Coronavirus: No deaths, 226 new cases
The health ministry announced 226 new positive cases of coronavirus on Saturday out of 41,809 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.54 per cent.
No deaths were reported, but 43 people are ...
J&J to pay $263m in New York opioid settlements, avoids trial
By Jonathan Stempel
Johnson & Johnson said on Saturday it will pay $263 million to resolve claims it fueled an opioid epidemic in New York state and two of its largest ...
UK health minister quits after breaking Covid rules with affair
Britain’s health minister Matt Hancock quit on Saturday after he was caught breaking COVID-19 rules by kissing and embracing an aide in his office, enraging colleagues and the public ...
VW to end sales of combustion engines in Europe by 2035
German carmaker Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) will stop selling combustion engines cars in Europe by 2035 as it shifts to electric vehicles, but later in the United States and China, a ...
Engineer found structural damage years before Florida building collapsed
An engineer found evidence of major structural damage beneath the pool deck and “concrete deterioration” in the underground parking garage of a Florida 12-story condominium in a 2018 report, three years ...
Coronavirus: Renewed calls on young to get vaccinated
About 35 per cent of people aged 20 to 29 have now received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, while almost 48 per cent of the adult population has completed their vaccination, ...
“Kanal Istanbul” project kicks off with bridge construction
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday launched a $15 billion canal project intended to relieve pressure on the busy Bosphorus Strait by laying the foundations of a bridge over the planned ...
Curtain goes up for musical theatre
Two evenings of musical theatre are coming up in a few days. Hummingbird Music Theatre with a cast of 38 actors, musicians, presenters and children are putting on a show filled ...
Verstappen storms to front of Styrian Grand Prix grid with another F1 pole
Max Verstappen secured his second pole position in a week after storming to the front for Sunday’s Styrian Grand Prix.
The championship leader finished 0.194 seconds ahead of Valtteri Bottas ...
Pressure builds on UK’s Johnson to fire health secretary
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under mounting pressure on Saturday to fire his health secretary after the admission that he broke COVID-19 guidelines by kissing an employee sparked accusations ...
Coronavirus: Rapid testing sites for Sunday
A total of 72 free rapid test locations will operate on Sunday, the health ministry announced as unvaccinated workers must ensure a weekly negative coronavirus test.
The testing sites, also target ...
Don’t look down: three of the world’s most dizzying hikes
Crumbling stone steps, narrowest ledges, terrifying drops on both sides… if there are wise men holding court at the tops of some mountains, it may take a certain kind of ...
Homes evacuated in Tala blaze, now under control (Update 4)
Authorities had to evacuate several houses after a fire broke out in the Kamares area of Tala village in Paphos on Saturday afternoon.
Several properties and vehicles were damaged with ...
FA want England manager Southgate to stay beyond 2022 World Cup
The English Football Association want manager Gareth Southgate to remain in the job beyond the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, FA chief executive Mark Bullingham told British media on Friday.
The 50...
Trump revenge tour kicks off with Saturday rally in Ohio
Former U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a rally on Saturday in Ohio, his first since his supporters’ deadly attack on the Capitol, as he aims to bolster allies, ...
A minute with: Andys Manetas, Owner of the LGBTQ Lube Bar
Where do you live?
I was born in Greece but lived all my life in Cyprus as my family moved there, I live with my boyfriend
What did you have ...
What’s really behind ‘return to normalcy’ anxiety
In this video, business and life coach Tatev Petrosyan addresses the fears some of us may be experiencing regarding returning to ‘normalcy’ in the wake of Covid-19 lockdowns, and with ...
Some frozen chicken and sheftalia withdrawn from market
A batch of deep-frozen chicken and pork sheftalia have been withdrawn from the market after authorities found traces of salmonella bacteria, the health ministry said on Saturday.
The first product ...
Building an eco-system for developers in Cyprus
Building an ecosystem for developers in Cyprus is a work in progress. With nearly 2,000 developer positions open at the time of writing, many Cyprus tech companies are always concerned about ...
Turkish Cypriot authorities condemn EU’s rejection of two-state solution
Authorities in the north on Saturday condemned the EU’s “unjust and unilateral attitude” regarding the Cyprus problem and called it to adopt a “neutral position” after the EU Commission ...
Stories of the Deep: the hidden world of the Mariana Trench
In this video from the ‘Stories of the Deep’ series, we take a fascinating plunge into the murky depths of the Mariana Trench, the world’s deepest oceanic trench.
Located ...
Cyprus needs to forge its brand in software development
There is a large and lively community of developers here in Cyprus. Connecting with them is easy, as it is an international and multilingual community. But Cyprus needs to forge ...
Britain could face food shortages due to lorry driver crisis
Britain could face gaps on supermarket shelves this summer and an “unimaginable” collapse of supply chains after the pandemic and Brexit led to a shortage of more than 100,000 truck drivers, ...
Germany knife attack victims were all women -police
Authorities in Germany were investigating on Saturday what prompted a man to go on the rampage with a knife in the town of Wuerzberg on Friday, killing three women and ...