Federer to have knee surgery, out of action for ‘many months’
Roger Federer will undergo another knee surgery after injuring it during the grasscourt season and will miss the U.S. Open given the rehabilitation process will rule him out of ...
Coronavirus: Over 70pct completed vaccination, aim is 80pct in first jabs by month-end
Around 8.6 per cent of children between 12 and 15 have received their first Covid jab, the health ministry said on Monday, as fully vaccinated adults in Cyprus surpassed 70 per cent.
According to ...
Five arrested for impersonating other people
Police arrested three men and two women on Sunday after they allegedly tried to travel overseas from Larnaca with documents that did not belong to them.
Police said in two ...
When you are away from home
During holiday seasons, and especially the summer period, a lot of people go on holiday for a long period of time, with whole neighbourhoods practically being empty. For this reason ...
Coronavirus: Police issue 61 fines for health and safety violations
Police said they have booked 59 individuals and two businesses over the past 24 hours after conducting 3,435 checks as part the enforcement of Covid measures.
In Nicosia, officers carried out 275 checks and ...
Sydney records deadliest day of COVID-19 pandemic, Melbourne lockdown extended
Australia’s biggest city of Sydney recorded its deadliest day of the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday, while residents in Melbourne face a nightly curfew and a further two weeks of ...
Distraught Haitians seek medical help at swamped hospitals after quake
Doctors in Haiti battled on Monday in makeshift tents to save the lives of hundreds of injured people, including young children and the elderly outside hospitals overwhelmed by a major ...
Shops close, security guards flee Kabul while airlines reroute to avoid Afghan airspace
Kabul’s streets were deserted early on Monday, a day after Taliban insurgents took over the Afghanistan capital without a fight, but the airport was jammed with hundreds of civilians ...
UK employers are short of staff, but won’t raise wages — Survey
British employers plan to increase staff numbers by the most in more than eight years over the coming months and few intend to make staff redundant when government furlough support ...
Pound falls against euro and dollar
Sterling steadied against the dollar on Friday as the greenback weakened following a weak reading of consumer sentiment, but the British currency was still on track for a second week ...
Global Mergers & Acquisitions deals hit record $3.6 trillion this year
Global merger and acquisition (M&A) activity has breached new highs, building on the record-breaking dealmaking streak from the beginning of the year that has been aided by low ...
Brexit negotiator Barnier calls for 5-year moratorium on EU immigration — British would be kept out of Europe
Former EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier last week called for a five-year moratorium on all immigration into the EU — a move that would effectively ban British settlement and all others, ...
Three scenarios being looked at to move Cyprob forward
Three scenarios are being considered in the diplomatic arena with the aim of resuming Cyprus talks, according to latest reports and speculation ahead of the UN General Assembly in New ...
Son scores winner as Spurs stun champions Man City
Son Heung-min proved there is life at Tottenham Hotspur without Harry Kane as his goal earned the north London club a surprise 1-0 win over champions Manchester City in an ...
Former West Germany and Bayern striker Muller dies aged 75
Former West Germany striker Gerd Muller, one of the game’s greatest goalscorers who was nicknamed ‘Bomber der Nation’, has died at the age of 75, his former club Bayern Munich ...
Past glories of Platres feature in new book
A Russian woman who fell in love with Cyprus has written a book about mountainous Platres, exploring the history of the village of kings and poets.
It is no surprise ...
Coronavirus: no deaths, 165 people test positive on Sunday (Updated)
The health ministry announced there had been no new deaths from Covid-19 but said 165 people tested positive from 14,008 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.18 per cent.
The death ...
IPCC climate report: the language of the scientists
There are 150 new coal-fired plants under construction or already approved and funded in the world, so you can’t really say that we are taking global warming seriously yet. But ...
Cyprus gets its very own graffiti hotel
The Larnaca building is covered inside and out with eye-catching artwork
Cyprus’ first graffiti hotel has become a reference point in Larnaca, an Instagrammable hub and a permanent exhibition showcasing ...
Nato maintains diplomatic presence in Kabul despite Taliban advances
NATO is maintaining its diplomatic presence in Kabul and helping to keep the city’s airport running, a NATO official told Reuters on Sunday as Taliban insurgents entered the Afghan ...
Turkey’s Akkuyu nuclear power plant is a cause of concern
Dr Yiorghos Leventis
Turkey is an energy hungry economy. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) assessment of Turkey’s energy needs in 2020, the country currently imports approximately 72 per ...
Yellow weather alert valid until Monday afternoon
The met office issued a new yellow alert valid from 9pm on Sunday to 4pm on Monday.
Forecasters said temperatures would not fall below 26C inland and 27C on the ...
Taliban want full power after return to Afghanistan capital (Update 8)
Afghanistan’s Taliban entered the capital Kabul on Sunday and Western-backed President Ashraf Ghani left the country, with the insurgents saying they were seeking complete power.
Two officials from the ...
Blinken says not in U.S. interests to stay in Afghanistan
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN on Sunday that it was not in the interests of the United States to remain in Afghanistan, as Taliban insurgents entered ...