Book review: Snow Country by Sebastian Faulks
Any fondness I have for Snow Country is because the novel was given to me as a gift. Unfortunately, given that this book sets out to be a dramatic love ...
Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, police are investigating the death of a three-year-old girl who was found floating unconscious in a hotel swimming pool in Kato Paphos on Sunday. A post ...
Third Point discloses stake of nearly $1 bln in Disney, pushes for changes
Hedge fund Third Point on Monday disclosed a stake of roughly $1 billion in Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) and said it plans to push the media company to make a ...
Recreational boat rescued off Pomos coast
The coast guard on Monday intervened to rescue eight people who found themselves adrift on a boat in the open sea near Pomos.
According to the police spokesperson, the coast ...
Wall Street revives Russian bond trading after US go-ahead
Several major Wall Street banks have begun offering to facilitate trades in Russian debt in recent days, according to bank documents seen by Reuters, giving investors another chance to dispose ...
Egypt’s central bank seen hiking rates to dampen price rises
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) will hike its overnight deposit rate by 50 basis points (bps) on Thursday as it works to keep inflation in check, a Reuters poll forecast.
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Oil settles lower on weak economic Chinese economic data
Oil prices settled lower on Monday after disappointing Chinese economic data renewed concerns of a global recession that would be expected to reduce fuel demand.
Brent crude futures settled down $3.05, ...
Petrides warns opposition on VAT: don’t make comparisons with Germany (updated)
Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides has warned opposition parties not to start “making noises” about Germany seeking a VAT exemption on a new consumer levy on energy consumption, saying it was ...
UK pushes ahead with Rwanda migrant scheme as small boats keep coming
Housed in a detention centre in southern England, Aladeen says he risked his life to travel thousands of miles from his homeland of Syria to escape being forced to fight ...
Senior Kenyan election officials disown the results of presidential election
The planned announcement of the Kenyan presidential election results descended into chaotic scenes on Monday after the deputy chairperson of the election commission and three other commissioners disowned the presidential ...
Russia says it will facilitate IAEA visit to Ukrainian nuclear plant
Russia says it will do “everything necessary” to allow specialists from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to visit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine amid fears over ...
Girl aged 3 dies after being found unconscious in hotel pool (Update 2)
Police are investigating the death of a three-year-old girl who was found floating unconscious in a hotel swimming pool in Kato Paphos on Sunday.
The child was on holiday with ...
Aphrodite camping site: not quite green, but getting there
Iole Damaskinos samples the Aphrodite family eco-camping site bordering the Akamas
As a sustainability advocate, nature lover and avid fan of responsible backcountry camping, I was excited to hear about ...
Pfizer CEO Bourla catches Covid
Pfizer Inc Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla said on Monday he had tested positive for Covid-19 and was experiencing very mild symptoms.
Bourla, 60, who has had four vaccine shot, said ...
Timeless, wearable art
By Niki Charalambous
Interview with Stephan Caras, one of the twenty most influential designers
For some, it might have just been another average afternoon, but for me, it was a ...
White House seeks to improve Biden’s low ratings ahead of midterms
The White House is seeking to improve President Joe Biden’s low approval ratings by launching a campaign to highlight some of the recent key policy wins by the administration ...
Saudi prince made $500m Russia bet at start of Ukraine war
Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom Holding Co 4280.SE, the investment firm controlled by billionaire Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, quietly invested more than $500 million in three major Russian energy companies between February ...
Explainer: Why Europe faces climbing energy bills
A global surge in wholesale power and gas prices means households across Europe face much higher energy bills this year and beyond, with the region’s most vulnerable exposed to ...
Iran says Rushdie and supporters to blame for attack (Updated)
No one has the right to level accusations against Iran over Friday’s attack on Salman Rushdie, for which he is to blame after denigrating the world’s Muslims, the ...
Ignoring Ukraine setbacks, Putin boasts of Russian weapons prowess (Updated)
President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Moscow was ready to sell advanced weapons to allies globally and cooperate in developing military technology, nearly six months into the Ukraine war ...
Four people in two months caught entering north with bags of money totalling over 4m euros
In the last two months, four people have been arrested entering the north of the island with suitcases and bags of money totalling over 4 million euros, it was reported on ...
IRC calls for evacuation of refugees trapped on islet between Greece, Turkey
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) charity called on Monday for the immediate evacuation of 39 Syrian refugees who it said remain trapped on a small islet in the Evros river along ...
Israel arrests three in international money laundering probe
Israeli authorities said on Monday they had arrested three suspects as part of an investigation into “large-scale fraud” against the French treasury and the theft and laundering of millions of ...
Death toll from Armenia fireworks explosion rises to six, scores injured (Updated)
Rescuers have recovered two more bodies from the site of a fireworks warehouse blast in Armenia, bringing the death toll from Sunday’s accident to six, Armenia‘s emergencies ministry ...