All 10 people found from missing Japan boat confirmed dead
All 10 people found so far from a Japanese tour boat missing off the country’s northern coast have been confirmed dead, the coast guard said on Sunday.
The boat went ...
Europa’s similarity to Greenland hints that Jupiter moon could harbor life
The uncanny resemblance between features on Europa’s frozen surface and a landform in Greenland that sits atop a sizable pocket of water are providing intriguing new indications that this ...
Surprised astronomers find new type of star explosion – a micronova
Astronomers have detected a previously unknown type of stellar explosion called a micronova involving thermonuclear blasts at the polar regions of a type of burned-out star called a white dwarf ...
On Orthodox Easter, Zelenskiy vows ‘wickedness’ will not destroy Ukraine
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed on Sunday in an Orthodox Easter message that no “wickedness” will destroy the country and prayed that God returns happiness to children and brings ...
No retreat, Archbishop says in Easter message
Archbishop Chrysostomos in his Easter message on Sunday, which was read out in churches islandwide, spoke of the war in Ukraine and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus saying it would ...
Police issue warning after spate of Instagram breaches
Police have warned that they have received a number of complaints from internet users about breaches on Instagram.
The cybercrime unit calls on the public to be especially careful after ...
Shanghai fences up Covid-hit buildings, fuelling fresh outcry
Shanghai authorities battling an outbreak of COVID-19 have erected mesh barriers outside some residential buildings, sparking fresh public outcry over a lockdown that has forced much of the city’s 25 ...
How crypto giant Binance built ties to a Russian FSB-linked agency
In April 2021, Russia’s financial intelligence unit met in Moscow with the regional head of Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange. The Russians wanted Binance to agree to hand ...
Cyprus marks 107th anniversary of Armenian genocide (Updated)
Cyprus marked the 107th anniversary of the Armenian genocide on Sunday with statements of support for the people of Armenia and the community in Cyprus.
In a statement, Presidential Commissioner ...
Turkish central bank revises reserve requirement regulations
The Turkish Central Bank said on Saturday it revised regulations on banks’ reserve requirements, applying them to the asset side of balance sheets in order to strengthen its macroprudential policy ...
Big business joins forces to bridge Germany’s growing skills gap
Germany’s industrial heavyweights are teaming up to retrain workers in areas such as software and logistics to fill a growing skills gap and avoid layoffs among workers of all ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Presidential candidates for all seasons
PEOPLE with a brain, the minority among the voters, must have breathed a collective sigh of relief on hearing that the efforts for a Diko-Akel alliance in the presidential elections ...
N.Korea boasts of ‘invincible power’ world cannot ignore ahead of holiday
North Korean state media on Sunday trumpeted how the country has gained an “invincible power that the world cannot ignore and no one can touch” under Kim Jong Un, an ...
Guterres heading to Turkey ahead of Moscow, Kyiv visits
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Ankara before heading to Moscow next week to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and then to Ukraine for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, ...
Macron or Le Pen: why it matters for France, the EU and the West
The French will decide on Sunday whether to re-elect pro-business centrist President Emmanuel Macron or blow up decades of mainstream consensus in favour of far-right Marine Le Pen.
Here’s ...
Indonesia’s palm oil export ban will hurt other countries
Indonesia’s new palm oil export ban will hurt other countries but is necessary to try to bring down the soaring domestic price of cooking oil driven up by Russia’...
At last, a bankable LNG project for Cyprus
The urgent push to end dependency on Russian energy is creating new opportunities for the East Med and reviving projects previously considered unviable
By Charles Ellinas
A proposal by Energean ...
Holy Light arrives in Cyprus for Easter services
The Holy Light, an Orthodox Easter tradition also referred to as the ‘Holy Fire’, arrived in Cyprus on a private flight from Jerusalem on Saturday evening and was received by ...
In Easter message, president confident Cyprus can weather current crises
President Nicos Anastasiades said on Saturday he wanted to send an Easter message of hope and optimism that Cypriots would weather the current global crises in the same way Cyprus ...
Explosion at illegal oil refining depot in Nigeria kills over 100 (Updated)
More than 100 people were killed overnight in an explosion at an illegal oil refining depot in Nigeria’s Rivers state, a local government official and an environmental group said on ...
From deadlock to the path of hope
By Achilleas Demetriades
The developments in Ukraine are of concern to all of us. Invasion, war, daily human tragedies on all fronts. The need to halt all hostilities is unfortunately ...
Russia renews assault on Mariupol and missiles hit Odesa, Ukraine says (Update 4)
Russia resumed its assault on the last Ukrainian defenders holed up in a giant steel works in Mariupol, a Ukrainian official said on Saturday, days after Moscow declared victory in ...
EU says pay for Russian gas in euros to avoid breaching sanctions
EU companies may be able to work around Russia’s demand to receive gas payments in roubles without breaching sanctions if they pay in euros or dollars which are then ...
Zelenskiy spoke with UK’s Johnson about ‘new phase’ of military aid
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has spoken with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson about a “new phase” of military aid, including the provision of heavy weapons, the president’s deputy chief ...