Divided US embraces Trump mug shot merchandise
Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s historic mug shot, posted by a Georgia courthouse on Thursday evening, is being turned into T-shirts, shot glasses, mugs, posters and even bobblehead ...
Russia downs drone near Moscow, suspends flights
Russia reported a new drone attack on Moscow in the early hours of Saturday, which again forced the authorities to temporarily shut down all three major airports serving the capital.
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Russia’s military ties with Iran will withstand geopolitical pressure -RIA
Russia’s military cooperation with Iran will not succumb to geopolitical pressure, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said, following reports that Washington has asked Teheran to stop selling drones ...
Cyprus Business Now
Cyprus-based Multimarine Services Ltd this week announced that it has marked a significant achievement with the successful construction of a floating electrical hub, heralding the island’s entrance into the ...
Roark Capital to buy sandwich chain Subway for up to $9.55 bln
Private equity firm Roark Capital agreed on Thursday to buy Subway, in a deal that people familiar with the matter said values the US sandwich chain at up to $9.55 billion, ...
Lockheed’s Sikorsky wins $2.7 billion US Navy contract
Sikorsky, a unit of Lockheed Martin (LMT.N), said on Thursday it was awarded a $2.7 billion contract by the US Navy to build 35 additional CH-53K helicopters.
The CH-53K ...
Interior and labour ministries to jointly combat illegal employment
The interior and labour ministries are joining forces to combat illegal employment of third-country nationals and reduce irregular migration this month.
Officials have identified 83 cases of illegal employment of third-country ...
Our View: Conference for diaspora crying out for changes
The gathering of Cypriots of the diaspora in Cyprus has become an August fixture. This week’s Ninth World Conference of Expatriate Cypriots has attracted close to 280 participants and was ...
Stampede at Madagascar’s national stadium kills 12, injures around 80 -PM
A stampede of sports fans trying to enter Madagascar’s national stadium for the opening ceremony of the Indian Ocean Island Games has killed 12 and injured around 80, the prime minister ...
Boko Haram frees 49 women kidnapped in Nigeria’s Borno state
Forty-nine women kidnapped by Boko Haram earlier in the week near Maiduguri, in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, regained their freedom early on Friday after a state official paid a ...
USSRoosevelt arrives in Larnaca
USSRoosevelt guided-missile destroyer arrived for a port call to Larnaca, it emerged on Friday.
US Ambassador to Cyprus Julie Fisher said in a post on Platform X (Twitter) that it ...
Menendez awarded the title of honorary citizen of Paphos
Chairman of the US Senate External Relations Committee, Robert Menendez was awarded on Friday the title of honorary citizen of the city of Paphos and presented with the key to ...
Diaspora conference concludes with parties discussing the Cyprus problem
Parties discussed aspects of the Cyprus problem with diasporic populations during the last day of the annual diaspora conference in Nicosia.
Representatives from the main political parties received questions by ...
Israel far-right minister spars with supermodel Bella Hadid over Palestinian rights
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday defended comments by his far-right national security minister that had sparked a row with U.S. supermodel Bella Hadid and drawn condemnation as ...
Intercity bus on fire in Limassol, passengers jump out of window to escape
An Intercity bus burst into flames at Limassol port on Friday, forcing three passengers to jump out of the windows to escape the fire.
The vehicle was parked but operating, ...
More summer screenings in Nicosia film fest
The open-air film screenings the Nicosia Municipality has been organising all summer long are set to continue throughout August and September, bringing more cinema nights to the heart of the ...
British Museum director quits over stolen items (Update)
The director of the British Museum said on Friday he would step down after admitting to failings in its investigation into the theft of items from its collection.
Hartwig Fischer, ...
Hotel workers union demands amendment to wage decree
Hotel workers union on Friday demanded an amendment to the industry’s wages decree so the indexation allowance be calculated automatically.
Syxka-Peo union issued a statement welcoming the decree incorporating ...
Kremlin calls accusations it killed Wagner boss Prigozhin an ‘absolute lie’
The Kremlin said that Western suggestions Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin had been killed on its orders were an “absolute lie” while declining to definitively confirm his death, citing the ...
Salah not for sale, says Liverpool boss Klopp
Mohamed Salah is not for sale and Liverpool have not received any offer from Saudi Arabian club Al-Ittihad, manager Juergen Klopp said on Friday.
British media reported on Thursday that ...
Audit office contacts EU bodies over interconnector project
The audit office has written to EU bodies as well as Cypriot officials raising concerns over the interconnector project, it emerged on Friday.
The letter details a lack of transparency ...
North school textbooks criticised over ‘non-secular’ content
School textbooks to be used in the north in the upcoming academic year have been criticised by teachers for containing “non-secular” content.
Rifat Can, a geography teacher based in the ...
Asylum applications down 61 per cent in May
The number of new asylum applications in Cyprus in May was down 61 per cent compared to the same months last year, according to the European Union’s statistical agency Eurostat.
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Moscow demands bigger discounts from foreign companies exiting Russia
Some foreign companies trying to exit Russia are facing a big jump in costs as Moscow is demanding bigger discounts on the price tags of assets they want to sell, ...