Plaintiffs fail in bid to suspend SafePass
Nicosia district court on Tuesday denied a motion that it temporarily suspend restrictive measures – including the SafePass – until such time as it rules definitively on the substance in a class-action ...
Two more arrests over Sigma attack
Police arrested two more people on Tuesday, men aged 21 and 37, in connection with the attacks at the Dias offices and the presidential palace earlier this month.
This brings to a ...
Four arrests after Famagusta entertainment park broken into
Four people, including three minors, were arrested early on Tuesday on suspicion of stealing money from coin operated toy machines at a Famagusta-based entertainment park.
The arrests follow two reports ...
EU warns will take actions against Turkey over Varosha
The EU on Tuesday warned that the bloc’s foreign ministers will consider actions against Turkey at their next meeting if Ankara does not reverse actions in Varosha, which are ...
US Capitol riot featured ‘medieval’ violence, police officer says
The Jan 6 US Capitol attack by a mob of then-President Donald Trump’s supporters trying to overturn his election loss featured harrowing violence resembling a medieval battlefield, a police officer ...
€90m action plan to transfer to green economy
A new €90m national action plan aims to ease Cyprus’ transition to a less wasteful, eco-friendly circular economy, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said on Tuesday.
She, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis ...
Foreclosures law set for Supreme Court after House rejection (updated)
In a special plenary session on Tuesday, the House voted to reject President Nicos Anastasiades’ refusal to sign off on a bill that would renew a freeze on property foreclosures, ...
Japanese priest who pulls the trigger returns to shrine
After two days of hitting flying clay objects at the Asaka Shooting Range, Naoko Ishihara’s trusted shotgun fell silent as she prepared to return to a 1,300-year-old shrine in ...
Alesha Dixon on finding balance as a mum, and her must-have beauty products
By Katie Wright
Describing the last year and a half as an “emotional roller-coaster”, Alesha Dixon says that juggling work commitments and being mum to daughters Azura, 7, and Anaya, who ...
Strained G20 climate talks could yet deliver progress on coal
By Gavin Jones
Climate campaigners voiced frustration a meeting of ministers from the world’s richest countries failed to deliver a deal to phase out coal, but said pledges in ...
Cyprus Mail’s Good Living curated video site marks its first anniversary as a state-of-the-art platform
Having launched against the backdrop of the 2020 Cyprus lockdowns, Good Living, the Cyprus Mail’s portal of daily curated video content from around the internet, is marking its first anniversary ...
FDA approves Keytruda for early breast cancer treatment
Merck & Co Inc said on Tuesday that the US Food and Drug Administration approved its immunotherapy Keytruda as a treatment for an early form of a tough-to-treat breast cancer ...
Demetriou highlights need to eliminate state discrimination
The need for changes to legislation to eliminate linguistic sexism in official state documents and gender-based discrimination in the workplace was among the issues highlighted on Tuesday by acting president ...
Back to Nature: Colombian officials free nearly 2,000 rescued animals
By Camilo Cohecha and Javier Andres Rojas
More than 1,900 turtles, reptiles and amphibians were released into lagoons and forests in Colombia’s Meta province over the weekend after being seized ...
Biles out of team event as Russians beat US to gold
Simone Biles’ bid for a record six gold medals at the Tokyo Games ended abruptly on Tuesday when she dropped out of the women’s team final after one vault ...
Record-smashing heat extremes in Cyprus may become much more likely – study
By Andrea Januta
Cyprus. Cuba. Turkey. Canada. Northern Ireland. Antarctica. All recorded their hottest-ever temperatures in the last two years, and according to a new study, more such extremes are ...
Green Dot expands recycling pickups to more communities
Green Dot’s recycling programme should cover 90 per cent of the population by 2023 the environment service said on Tuesday as it announced that the service will be extended to Voroklini ...
Afghan authorities arrest local journalists on propaganda charges
Afghan authorities have arrested four journalists on propaganda charges after they tried to enter the contested area of Spin Boldak in southern Kandahar province, where security forces have been clashing ...
McDonald’s big sales growth expected as labour crunch looms
McDonald’s BTS celebrity meals and crispy chicken sandwiches are expected to fuel a US sales increase of 24 per cent when the company reports second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, but analysts ...
Coronavirus: Where to get tested on Wednesday
The health ministry announced a total of 63 locations islandwide that will provide free coronavirus rapid testing to residents on Wednesday.
The sites aim to assist the mandatory testing of employees ...
Lebanese fleeing collapse at home seek security, salaries in UAE
Until a few months ago, 32-year-old Michelle Chaaya was a human resources professional at a multinational firm in Lebanon. Now she works as a bartender in Dubai, sending cash to ...
‘Talent war’ pushing white-collar pay higher, British recruiter says
The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened a shortage of white-collar workers in many countries, forcing companies to pay higher salaries to woo talent, a top London-based recruiter said on Tuesday.
Robert ...
FM Christodoulides talks Varosha in Israel
Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides discussed Turkey’s illegal actions in Varosha with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Tuesday.
Christodoulides, who was in Israel on a working visit, was received ...
End in sight of pandemic in Britain epidemiologist says
The end of the COVID-19 pandemic in Britain could be just months away as vaccines have so dramatically reduced the risk of severe disease and death, Imperial College epidemiologist Neil ...