobile phone and a laptop claimed in court on Sunday to be an agent of a “Turkish hacker group”.
The man, who allegedly committed ...
Verstappen ‘on another planet’ with victory in China
Double world champion Max Verstappen won Formula One’s first Chinese Grand Prix in five years on Sunday with McLaren’s Lando Norris finishing a surprise second to deny dominant ...
Iran ‘demonstrated its power’ against Israel
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei thanked the country’s armed forces for their attack this month on Israel, saying the country had demonstrated its power regardless of how many ...
Turkish Cypriot economy is not the worst in its history
I am writing to address the recent article headlined “The worst economic crisis in Turkish Cypriot history” (Cyprus Mail, April 14).
While the article correctly notes that inflation stands at 94.5 per ...
Workers living in fear of being deported
A young Bangladeshi man recently deported, was a gentle person with very good English and basic Greek, obviously a good worker having been gainfully employed for years.
His friend, a ...
Solving the affordable housing crisis in Cyprus
The key pillars of development, financing ownership and governance of affordable housing explained
By Erol Riza
Cyprus, like many other EU countries, faces a socio-economic problem of a shortage of ...
Kombos in Luxembourg to meet EU and Gulf counterparts
Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos travelled to Luxembourg on Friday to meet with counterparts from the European Union and Gulf states.
On his agenda is the European Union’s foreign affairs ...
Larnaca marina construction ‘to begin in June’
Construction work on Larnaca’s marina and port will begin in June, the town’s municipality said on Sunday.
A meeting of the Larnaca town and district development committee held ...
Mythology, folklore and politics go on show
The work of three generations of artists is the focus of an ongoing exhibition at Minthis Resort called Origins
A new exhibition at Minthis Resort in Paphos welcomes the work ...
Couple arrested for robbing kiosk
A man and a woman, aged 31 and 25 years old, were arrested on Saturday after having allegedly robbed a kiosk near Morphou.
The robbery had taken place at around 5pm, with ...
Christodoulides has ‘yielded no substantial results’
President Nikos Christodoulides’ stance on the Cyprus problem has “not yielded any substantial results”, Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou said on Sunday.
Speaking at an event to commemorate two men who ...