Five lessons after a year of war
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki believes the war in Ukraine, launched a year ago today, has taught us five very important lessons
We must do everything to ensure that this ...
Man United fight back to knock out Barcelona
Brazilian forward Antony stepped off the bench to send Manchester United through to the Europa League last 16, with the hosts coming from behind to beat Barcelona 2-1 in Thursday’s ...
Di Maria hat-trick sends Juventus into Europa last 16
– Angel Di Maria scored a hat-trick as Juventus eased to a 3-0 win at 10-man Nantes on Thursday to reach the Europa League round of 16 4-1 on aggregate.
Juventus only ...
Ukraine’s warplane demand currently makes no sense – Germany’s Scholz
The question of whether to arm Ukraine with warplanes “currently makes no sense”, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview in which he was asked to address growing calls ...
The UK and Cyprus defence relationship is strong, says British High Comissioner
Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides and British High Commissioner to Cyprus Irfan Siddiq on Thursday delivered their final remarks on the fifth annual Strategic Leadership Programme in Cyprus, which lasted five ...
Activists sue BNP over energy loans, TotalEnergies over human rights
Climate and human rights activists sued two of France’s biggest corporations over fossil fuel financing and alleged human rights abuses on Thursday, as campaigners increasingly turn to lawsuits to ...
Senior UN official to visit island in March
A senior United Nations official will visit Cyprus next month for discussions with the two leaders, reports said on Thursday.
The purpose of the discussions will be to explore ways ...
Ex-producer Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 years on L.A. rape conviction
Harvey Weinstein, the onetime Hollywood titan who came to epitomize a culture of pervasive sexual misconduct by powerful men that ignited the #MeToo movement, was sentenced on Thursday to 16 years ...
Poland to expel Belarus defence attache, agency reports
Poland is to expel the defence attache of Belarus, the Polish Press Agency reported on Thursday, citing a foreign ministry spokesman.
Last Friday, Belarus ordered the expulsion of three Polish ...
Alexis Tsipras met with leaders of Edek and Akel
Momentum is building up for Greece-Turkey relations and the Cyprus issue, Syriza head Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday during a visit to Cyprus.
Tsipras was in the country to attend ...
Britain scraps interviews for 12,000 asylum seekers to speed up process
Britain will scrap the requirement for around 12,000 asylum seekers to undergo face-to-face interviews and instead ask them to fill out a questionnaire, the government said on Thursday, in an attempt ...
Rina Katselli’s paintings donated to deputy ministry of culture
The family of writer and politician Rina Katselli on Thursday donated five of her paintings to the deputy ministry of culture.
Katselli’s daughter Despina said that it was her ...
Trump seeks to dismiss rape accuser Carroll’s second defamation claim
Donald Trump on Thursday urged a federal judge to throw out the writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation claim in the second of her two lawsuits against the former U....
Anastasiades awarded Gold Star by World Federation of Consuls
President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday urged the foreign diplomatic corps in Cyprus to work with his successor on the Cyprus issue for a settlement based strictly on UN resolutions.
The ...
Bloody movie night in Nicosia
No, it is not a gory horror film screening that is coming up. It is something much more ordinary and not as frightening. The Bloody Movie Night, as organisers Let’...
Georgiades says the future of Disy is change and unity
The political spotlight remains on Disy despite its presidential election defeat, with both remaining contenders in the party leadership race promising unity and change.
“Even in defeat, we [Disy] manage ...
Furore in the north following ‘foreign minister’s’ statements
Citizens and ‘officials’ in the north were in uproar on Thursday, after ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu said whoever wasn’t happy with the ‘government’s’ handling of the ...
Prices of Green Monday foodstuffs up across the board
The prices for most Green Monday staples have gone up this year, in some cases by around 3 per cent, but in others by up to 60 per cent, the price observatory ...
China’s Covid epidemic has ‘basically’ ended, but not completely over
Health authorities in China said on Thursday the country’s COVID-19 epidemic has “basically” ended, but it is not completely over as it found seven imported cases of the highly-transmissible ...
Britain’s salad crisis could last another month
Britons may face shortages of salad staples, including tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers, for up to another month, the government said on Thursday.
On Wednesday, Britain’s biggest supermarket group Tesco ...
Turkey steps up rebuilding plans as quake toll nears 50,000
Turkey has stepped up plans to house victims of the devastating earthquake which struck its border region with Syria, the interior minister said, as the combined death toll in the ...
Ukraine defends front line, Putin talks up nuclear arsenal – Update
Ukraine said its forces had repelled Russian assaults along the length of the front line on Thursday on the eve of the war’s anniversary, as President Vladimir Putin, empty-handed ...
Verstappen back on top as F1 testing starts
Formula One kicked off three days of pre-season testing in Bahrain on Thursday with Red Bull’s double world champion Max Verstappen starting as he means to carry on.
The ...
Why The Sims 4’s new inclusion of transgender and disabled sims matters
By Lee Cheng
The Sims is one of the bestselling franchises in gaming history. But unlike most other AAA games (high budget and high-profile games produced by leading publishers), this ...