UK’s meat industry warns CO2 shortage could hit food supplies
Britain’s meat industry on Friday warned that an impending shortage of carbon dioxide (CO2) could cause massive disruption to food supplies within two weeks.
The gas is used to ...
Coronavirus: No new deaths, 153 people test positive on Friday (Updated)
The health ministry announced that there were no new deaths from Covid-19 on Friday, and that 153 more people had tested positive from 64,290 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.24 ...
Turkish Cypriots want to return 50,000 unused AstraZeneca doses
Opposition in the north has criticised Turkish Cypriot authorities for wanting to return 50,000 AstraZeneca doses that expire next month, reports said on Friday.
According to daily Yeniduzen, 50,000 AstraZeneca doses of ...
Activists say they found dead birds at trapping site
Members of the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) in Cyprus said on Friday they found several dead birds including three owls at a mist-netting site in Liopetri, in the Famagusta ...
Russian tourist, 81, pronounced dead after being pulled from sea
An 81-year-old Russian woman was pronounced dead after lifeguards pulled her out of the water in a Larnaca beach on Friday.
Around 11:35am, other swimmers notified lifeguards after spotting the ...
Where teachers spend the most time in the classroom
The OECD’s latest edition of its “Education at a Glance” report provides an insight into education systems on all of the organization’s member states. One interesting aspect of ...
Berlin 1936 memorabilia donated to Cyprus’ Olympic museum
Historical memorabilia from the Berlin Olympic Games in 1936 have been donated as a gift to the Cyprus Olympic Committee (KOE) by University of Nicosia professor, Theodoros Charalambous.
The gifts concern ...
Football without headers could be more skillful, brain charity boss says
The first adult football match which outlaws heading could be more skilful with more passing and dribbling, according to a charity boss whose ex-pro husband has dementia.
A fundraising game ...
MP said artist controversy was not reason for resignation as Diko spokesman
Diko MP Pavlos Mylonas has said that the cabinet’s decision to drop disciplinary procedures against controversial public school headteacher and artist Giorgos Gavriel was not the reason for his ...
Afternoon hours for state hospitals on table for talks next week
State health services organisation (Okypy) on Friday said they would meet the state doctors’ unions next week to discuss the afternoon operation of state hospitals, amid a row that erupted ...
Coronavirus: Testing locations for Saturday
A total of 52 free rapid test sites mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Saturday, the health ministry announced, for eligible groups.
Free rapid testing for the general population ...
What’s Eaten Where: Mauritania
Vast, torrid and arid, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania is a mostly empty place. Bordering the Atlantic between Senegal and Western Sahara, Mali and Algeria, it’s the 28th largest ...
Offence: it’s for taking, not giving
By Alexia Saleem
When my children were first born, I noticed that my daughter was a touch darker than my son. It didn’t bother me. What bothered me was ...
Businesses will have to go green for bank loans
Businesses asking for bank loans will have to show commitment to the green economy and sustainable development in the future a gathering of business leaders was told this week.
“According ...
Taliban replaces women’s ministry with ministry of virtue and vice
Workers in the Afghan capital Kabul replaced signs for the country’s women’s ministry with those for the Taliban’s moral police on Friday, as female former employees of ...
Public transport company to donate a day’s takings to Karaiskakio
Cyprus Public Transport said Friday it would be donating all of Saturday’s proceeds from ticket sales to the Karaiskakio Foundation on the occasion of Leukemia Month.
The company said ...
Temperatures expected to soar back to around 38C
Cyprus looks like it’s heading for an Indian summer with temperatures expected to soar back up to 38C next week, according to the KitasWeather website.
Meteorologist Eric Kitas told ...
Manchester United slips to wider loss on pandemic impact
Manchester United Plc (MANU.N) reported a wider full-year loss after a season marred by pandemic-induced lockdowns and empty stadiums hit matchday sales and commercial revenue.
The English soccer club ...
US booster debate moves to FDA vaccine advisory committee
The debate over whether Americans should receive a booster dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine moves to a panel of independent expert advisers to the U.S. Food and ...
‘No proof that surveillance van was used to spy on citizens’
Almost two years later, reports said Friday no proof has been found that a van with covert surveillance capabilities had been used to spy on people, but four people involved ...
Fast lane: chasing down Lewis Hamilton’s top 10 splurges
Lewis Hamilton is indisputably one of the most successful Formula One drivers of all time. And, having won the World Championship seven times thus far, he definitely has the income ...
Learn everything about Crypto Wallet
Every crypto currency that is mined is associated with a wallet called the crypto wallet. Crypto wallet is a software that permits you to store two keys, namely public and ...
UAE could invest further $1.4 bln in Britain this year, UK trade official says
The United Arab Emirates could invest at least a further 1 billion pounds ($1.4 billion) in the United Kingdom this year after pledging 10 billion pounds this week to its investment partnership with ...
EU unsure if women face higher risk of clots from AZ vaccine
The European Union’s drugs regulator could not confirm from available data if women and young adults were at a higher risk of rare blood clots with low platelets after ...