Covid-19 response drives $24tn surge in global debt: IIF
The Covid-19 pandemic has added $24 trillion to the global debt mountain over the last year a new study has shown, leaving it at a record $281 trillion and the worldwide debt-to-GDP ...
Cypriot businesses with online sales up 211% in 5 years
A recent study conducted by CyStat has shown the digital economy in Cyprus to be growing rapidly.
The number of people searching for information about products or services has grown ...
Freeze streches for sixth day, more dark days ahead Texans warned
Texas officials warned of “disasters within the disaster” of historic cold weather that left millions without heat for a third day on Wednesday, telling residents to prepare for energy to ...
‘Brexit’ companies shift to the Netherlands as uncertainty persists
The flow of businesses moving to the Netherlands because of Brexit remained strong in 2020, even though foreign investment fell by a quarter as the coronavirus pandemic hit, the Netherlands Foreign ...
The Digital War: Facebook news goes dark in Australia (Updated)
Australians woke to empty news feeds on their Facebook Inc pages on Thursday after the social media giant blocked all media content in a surprise and dramatic escalation of a ...
Cyprus must increase renewable energy or face fines
By Dr. Charles Ellinas
What has become abundantly clear over the past year is the EU’s determination to drive a fast transition to cleaner energy. Not only it has ...
Coronavirus: 2,000 vaccines to be delivered to Turkish Cypriots
Two thousand AstraZeneca vaccines will be delivered to Turkish Cypriot health authorities on Thursday, according to a spokesman.
The spokesman said Turkish Cypriots have already received 4,500 PfizerBiontec jabs in January ...
Our View: Minister’s push to evaluate teachers likely to end back on the shelf
Education minister, Prodromos Prodromou, said after a meeting with the teaching unions that he hoped talks on evaluating the performance of public-school teachers would begin soon. How soon he could ...
Classy City go 10 points clear with 3-1 win at Everton
Premier League leaders Manchester City turned on the style as they moved 10 points clear at the top with a ruthless 3-1 win at Everton on Wednesday.
City’s 17th straight ...
Lightning strikes twice as Porto stun sloppy Juventus
Goals from Mehdi Taremi and Moussa Marega earned Porto a deserved 2-1 win over Juventus in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 clash on Wednesday, with Federico Chiesa’...
Prolific Haaland powers Dortmund to victory in Seville
Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland continued his prolific run in the Champions League by scoring twice as his side came from behind to earn a 3-2 win at Sevilla in ...
Barricades burn in Spanish streets amid protests over jailed rapper
Police fired tear gas, rubber bullets, and sound bombs at two protests in Madrid and Barcelona on Wednesday, each attended by thousands, the day after a rapper was arrested on ...
Barnes equaliser keeps Burnley clear of Fulham
Ashley Barnes struck a 52nd-minute equaliser as Burnley frustrated Fulham’s hopes of back-to-back Premier League wins in a 1-1 draw at Turf Moor on Wednesday.
Fulham are 18th in ...
Russia dismisses European Court of Human Rights’ call to free Navalny
Russia’s justice minister on Wednesday dismissed as “unlawful” a European Court of Human Rights ruling demanding the release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, and accused the court of meddling ...
Nicosia invites tenders for old GSP stadium makeover
Nicosia municipality on Wednesday invited tenders for a makeover of the old GSP stadium that will enhance efforts to upgrade the historical centre.
The proposed project in the heart of ...
Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine supply to the EU 30% below plans, sources say
Pfizer has not yet delivered to the European Union about 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses that were due in December, EU officials said, leaving it about one-third short of the supplies ...
Tatar: we will table two-state solution at talks
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said Wednesday he would be tabling a two-state solution as a new idea during the planned informal five-party summit, whose date and venue have not ...
US conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has died
Provocative and polarising US talk radio luminary Rush Limbaugh, a leading voice on the American political right since the 1980s who boosted, and was honoured by, former President Donald Trump, ...
US charges three North Koreans in $1.3 billion hacking spree
The United States has charged three North Korean computer programmers with a massive hacking spree aimed at stealing more than $1.3 billion in money and cryptocurrency, affecting companies from banks to ...
Coronavirus: Two deaths, 121 new cases (updated)
Health authorities on Wednesday announced the death of two men from Covid-19 and the detection of 121 new infections from 25,414 tests, a positivity rate of 0.48 per cent.
Since the start of ...
Pochettino makes his mark at PSG with Barcelona coup
Six weeks after taking over at Paris St Germain, coach Mauricio Pochettino laid down a marker at the Ligue 1 club by masterminding a resounding 4-1 win at Barcelona in their ...
Captain Tom Moore received online abuse in weeks before death
Britain’s Captain Tom Moore, the World War Two veteran who raised millions of pounds for health service workers battling the coronavirus, received online abuse in the weeks before he ...
Osaka the next hurdle in Serena’s quest for 24th Slam
Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka have long moved on from their tempestuous 2018 U.S. Open title match but that will do nothing to dampen the suspense ahead of their blockbuster ...
All Premier League games to be aired live in UK until fans return
All Premier League fixtures will continue to be available on live television in the United Kingdom until fans are allowed to return to stadiums, England’s top flight league announced ...