Extreme heatwaves and fires increasingly likely
But climate change not the sole driver of increasing temperatures and wildfires
By Annette Chrysostomou
The Mediterranean has become a wildfire hotspot with huge fires raging in Turkey and Greece ...
Even Adam and Eve were awarded the right to be heard
By overturning a sham marriage decision this week, the Supreme Court proved itself independent of the executive in an area of law where the latter often rides roughshod over individual ...
Our View: Uncertainty seems to be the only certainty in virus battle
No matter how hard the authorities try to reassure us they know what they are doing about controlling the pandemic, it is becoming increasingly clearer they do not. This situation ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Mixed results from having employees as Covid enforcers
THE POLICE state has been showing its muscle. In the 24 hours up until Saturday morning, the cops had carried out 5,935 checks reporting 30 individuals and five businesses for violating the Covid ...
Turkey and Pakistan: working in tandem
By Dr Yiorghos Leventis
Often, the preoccupation with our national problem lacks international comparative analysis. It borders on navel gazing. In this article, I wish to highlight Ankara’s success ...
Leicester beat Man City to win Community Shield
FA Cup winners Leicester City scored a late penalty to beat Premier League champions Manchester City 1-0 in the Community Shield curtain-raiser to the season on Saturday.
Second half substitute ...
Steyn the hero again as S. Africa edge Lions to win series
Veteran Morne Steyn kicked over a last-gasp penalty to hand South Africa a narrow 19-16 victory over British and Irish Lions in the third and final test on Saturday to ...
Coronavirus: Protest against vaccination of children
Scores of people gathered outside the Presidential Palace in Nicosia on Saturday evening to protest the vaccinations of children.
The protest, organised by Foni Laou in cooperation with other groups, ...
Coronavirus: One death, 599 new cases (Updated)
One death from coronavirus and 599 new positive cases were announced on Saturday out of 61,883 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.97 per cent.
The death was a woman, aged 84, ...
Rescue ship carrying 257 migrants docks in Sicily port
A ship carrying 257 migrants docked in the Italian port of Trapani on Saturday almost a week after rescuing the people from international waters off Tunisia.
Migrants onboard the vessel, mainly ...
US, India finally get athletics gold, Japan win baseball title (wrapup)
The United States ended a drought and India seized their first ever gold medal in athletics at the Olympics on Saturday, while baseball-mad Japan won their maiden gold in the ...
Knife attacker on Tokyo commuter train wanted to kill ‘happy women’
The man alleged to have wounded 10 people in a knife attack on a Tokyo commuter train late on Friday told police he became incensed when he saw women who “looked ...
Malcolm grabs golden glory for Brazil in football final
Brazil retained their Olympic football title with substitute Malcolm scoring an extra-time winner in a 2-1 victory over Spain in Saturday’s men’s gold medal game.
After the game ...
Tokyo Olympics a bittersweet experience for Cyprus stars
Cyprus enjoyed a successful Tokyo Olympics, with the 15-strong athlete delegation giving some very good performances, despite returning home without a medal.
The best-placed finishes were by Pavlos Kontides, who ...
Chopra wins historic javelin gold for India
Neeraj Chopra won the men’s javelin on Saturday with a best throw of 87.58 metres to claim an historic first Olympic athletics gold medal for India.
The Czech Republic’s ...
Greece battles wildfires for fifth day in ‘nightmarish summer’ (Updated)
By Stamos Prousalis and Costa Baltas
Flames swept through a town near Athens overnight and hundreds of people were evacuated by ferry from the island of Evia east of the ...
Thousands stolen after elderly woman tied up and robbed
An 82-year-old woman, a resident of Tala, Paphos, reported that she was tied up and robbed at her home on Friday evening with perpetrators taking jewellery and cash.
The woman ...
Teen caught driving with parents in car
A 14-year-old girl from Nicosia was caught driving in the Alaminos area, in the Larnaca district with her parents and sister as passengers, police said on Saturday.
According to a ...
New Zealand grants residency to Google co-founder Page
Larry Page, Google’s co-founder and one of the world’s richest men, has become a New Zealand resident, with immigration services saying he had applied under a category for ...
Coronavirus: Revised guidelines for those testing positive
As of Saturday, people found positive for Covid-19, will have to fill out an electronic form if they want to get their release certificates when their quarantine period is completed, ...
Iran denies role in tanker attack, says seeks Gulf security
Iran on Saturday rejected as psychological warfare accusations that it was behind a deadly attack on a tanker off Oman’s coast, and said Tehran sought to enhance the security ...
Modern crocodile’s ‘grandfather’ discovered in Chile fossil
A 150-million-year-old fossilized skeleton discovered in the mountains of southern Chile was determined to be the ancestor of the modern crocodile, the Argentine Museum of Natural Sciences announced on Friday.
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Coronavirus: First dose coverage tops 75 per cent
The vaccination coverage is closer to the new goals set by the government that wants to see 80 per cent of the population vaccinated by the end of August, as over 75 ...
September appeal hearing for British teen in Napa rape case
An appeal hearing in the case of the British teenager found guilty of public mischief after reporting a gang rape in July 2019 will be go before the Supreme Court in ...