Facebook to announce new audio products on Monday
Facebook (FB.O) will announce a series of products under the umbrella of “social audio” on Monday, including its take on audio-chat app Clubhouse and a push into podcast discovery ...
‘It’s important to change people’s behaviour’
Cyprus Sustainable Tourism Initiative’s chairman outlines the importance of expanding the island product
By Kyriacos Nicolaou
Sustainable tourism has been a transformative force for the sector on the island ...
Uefa, Premier League and PM slam Super League plans
European football closed ranks on Sunday, threatening to ban any clubs that join a breakaway competition after the spectre of a European Super League re-emerged on the eve of a ...
Iheanacho sends Leicester into FA Cup final
Leicester City reached the FA Cup final for the first time in more than 50 years as Kelechi Iheanacho’s goal secured a 1-0 win over Southampton at Wembley on Sunday.
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Coronavirus: Three deaths and 852 cases on Sunday (Updated)
Three deaths and 852 coronavirus cases were announced on Sunday.
The deaths concern three men aged 62, 65 and 92. The 65-year-old man had received the first dose of a vaccine. The other two ...
Verstappen wins chaotic race at Imola but Hamilton stays ahead
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won a chaotic and crash-halted Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola on Sunday with Lewis Hamilton second for Mercedes and retaining the lead in the ...
Economic policy and defence spending
By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides
For most countries defence spending constitutes a percentage of their GDP which is not negligible. As a case in point, during 2020 the five nations ...
Nearly 100 people injured after train derails in Egypt
Ninety-seven people were injured on Sunday when some train carriages derailed in Egypt‘s Qalioubia province north of Cairo, the health ministry said in a statement.
More than 50 ambulances rushed ...
The small parties looking for votes
From hunters to Varosha refugees, small new parties are attempting to woo a disillusioned electorate
By George Psyllides
As election day edges closer, it appears that the island’s political ...
Coronavirus: Britain is investigating variant originating in India
British health officials are investigating a COVID-19 variant originating in India but as yet they do not have enough evidence to classify it is as a variant of concern, Susan ...
White House says there will be consequences if Kremlin critic Navalny dies
By Sarah N. Lynch
President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that the U.S. government has told ...
Traffic on Larnaca to Nicosia motorway
Police on Sunday afternoon said there was traffic on the Larnaca to Nicosia motorway.
Motorists are urged to drive at low speed and keep a safe distance from other vehicles.
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LNG plant is Cyprus’ best energy option
The Cyprus LNG plant and the East Med pipeline under the spectre of the Turkish ‘blue homeland’ in the East Med’s energy game
By Panayiotis Tilliros
The geopolitical and ...
Coronavirus: rapid testing locations for Monday
The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Monday, 55 in total.
People need to present proof of identity such as ID card, driver’s license or passport, for identification ...
Syria to hold presidential election, slammed by opposition, on May 26
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi
Syria will hold a presidential election on May 26 that is virtually certain to return President Bashar al-Assad for a third term – an event that Washington and the ...
Flying palaces: a tour of the world’s most pricey private jets
A lucky few can afford to take luxury air travel to new heights, with state-of-the-art, ultra-long-range executive jets, made by manufacturers like Gulfstream and Bombardier. Then there are those bold ...
‘No’ to the referendum on local government
Everyone agrees reform is vital so why do we need a referendum?
By George Koumoullis
In order to restore the mental balance of those that may have been worried about ...
We are going to Geneva aiming at a positive outcome, FM says
We are going to Geneva with the aim to get a positive outcome, Foreign Minister, Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday, referring to the informal meeting on the Cyprus problem that ...
Fire service assists bases in quarry blaze in Xylofagou
The fire service sent two engines on Sunday on the request by the British bases to help put out a fire in a quarry in Xylofagou.
According to the spokesman ...
Coronavirus: No further relaxations for now, government says
The epidemiological picture does not allow further relaxations, for now, government spokesman Kyriacos Koushos said on Sunday.
The announcement comes after an emergency meeting at the Presidential Palace under President ...
Hanoi: Vietnam’s high-octane capital of colonial echoes
In this video, we get a pre-Covid tour of the Vietnamese capital Hanoi, a city located in the country’s north, at the Red River delta, about 140km inland from ...
AstraZeneca could have COVID-19 vaccine against variant by end-2021 -Austrian newspaper
A modified version of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine tailored to combat a coronavirus variant first documented in South Africa could be ready by the end of 2021, an AstraZeneca official in ...
Parties must run in elections under registered names, Nouris says after AG ruling
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Sunday that any problems arising from a ruling by the attorney-general that parties can only use their registered names for the upcoming parliamentary elections ...
Vaults of nature: the freerunning feats of Sydney Olson
If you have ever been inspired by those intense, on-foot chases in action films, where heroes and villains vault over rooftops and swing across urban landscapes relying only on flexibility, ...