Two deaths, more than 2,500 new Covid infections in past week
There were two Covid deaths recorded during the past week, the health ministry announced on Friday.
The deaths concerned a man aged 63 who died on September 21 and another man aged 79 ...
Suspect arrested after two Paphos burglaries
A 24-year-old man has been arrested in Paphos on suspicion of carrying out two burglaries, police said on Friday.
The burglaries were carried out on a restaurant and a hotel.
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Chomsky: Cypriot sides need to reach deal as world has bigger problems
Local problems fall into insignificance in the face of the climate crisis and there only a narrow window to act, Noam Chomsky said in a recorded interview presented at the ...
Australia calls end to Covid emergency response, doctors warn of risk to public
Australia will end the mandatory five-day home quarantine for COVID-infected people on Oct. 14, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday, even as some doctors warned the move would put the ...
US has no appetite to intervene on behalf of falling pound, yen
The financial turmoil emanating from Britain and Japan is not yet enough to prompt the US Treasury to intervene to buoy the battered pound or yen, with officials expressing no ...
Death toll in Florida uncertain as Ian takes aim at Carolinas
Emergency crews tried on Thursday to reach stranded Florida residents as a resurgent Hurricane Ian veered toward the Carolinas after cutting a path of destruction across Florida, leaving behind deadly ...
Tech IPO market faces worst year since global financial crisis
Initial public offerings by US tech companies have sunk to their lowest levels since the global financial crisis of 2008, as stock market volatility, soaring inflation, and interest rate hikes have ...
Oil slips after hitting $90/bbl as OPEC+ considers output cut
Oil prices dropped after touching the $90 per barrel mark on Thursday as traders awaited clarity on potential OPEC+ cuts next week and as the dollar eased off 20-year highs.
Brent ...
Europe braces for mobile network blackouts
Once unthinkable, mobile phones could go dark around Europe this winter if power cuts or energy rationing knocks out parts of the mobile networks across the region.
Russia’s decision ...
Government ‘passing the buck on airports contract’ to the next administration’
The government’s withdrawal from talks with airport operators Hermes is but a smokescreen intended to put the kibosh on the affair and kick the can down the road, a ...
Our View: VIP prisoners, a utopian central prison – is this really the way to go?
The Nicosia Central Prison was given a full episode on the Netflix series Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons, made by Raphael Rowe, who had served 12 years in British jails, ...
IEA Birol: “very obvious” who was behind the Nord Stream sabotage
Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), said on Thursday it was “very obvious” who was behind the suspected sabotage against the Nord Stream pipelines which caused major ...
House passes bill extending cut in consumption tax on fuel
The House on Thursday passed a bill extending to the end of February 2023 the period for reduced consumption tax on fuel, in a move that will ease some of the ...
Crews in Florida race to rescue those trapped by Hurricane Ian
Emergency crews took to helicopters and boats on Thursday to rescue residents of Florida’s Gulf Coast stranded by floodwaters, downed power lines and piles of debris left behind by ...
Private practice doctors prohibited from Gesy hospital work
As of November 1, doctors who have a private practice within hospitals contracted with the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) but who themselves are not registered with the national health system will ...
Germany steps up pressure for EU to impose sanctions on Iran
Germany’s foreign minister said on Thursday she wanted the European Union to impose sanctions on Iran following the death of a young woman in police custody and the subsequent ...
UK’s Labour has 33-pt lead over ruling Conservatives – YouGov poll
Britain’s opposition Labour party has surged to a 33-point lead over the ruling Conservatives, according to a YouGov poll on Thursday, after days of chaos in financial markets triggered ...
US charges ex-Army major and his wife over alleged plot to leak military health data to Russia (Update)
A former U.S. Army major and his anesthesiologist wife have been criminally charged for allegedly plotting to leak highly sensitive healthcare data about military patients to Russia, the Justice ...
Top banks say London forex rigging case filed too late
Eight of the world’s biggest banks, including Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America, say it is unfair to rope them into a vast London lawsuit over alleged ...
Beer fest in Larnaca this weekend
September is undoubtedly the month when beer, of all kinds, gains momentum on the island with beer festivals taking place around the island. This weekend it is the turn of ...
‘We need to win back the trust of the Turkish Cypriots’, candidates say
Three of the presidential candidates said the trust of the Turkish Cypriots needs to be won back, and that more should have been done to invest in their community.
Speaking ...
More than half of Russians feel anxious or angry about mobilisation, poll indicates
More than half of Russians felt fearful or anxious after hearing that the Kremlin was drafting hundreds of thousands of soldiers to fight in Ukraine, according to a poll released ...
Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport to limit passenger flow until March
Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport on Thursday said it would continue limiting the daily number of passengers in the coming months as it struggles to find a way to solve its ...
Mutually-agreed solution to Cyprus problem ‘a fading scenario’, UN official says (Updated)
The scenario of a mutually agreed solution to the Cyprus problem is fading and would not be available much longer UN Special Representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart said on Thursday.
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