Two identified over fake news post
Two men from Limassol, aged 45 and 32 were the first suspects identified in relation to a fake post on social media, the police cybercrime unit said on Saturday.
The case is ...
The joy of making and eating a plate of pasta
Food writer of cookbook looking at 50 shapes to have in your pasta repertoire talks to ELLA WALKER
Rachel Roddy is very aware that pasta is a deliciously sprawling, emotionally rich, ...
Coronavirus: 33 individuals and seven businesses fined
Seven businesses and 33 individuals were booked in the past 24 hours for violating coronavirus protocols, police said on Saturday.
Violations for businesses included failure to check clients and staff for a ...
Hurricane Grace barrels into Mexico, president urges people to shelter
Hurricane Grace barreled into the oil-producing Mexican state of Veracruz with howling winds on Saturday, threatening coastal areas with flooding from the ocean’s storm surge.
Grace was a Category 3 ...
The sewing group helping refugees to rebuild lives
What began as a safe space has now become a little powerhouse producing items sold worldwide. Alix Norman finds out the story behind Refumade
In a sleepy backstreet of Old ...
Musk says Tesla will launch humanoid robot to do work that people don’t like
Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Elon Musk on Thursday said the electric automaker will probably launch a “Tesla Bot” humanoid robot prototype next year, designed for dangerous, repetitive, or ...
Kouklia dig focuses on workshop complex
The plateau of Hadjiabdoulla east of Kouklia, with its monumental workshop complex and a palatial complex to the east, was the acropolis of the ancient city of Paphos in the 5...
Ukraine at 30: Standing with dignity
By Ruslan Nimchynskyi
ON August 24, Ukraine marks the 30th anniversary of its Independence, in honour of the adoption of the Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine by the Verkhovna ...
Taliban vow to be accountable, probe reports of Afghanistan reprisals
The Taliban will be accountable for its actions and will investigate reports of reprisals and atrocities carried out by members, an official of the Islamist militant group told Reuters on ...
Pound set for worst week in months as euro gains
Sterling touched one-month lows against a robust dollar and the euro on Friday, capping the pound’s worst week in months as global risk aversion propelled investors towards currencies considered ...
FBI finds scant evidence U.S. Capitol attack was coordinated-sources
The FBI has found scant evidence that the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was the result of an organized plot to overturn the presidential election result, according to ...
Tunisia could cancel trade agreement with Turkey
Tunisia is seeking an urgent review of a trade agreement with Turkey in order to cut a widening deficit, two Tunisian trade ministry officials said on Friday.
Nabil Arfaoui, director ...
Ryanair wins battle against Aegean in fight against state aid for airlines
Ryanair’s latest challenge to state aid for European airlines took a step forward on Wednesday when the European Court of Justice agreed to hear in its General Court a ...
Doctors with suspected fake degrees still practising medicine, patients group says
Police have investigated 11 people suspected of practising medicine with fake medical degrees, over the past six years, they said on Friday.
The issue came to light when a patients’ rights ...
Our View: Anastasiades will never take responsibility for his miscalculation
Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci was not exactly saying anything we did not know when he warned, in an interview he gave to Yeni Duzen newspaper, that the process ...
Merkel, Putin clash over Navalny on her last trip to Russia
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday used her final official visit to Russia to tell President Vladimir Putin to free Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, but the Kremlin leader rebuffed her, ...
Biden vows to bring home every American who wants to leave Afghanistan
U.S. President Joe Biden pledged on Friday that every American who wanted to would be evacuated from Taliban-ruled Aghanistan, with about 13,000 brought home so far.
Facing a torrent of ...
EU expects key data on Novavax vaccine around October
The European Union expects Novavax to submit data needed for the possible approval of its COVID-19 vaccine around October, an EU official told Reuters on Friday, in what could be ...
A visit to artist Pol Georgiou’s ‘Blue Bungalow’ in Varosha (with video)
The colour, the art on the walls of many rooms, the plates, and the mural above the fireplace survive in the holiday home of George Pol Georgiou, one of Cyprus’ ...
Ever Given, the ship that blocked Suez Canal in March, crosses the canal again
The giant container ship Ever Given, which blocked the Suez canal for six days in March, crossed the waterway on Friday for the first time since it left Egypt after ...
UK, U.S. impose sanctions on Russian intelligence agents over Navalny poisoning
Britain and the United States imposed sanctions on Friday on men they said were Russian intelligence operatives responsible for the poisoning one year ago of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
The ...
UK’s Raab defends Afghanistan crisis response after criticism
Several NATO countries pressed on Friday for evacuations from Kabul to continue beyond the current U.S. deadline of Aug. 31 because so many people seeking safe passage following the Taliban’...
Coronavirus: Five deaths announced on Friday, 311 new positives (Updated)
The health ministry announced on Friday that five people had died of Covid-19 and that 311 more had tested positive from 48,060 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.65 per cent.
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Greece completes border wall extension, surveillance to deter migrants
Greece said on Friday it had completed a 40-kilometre fence on its border with Turkey and a new surveillance system was in place, amid concerns that the Taliban’s takeover ...