Lioness dies from COVID-19 in Indian zoo
A nine-year old Asiatic lion has died from the coronavirus in a state-run zoo on the outskirts of the south Indian city of Chennai, the zoo said on Friday.
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Coronavirus: one death, 83 people test positive on Friday (Updated)
The health ministry announced one death and 83 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday.
A 92-year-old man passed away at Limassol hospital, bringing the total death toll to 363, of whom 241 were ...
Coronavirus: Nurses strike affects some jab centres, appointments to be rescheduled
The ministry of health announced some changes would be made to Monday’s vaccination schedule due to state nurses’ union’s 12-hour work stoppage.
The affected vaccination centres are Port ...
New COVID spread raises concerns over England’s June 21 unlocking
The prevalence of COVID-19 infections in England almost doubled in the last week of May and the estimated reproduction “R” number crept up as the “Delta” variant became more widespread, ...
Serena and Medvedev power into last 16 in Paris
Serena Williams powered confidently into the fourth round of the French Open with a 6-4 6-4 defeat of fellow American Danielle Collins on Friday as the draw opened up enticingly.
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Coronavirus: where to get tested on Saturday
The health ministry announced a total of 82 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Saturday.
The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...
Children’s tours and theatre shows in old Nicosia
In the framework of the exhibition The Day Begins at Night by artist Lefteris Tapas that is currently on at NiMAC a series of educational programmes will be presented throughout ...
Japan ‘cornered’ into holding Games, says local Olympian
One of Japan’s sporting heroes and a member of the local Olympic committee said on Friday her nation had been “cornered” into pressing ahead with the 2020 Games despite public ...
Only 13 per cent of NatWest staff to return to office full-time
Britain’s NatWest expects only about 13 per cent of its staff to return to primarily office-based working, the lender said on Tuesday as it revealed a three-pronged approach to post-pandemic ...
Fish and cheese: UK inks trade deals with Norway, Iceland
* Britain-Norway trade worth £20 bln in 2020
* Britain-Iceland trade worth £558 mln in 2020
Britain has clinched post-Brexit trade agreements with Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein as it seeks to forge new global trading relationships ...
Musk breakup tweets bruise bitcoin
Bitcoin fell more than 7 per cent on Friday, with tweets by Tesla boss Elon Musk that appeared to lament a breakup with the cryptocurrency again moving markets.
Tesla’s big ...
Athalassa hospital changes will be ‘historic moment of progress for mental health services’
The new mental health centre planned for Athalassa psychiatric hospital will be a “historic moment of progress” for mental health services, state health services (Okypy) said on Friday.
Tenders for ...
Lute due within June, defining developments in coming weeks
The UN Secretary-General’s special envoy Jane Holl Lute is expected to arrive on the island within June for consultations ahead of another five-party summit on the Cyprus problem, Foreign ...
Chelsea extend Tuchel’s contract after Champions League win
Chelsea have extended Thomas Tuchel’s contract until 2024 after the German manager won the Champions League this season, the London club said on Friday.
Tuchel took over midway through the 2020...
The eight most popular stunt tricks used in movies
Hollywood stunts rely on many tricks to make impossible and dangerous looking feats appear real on screen. Combining athleticism with technology, in this video, we check out eight of the ...
Hong Kong locks down Tiananmen vigil park amid tight security, arrests organiser
Police blocked off a Hong Kong park to prevent people gathering to commemorate the anniversary of China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on Friday and arrested the planned vigil’s organiser.
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Challenge to legality of arrest warrant for British woman who criticised village leader
A court challenge into the legality of an arrest warrant issued against a British mother for calling a local community leader ‘useless’ in the comments section of a Facebook post ...
Swiss to launch Covid-19 certificates next week to ease travel
Switzerland will start distributing “COVID-19 certificates” next week to people who have been vaccinated, tested negative or recovered from infection as a way to ease travel in Europe, the government ...
Ioannou calls on nurses to reconsider planned strike action
Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Friday issued a response to threats of strike action from the state nurses’ union (Pasyno) to protest the disciplinary investigation of a number of mental ...
What’s Eaten Where: Java
Indonesia’s Java is the world’s most populous island! Almost 150 million people make their home here – about half the number living in the States!
As a whole, the island ...
Turkish court issues 1,000-year jail terms in Fenerbahce case
A Turkish court on Friday sentenced a media executive and a former police chief to more than 1,000 years each in prison for conspiring to bring match-fixing charges against top football ...
German archbishop offers to resign over Church’s sexual abuse ‘catastrophe’
One of Roman Catholicism’s most influential liberal figures, Germany’s Cardinal Reinhard Marx, has offered to resign as archbishop of Munich, saying he had to share responsibility for the “...
Twenty outgoing MPs to share €3m one-off tax-free payment
Twenty outgoing MPs will share an approximate €3m one-off tax-free payment, it emerged on Friday.
Former MPs who served one term will receive a one-off payment of €75,728 and are entitled ...
Future health: the five stages to fully-automated healthcare
In this video, Dr. Bertalan Mesko, host of The Medical Futurist YouTube channel, discusses the five stages envisioned before full automation of healthcare can take place, as well as the ...