Aid struggles to reach remote areas of Haiti quake zone
Damaged or impassable roads were complicating efforts on Friday to deliver aid to more remote parts of Haiti devastated by an earthquake last weekend that...
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Beyond vegan burgers: next-generation protein could come from air, methane, volcanic springs
It may sound like science fiction, but in a few short years the family dinner table may be laden with steak from a printer and...
Gone but not forgotten: the Berlin Wall 30 years after it fell
Luke Rix-Standing looks back at the hated wall that divided families, loyalties and a continent IT IS difficult to fully comprehend the emotion that must...
‘Yellow vests’ hit French streets in fifth Saturday of protests
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of French cities on Saturday in the fifth weekend of nationwide demonstrations against Emmanuel Macron’s government, despite calls...
Iran special forces chief tells Trump Tehran will respond to any hostile action
An Iranian military commander said on Thursday that Donald Trump should address any threats against Tehran directly to him, and mocked the US president as using...
UN rights experts tell Bahrain to release jailed activists
United Nations human rights experts called on Bahrain on Thursday to release detained activists, end restrictions on freedom of expression, and end discrimination against women. Bahrain, where...
Saudi Arabia halts oil exports in Red Sea lane after Houthi attacks
Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it was suspending oil shipments through a strategic Red Sea lane after Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis attacked two tankers in the...
Rubens museum steers visitors away from nudes, in jab at Facebook censorship
Visitors to a Belgian art gallery were stunned when security guards ordered them away from nude paintings by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens, in what...
Five dead in US newsroom shooting (Update 2)
A man who had a long-running feud with an Annapolis newspaper blasted his way through its newsroom with a shotgun on Thursday, killing at least...
At least 21 dead after flower-farm dam bursts in Kenya
By Thomas Mukoya A dam burst in Kenya after weeks of torrential rain, unleashing a torrent of water that smashed into two villages, killing at least 21...
U19 Beach Volleyball World Championship wraps up in Larnaca
The U19 Beach Volleyball World Championship wraps up on Sunday in Larnaca with the men`s and women`s finals at Phinikoudes beach. In the men`s finals,...
After Europe top 200, UCy hits top 200 globally
The University of Cyprus (UCy) has featured among the best higher education providers in the world having entered the top-200 list in this year’s rankings...
WHO: air pollution one of the world’s biggest health crises
Air pollution in cities around the globe has reached such toxic levels that the world is confronting one of the “biggest public health issues” it...
World to march for elephants and rhinos
Elephants and rhinos could be extinct within two decades, campaigners are warning ahead of marches across the world to call for greater protection for the...
Paphos bars gear up for World Cup
By Bejay Browne AS WORLD CUP fever grips the globe Paphos bars are determined to pull in the punters with promotions or special events to...