Semi-naked man arrested in Paphos tourist area
Police arrested a 24-year-old man, who on Saturday night had caused disturbance in the heart of the tourist area of Paphos, including behaving offensively towards members of the police.
According ...
Anafotia woman rescued after ground collapses under her
A woman who fell into a pit in Anafotia village in Larnaca, was rescued by Emak, Cyprus’ search and rescue team on Sunday.
In a post on Twitter, fire service ...
Today’s Weather
On Monday the weather will be mostly clear. Winds will blow mainly north-easterly to south-easterly weak to moderate, 3 to 4 Beaufort, while from noon onwards they will gradually become mainly south-westerly ...
Credit Suisse eyes more cost cuts, SonntagsZeitung reports
Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) is considering how it could cut costs further after a dismal performance by the embattled bank in the past quarter, SonntagsZeitung reported, citing senior sources.
“The ...
Neighbours immobilise attacker in knife assault
A 44-year-old man, who was attacked in Ypsonas, Limassol, was taken to Limassol general hospital Sunday night with a stab wounds to his neck and other parts of his body. ...
42C by mid-week, met office warns
Temperatures are expected to hit 42C by mid-week, the meteorology department said on Monday.
With the thermometer hitting 40C, a yellow weather warning for high temperatures is in force until 6...
Cyprus authorities meet to discuss level of preparedness over monkeypox
Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela called for a meeting on Monday to take stock of the latest data, as well as Cyprus’ level of preparedness in dealing with monkeypox.
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California’s Oak Fire spreads uncontained toward Yosemite
Firefighters deployed air tankers, bulldozers and hand crews to battle a fast-moving wildfire just west of Yosemite National Park that suddenly and unpredictably grew into one of the largest fires ...
Myanmar executes four democracy activists, drawing condemnation and outrage
Myanmar’s military junta on Monday said it had executed four democracy activists accused of helping to carry out “terror acts” in the Southeast Asian nation’s first executions in ...
Two arrested in Nicosia for allegedly racially motivated assault
Two men, aged 19 and 21, were arrested and taken into custody to facilitate inquiries into an attack on a 23-year-old pedestrian in Nicosia on Sunday night.
The 23-year-old reported to the ...
Herbert Diess, Volkswagen’s disruptor-in-chief, runs out of road
Herbert Diess took over at Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) four years ago when the German automaker was in crisis, under pressure to make dramatic changes in strategy and culture, ...
SEC working to register crypto lending firms
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is working to get some cryptolending companies properly registered if they operate more as investment firms, the head of the Wall Street regulator ...
US charges ex-Coinbase manager in first crypto insider trading case
A former product manager at Coinbase Global and two others have been charged with wire fraud in the first insider trading case involving cryptocurrency, US prosecutors in Manhattan said on ...
Labour and youth suffering under current government
Gaps between private and public workers as well as between generations grow ever wider
By Les Manison
Labour, particularly private sector employees, and the young generation have suffered badly under ...
Wildfires burn coastal homes, forests in Greece as Europe’s heatwave spreads east
Greek firefighters battled wildfires on the island of Lesbos for a second day on Sunday as well as new fires in the western Peloponnese and in northern Greece, evacuating nearby ...
Understanding the complex phenomenon of femicide
By Louisa Borg Haviara
When a complex phenomenon is given a name, it becomes more noticeable in our everyday observations and understanding. As a result we seem to remember such ...
Sixteen dead after vessel carrying Haitian migrants capsizes in The Bahamas
Sixteen people are dead after a vessel carrying Haitian migrants capsized off the coast of The Bahamas, authorities said on Sunday, amid a continuing wave of sea migration toward the ...
Ukraine works to resume grain exports, flags Russian strikes as risk (update 8)
Ukraine forged ahead on Monday with efforts to restart grain exports from its Black Sea ports under a deal aimed at easing global food shortages but said a weekend missile ...
Thousands evacuated as California’s Oak Fire grows quickly
Fueled by extreme heat and tinder dry forests and underbrush, a wildfire just west of Yosemite National Park spread overnight, quickly turning into one of the largest fires of the ...
Verstappen wins in France after Leclerc crashes out
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the French Grand Prix on Sunday and took a huge stride towards his second Formula One title after Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc made a ...
Resumption of talks impossible if Turkey keeps up provocative actions
The resumption of the Cyprus talks will be impossible if Turkey does not cease its provocative actions, director of the President’s press office, Andreas Iosif said on Sunday.
Speaking ...
Tales from the coffeeshop: Presidential TV debate was a welcome surprise
COULD it have been a brave disregard for their personal safety that made the two so-called independent candidates turn down the proposal of the police command to provide them with ...
Dealing with child abuse and neglect
Domestic violence involving children increased during the pandemic
By Andreas Kapardis and Markella Bitsiouni
According to the Convention on the Rights of the Child states must recognise that the “child, ...
Lavrov offers reassurance over Russian grain supplies in Cairo visit
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov offered reassurances over Russian grain supplies to Egypt during a visit to Cairo on Sunday, amid uncertainty over a deal to resume Ukrainian exports ...