US Southern Baptists release scathing report on sexual abuse
For decades, complaints of sex abuse by pastors and staff in the largest U.S. Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, were either ignored or covered up by top clergy, ...
Online high-profile concert ‘Cyprus Edition’ to raise aid for Ukraine
A webcast-concert ‘Stand with Ukraine – The Cyprus Edition’ to raise donations for the Red Cross will be broadcast on Friday May 27, and will be addressed by President Nicos Anastasiades and ...
Man City fight back to beat Villa and win Premier League title
Manchester City won their fourth Premier League title in five years on Sunday but nearly let the trophy slip from their hands, coming back from two goals down to beat ...
Verstappen takes F1 lead with Spain win, agony for Leclerc
Formula One world champion Max Verstappen won the Spanish Grand Prix in a Red Bull one-two on Sunday to take over at the top from Ferrari’s luckless Charles Leclerc, ...
Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes off east coast of Honshu, Japan
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck near the east coast of Honshu, Japan’s main island on Sunday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.
The quake was at a depth of 60 kms (37 ...
Housing for families of hospitalised children on the way
Ronald McDonald House Charities wants to provide accommodation so that kids’ support systems are close
Cyprus’ first Ronald McDonald House will be ready to host family members of children treated ...
Ukraine comes to Davos in first spring gathering of business leaders
Russia would normally have its own “house” at the World Economic Forum as a showcase for business leaders and investors.
This year the space on the dressed-up main street in ...
Shi’ite “shrine defender” assassinated in Tehran – Tasnim
A member of a force that fought on behalf of Iran to protect Shi’ites and their shrines in Syria or Iraq was killed on Sunday in a rare assassination ...
Turkey summons U.S. envoy over demonstration alert – sources
Turkey’s foreign ministry summoned the ambassador of the United States on Sunday to convey discomfort over an alert the embassy published on its website related to an opposition rally ...
The hidden culprit behind rising dust levels
More and more days in the year have dangerous levels of dust, but it is not fair to blame the Sahara alone
Government-issued dust warnings seem to have become par ...
Breaking free of Russian energy easier said than done
The EU’s €210bn plan is far-reaching but Cyprus is woefully behind
In addition to its plan to stop using Russian oil, the EU has gone further, trying to grasp ...
White House sees decision on Moderna shot for kids under 5 in next few weeks
White House COVID-19 response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said on Sunday he expects a U.S. Food and Drug Administration decision on authorizing Moderna’s MRNA.O vaccine for children ...
Ukraine must decide its own future, says Poland’s president
Only Ukraine has the right to decide its future, the Polish president told lawmakers in Kyiv on Sunday, as he became the first foreign leader to give a speech in ...
Solution of the Cyprus problem is decisive for our future
By Achilleas Demetriades
There is a protracted impasse when it comes to the Cyprus problem. We are faced with the worst situation since the invasion, one step before partition.
Many ...
Pounded by Russian offensive in the east, Ukraine rules out ceasefire (Update 2)
Ukraine ruled out a ceasefire or any territorial concessions to Moscow while Russia stepped up its attack in the eastern Donbas region and stopped sending gas to Finland in its ...
Newly appointed French minister denies rape accusations
Damien Abad, France’s newly appointed minister for Solidarity and the Disabled, strongly denied he raped two women, following accusations published on Sunday by the Mediapart website in an article ...
Heavy showers and isolated storms hit some areas
Parts of the island were hit by isolated thunderstorms with heavy showers and moderate to strong winds on Sunday afternoon after a morning of clear skies and warm weather.
The ...
Demetriou pledges parliament’s support for fire-hit regions during visit
House President Annita Demetriou on Sunday said parliament was there to support communities in the mountainous regions of Larnaca in their efforts to restore areas affected by devastating fires last ...
This is Cyprus, her friends and her enemies
Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus and Russia’s of Ukraine are not the same
With regard to my article of last Sunday, while many people have contacted me to congratulate ...
Neophytou calls for state support to boost food production
Ruling Disy leader and presidential candidate, Averof Neophytou, on Sunday called for subsidies for producers with the highest costs as part of the support package being formulated by the government ...
Dyer: Russia will not disappear when Putin goes
Russian President Vladimir Putin will almost certainly not be in power three years from now. The war he foolishly began in Ukraine has fatally undermined his political credibility among the ...
Untreated waste in Famagusta port halts fish sales to Greek Cypriots
Electricity woes in north puts waste treatment plant out of action leading to sea pollution
By Esra Aygin
The European Commission has banned the sale of fish from Famagusta in ...
Kasoulides hopes for moves soon on CBMs, Turks using Varosha as form of blackmail
Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulidis hopes that by the summer there will be some movement on the package of confidence-building measures (CBM) saying the Greek Cypriot proposals could not be so ...
Nordic Nato past and present
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has breathed new life into the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
Collective self-defence under Nato’s umbrella protects Europe and North America from shared enemies in ...