New Zealand shooter kills two on eve of Women’s Soccer World Cup
At least two people and an armed attacker were killed and five others wounded in a shooting in New Zealand’s largest city of Auckland on Thursday, hours ahead of ...
Swedish embassy in Baghdad stormed, set alight over Koran burning
Hundreds of protesters stormed the Swedish embassy in central Baghdad in the early hours of Thursday morning, scaling its walls and setting it on fire in protest against the expected ...
India’s Tata chooses UK for $5 bln Jaguar Land Rover gigafactory
India’s Tata Group will build an electric vehicle battery plant in Britain to supply its Jaguar Land Rover factories, delivering a major boost for a UK car industry in ...
Cyprus Business Now
The Association for the Protection of Bank Borrowers (Syprodat) this week released a statement expressing its “deep regret” following the rejection of a controversial law proposal that aimed to grant ...
Truck maker Volvo’s quarterly profit surges, beats estimates
Swedish truckmaker AB Volvo (VOLVb.ST) on Wednesday logged a better-than-expected 57 per cent jump in second-quarter adjusted operating profit, helped by price hikes.
“We have been successful in improving margins ...
Regulator cancels license of FTX’s Australian business
Australia’s securities regulator said on Wednesday it had cancelled the license of the local arm of collapsed US cryptocurrency exchange FTX, effective from July 14.
Bahamas-headquartered FTX, once a star ...
Forest area burnt last year the smallest since 1960
Last year was historically the best year in terms of fires occurring within the forestry department’s jurisdiction, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Wednesday.
According to the data, in 2022, 192 ...
Our View: The Fiscal Council’s spending warnings should be heeded
In its interim report for 2023, released on Tuesday, the Fiscal Council expressed concerns about rising government expenditure and warned that if it continued it could eat away at the budget ...
UK watchdog steps into row over ‘debanking’ of Nigel Farage
Britain’s financial watchdog has stepped into a row over the closure of former Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage’s bank accounts, after Farage claimed NatWest’s NWG.L private ...
President says will not engage in public confrontation games
President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday said he will not engage in “public confrontation games” after the Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said Turkey stopped Cyprus union with Greece in 1974.
Speaking ...
Standing Rapporteur of the EP on the missing persons issue, to visit Cyprus
The Standing Rapporteur on the missing persons in Cyprus, MEP Isabel Santos will visit Cyprus during which she will have a series of contacts regarding the issue of missing persons.
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New solar park to significantly curb airports’ CO₂ emissions
A new photovoltaic park at Larnaca airport will prevent the emission of over 3,850 tonnes of CO₂ per annum, Hermes Airports said on Wednesday.
The company added that together with their ...
Six heatstroke hospitalisations amidst soaring temperatures
Six people are hospitalised with heatstroke, including one who is intubated, state health services organisation (Okypy) said on Wednesday as soaring temperatures continue.
After one patient was discharged, an 89-year-old ...
Woman’s group calls for war crimes memorial for women
Women’s organisation Pogo called on Wednesday for a monument to be built in the capital to honour females who fell victim to war crimes in 1974.
The statement said the ...
Four arrests following arrival of 114 irregular migrants
Four people suspected of transporting 114 irregular migrants from Syria to the Republic have been arrested, police said on Wednesday as officials seek measures to curb arrivals from the West-Asian country.
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Kosovo court sentences former spy chief over Turkish arrests
A Kosovo court has sentenced the country’s former secret service chief to four years and eight months in prison for the arrest and extradition to Turkey of six Turkish ...
Cyprus to mark ‘black anniversaries’ of coup and invasion (updated)
The missing persons issue is at the forefront as Cyprus marks on Thursday July’s ‘black anniversaries’ of the coup that overthrew Archbishop Makarios from office and the Turkish invasion.
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Kyiv says Russia attacks grain infrastructure with strikes on Ukraine’s Odesa ports
Ukraine accused Russia on Wednesday of damaging grain export infrastructure in “hellish” overnight strikes focused on two of its Black Sea ports, vowing not to be intimidated from working to ...
Several reported shot as Kenya protesters, police clash in tax hikes unrest
Several people were shot in Kenya, some possibly fatally, as security forces clashed with demonstrators across the country protesting high costs of living and tax hikes, a hospital official and ...
Europe battles heatwave and fires, record temperatures scorch China
Italy put 23 cities on red alert with temperatures set to reach up to 46 Celsius (114 Fahrenheit) on Wednesday, one of the global hotspots as a wave of extreme heat, wildfires and ...
Donald Trump loses bid for new trial in E. Jean Carroll abuse case
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump’s request for a new trial after a jury found the former U.S. president liable for sexually abusing and defaming the ...
Private colleges sue over third country student ban
Eight private colleges are suing the government for “tens of millions of euros” over a cabinet decision to crackdown on third country nationals who come to Cyprus to study but ...
Cinebur cinema nights return to Larnaca
“Larnaca, we miss you!” says the Cinebur team as they prepare for their first screening event of the summer in the coastal town. Cinebur is a fairly new concept that ...
Greens demand answers over Tala ‘destruction’
The Paphos faction of the Green Party on Wednesday denounced the recent works undertaken at a designated green area near Tala, speaking of “irreversible environmental damage”.
In a written statement, ...