Новости за 17.07.2020

Divided Americans dug further into debates over mask mandates and schools reopening on Friday, with states and localities choosing conflicting strategies in the face of surging coronavirus cases. In the state of Georgia, Governor Brian Kemp sued Atlanta’s mayor to prevent her from mandating masks, while Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot,...

The coronavirus-hit U.S. travel industry on Friday asked Congress for $10 billion in federal grants to promote safe practices, new liability protections and tax credits for travelers and the industry. The U.S. Travel Association, which represents hotels, car rental companies, American Express, airports and tourism agencies, also wants $13 billion...

 Queen Elizabeth knighted Captain Tom Moore on Friday, recognising the 100-year-old for lifting Britain’s spirits during the gloom of the coronavirus pandemic by raising millions of pounds for health workers. The World War Two veteran raised a record 33 million pounds ($41 million) by walking 100 laps of his garden with...

31 years ago, the world’s worst nuclear disaster took place at Chernobyl. FRONTLINE is made possible by PBS and CPB. Major support is provided by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Additional support is provided by Ford Foundation, the Park Foundation, the John and Helen Glessner Family Trust,...

Events and memorials throughout the island have been organised to mark the 46th anniversary on Monday of the Turkish invasion. President Nicos Anastasiades will attend a morning memorial at the Makedonitissa military cemetery to honour the people killed during the invasion. Afterwards he will attend a service at Phaneromeni church....

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States was “deeply disappointed” in a ruling on Thursday by Europe’s highest court that a trans-Atlantic data transfer deal is invalid because of concerns about U.S. surveillance. Pompeo said in a statement that the United States would review the...

Russia on Friday unveiled a deal with AstraZeneca to manufacture a Covid-19 vaccine being developed by the pharmaceuticals giant and Oxford University, a move its wealth fund head said showed Moscow had no need to steal vaccine data. Britain, Canada and the United States said on Thursday that hackers backed by...

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The three white men charged with the murder of a Black jogger in south Georgia pleaded not guilty Friday morning in Chatham County Superior Court, in a case that spurred a national outcry after cellphone video of the shooting appeared on the internet. Ahmaud Arbery, 25, who was killed on February 23...

This week saw the grand opening of the 18th Lidl store in Cyprus, in Kapsalos, Limassol. The ribbon was cut by Limassol mayor Nicos Nicolaides, who said the opening should greatly improve choices for the residents of the area. The store, on Ayias Filaxeos Street, is one of the largest...

Rialto World Music continues this year its activities of Rialto Residency. Since 2012 the institution of Rialto Residency takes place in villages in the district of Limassol, a music programme of cohabitation where Cypriot musicians meet and collaborate with guest artists. Through residence and joint study of artists, a renewed...

Cyprus telecommunications company Cyta has unveiled its new broadcasting packages, including the much-awaited sports broadcasting products. Cytavision is offering more than 100 channels through its subscription service, with 22 of them being sports channels. During the presentation, Cyta Chief Executive Officer Andreas Neocleous spoke on the efforts being made to...

The project to upgrade Makarios Avenue was underway on Friday but to the anger of residents and users on social media it appears that many trees were felled. As work began on Monday, Nicosia Mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis called on residents to be patient as the project is not expected to...

British Airways, the world’s largest operator of Boeing 747s, will retire its entire jumbo jet fleet with immediate effect after the COVID-19 pandemic sent air travel into freefall. For over 50 years, Boeing’s “Queen of the Skies” has been the world’s most easily recognised jetliner with its humped fuselage and...

Two new coronavirus cases were announced by the health ministry on Friday, bringing the total to 1,033. Both cases had a recent travel history from the United Kingdom.  One is an Indian student in Cyprus, who returned on July 5, and the other is a Cypriot woman, who returned from...

A 29-year-old man was arrested by police on Friday on suspicion of being the mastermind behind Cyprus’ first meth lab and the disappearance of a 31-year-old Syrian man last February. Police said the 29-year-old, the sixth suspect arrested in the case, was found in Limassol, after authorities received an anonymous...

Hundreds of Detroit-area students turned out in protest outside their high school Thursday calling for the release of a classmate who is in juvenile detention after not completing schoolwork during remote learning this past semester. The 15-year-old student, called Grace in the original ProPublica report that highlighted her situation, was...

MPs on Friday approved two resolutions, one condemning the decision by Turkey to convert Hagia Sophia back into a mosque and another calling on the president to decisively demand from the Turkish Cypriot side that the Kokkina and Pyroi crossings be opened. The resolution on Hagia Sophia, tabled by ruling...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he hoped Britain could return to normality before Christmas, setting out a phased removal of lockdown restrictions, but warned that while he was hoping for the best, the country must also prepare for the worst. Britain’s death toll of more than 45,000 from confirmed cases of COVID-19...

Parliament on Friday voted to immediately publish a controversial list of names of politically exposed persons (PEPs) with non-performing loans despite agreeing that it contained mistakes and needed to be updated. The decision will be sent to the president who would have the final say on the matter. President Nicos...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday called on his EU counterparts to turn their statements of solidarity into action, arguing that appeasing Turkey as regards its provocative behaviour in the eastern Mediterranean had failed. According to government spokesman Kyriakos Kousios, Anastasiades, and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, were the first to...

Returning to a place after 15 years can be a strange experience. You constantly compare and contrast, trying to work out what’s changed and if it really is different or it’s just nostalgia playing tricks on you. Visiting Molly Malone’s Irish Pub & Restaurant in Limassol on a breezy July...

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen will be doing all he can to stop six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton completing a Mercedes hat-trick and matching another of Michael Schumacher’s Formula One records in Hungary this weekend. Verstappen has lined up on the front row for the first two races of the season...

Belgium may be at the start of a second wave of coronavirus infections after reporting a 32% increase in weekly cases, though for now the resurgence appears more localised than the initial outbreak, virologists said on Friday. Belgium, which has reined in the coronavirus after becoming the worst-hit mid-sized country...

Parliament on Friday rejected a proposal to introduce cross voting in parliamentary elections. Cross voting, a system allowing voters to opt for candidates from more than one party, came to the fore in 2015 but never looked like going through as some parties were against it from the start. A...