Knitting foundations: learning the purl stitch
The purl stitch is a foundational building block of knitting. It may seem complicated, but that’s simply not true. In fact, the purl stitch is the exact opposite of ...
Anderson inspires England to famous win in India
James Anderson inspired England to a famous fifth day win over India in the first Test, paving the way for a 227-run victory with an astonishing spell of reverse swing ...
Username and password still most common method of web ID
In 2020, three in four people in Cyprus logged in to online services using their username and password. The share of 74 per cent is just below the EU average of 75 per ...
Lewandowski steers Bayern into Club World Cup final
Champions League holders Bayern Munich reached the Club World Cup final where they will face Mexican side Tigres after two goals from Robert Lewandowski gave them a clinical 2-0 win ...
Australian Open day two highlights
Highlights of day two of the Australian Open tennis championships at Melbourne Park on Tuesday. Times local (GMT +11):
1835 SHERIF MAKES HISTORY FOR EGYPT
Qualifier Mayar Sherif became the first Egyptian ...
Omonia gunning for top spot as title rivals navigate tricky round
In what could prove to be one of the most crucial rounds of the regular season, Omonia have a chance to move to the top of the Cypriot first division ...
International opera for the lockdown age
From Cyprus to Singapore, Vienna to California, over 35 creatives have joined together from seven different time zones to rehearse and record an opera for the lockdown generation. With theatres shut, ...
How Keanu Reeves came to play action hero John Wick
Keanu Reeves is known as one of the nicest celebrities in Hollywood. Yet a lot of fans wonder… who is the real man behind the iconic characters, such as Neo ...
Man suspected of rape arrested
Paphos police arrested a man in connection with a case of rape on Monday evening.
A 29-year-old woman, a resident of the Paphos district, reported to police on Monday that ...
Two U.S. carrier groups conduct exercises in South China Sea
Two U.S. carrier groups conducted joint exercisies in the South China Sea on Tuesday, days after a U.S. warship sailed near Chinese-controlled islands in the disputed waters that ...
Coronavirus: New record number of checks, 106 booked
Police carried out 14,734 checks to curb the spread of the coronavirus in 24 hours from Monday until Tuesday, a new record number, and booked 103 individuals and three businesses.
Most of those ...
EU’s Vestager warns Apple to treat all apps equally amid privacy dispute
Europe’s antitrust chief, Margrethe Vestager, has warned Apple Inc to give equal treatment to all apps on its platform amid the iPhone maker’s privacy changes that have drawn ...
Why do most puppies prefer food rewards over toy rewards?
Every pet deserves a loving and respectful home: please only consider acquiring a pet if you will be able to take care of its long-term needs. Also, consider choosing your ...
More legal perils facing Trump as January call may have violated three state criminal election laws
Georgia’s Secretary of State’s office opened a probe on Monday into former U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 election results, a step ...
Buy A Tesla with bitcoin? Coming soon.
Tesla Inc expects to allow customers to pay for its electric vehicles with bitcoin soon, the automaker said on Monday, a move that could expand how the most popular cryptocurrency ...
How to make a comfortable homeschool work station
Kids, we know it’s challenging to swap physical classrooms for online Zoom learning. But you know what makes the process a little bit better…? That’s right, a comfortable, ...
Hackers try to contaminate Florida town’s water supply through computer breach
Hackers broke into the computer system of a facility that treats water for about 15,000 people near Tampa, Florida and sought to add a dangerous level of additive to the water ...
Cyprus economy slows; rebound expected with solid growth – Economists
The Cyprus economy slowed in January, as the restrictions shut down many forms of economic activity. But a substantial rebound is expected after the vaccination programme is implemented, and economic ...
Cyprus’s Aphrodite gas production can sell in Europe – Analyst
Cyprus’s Aphrodite gas field, located in located in Block 12 of Cyprus’s exclusive economic zone, and with reserves of 129 billion cubic metres, is expected to begin production in 2025.
But ...
Coronavirus: AstraZeneca doses ready for rollout
Cyprus will have 7,200 AstraZeneca doses ready to administer from Tuesday and they will not be subject to age restrictions, the health ministry said.
The AstraZeneca doses arrived on Monday.
So ...
Our View: Mitsotakis could have a very positive role to play
The short visit of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave President Anastasiades the support he was seeking ahead of the informal five-party conference that is expected to be held next ...
Port transit trade drops since privatisation – ports authority
The value of transit trade conducted through the port of Limassol has declined sharply since 2017 when the harbour’s commercial operations were privatised, lawmakers heard on Monday.
The drop in ...
Facebook says it will take down false vaccine claims
Facebook Inc said on Monday it will expand a list of false health claims it bans from the platform to include debunked claims about vaccines in general, such as that ...
Factbox – What we know about the S. African variant
South Africa halted the planned rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University after data showed it gave minimal protection against mild infection from one variant of ...