The number of confirmed novel coronavirus infections jumped over one million on Friday, making France the seventh country to reach that milestone. Over the past 24 hours, France registered a record 42,032 new cases, taking the total to 1,041,075, government data showed. The United States has 8.4 million cases, followed...
Thousands protested across Poland on Friday despite coronavirus restrictions, a day after the top court banned almost all grounds for abortion in the Roman Catholic country. The Constitutional Tribunal’s ruling on Thursday to ban abortions due to foetal defects ended the most common of the few legal grounds for abortion,...
The health ministry announced 160 cases of coronavirus on Friday from 4,327 tests. A total of 51 cases were found through contact tracing, and 89 from private initiative tests. The ministry said three cases were detected in tests on patients at state hospital laboratories, three were found from 70 individuals...
A wonderful A.I. enhanced and colourized film about old London a century ago. The duration of this film is 10 minutes. All the famous points of interest come into focus in this very old film. Here is the time line: 00:00 Victoria station 00:20 Old St Andrew Church down Ashby...
The world is now at a critical juncture in the COVID-19 pandemic and some countries are on a dangerous path, facing the prospect of health services collapsing underfrom the strain, the head of the World Health Organization said on Friday. “We are at a critical juncture in the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Newly elected Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar was officially sworn in on Friday, at a ceremony attended by outgoing leader Mustafa Akinci. At a handing over ceremony, Akinci said he was leaving with peace of mind that he had done his best to serve the interests of his people and...
“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still,” American documentary photographer Dorothea Lange once said. This visual art was the focus of a recent competition organised by organised by Kinanis LLC and sponsored by Vonpende Holdings. The second photography competition of its kind, this years’...
An agreement between Israel and Sudan on steps toward normalization of diplomatic ties is expected to be announced later on Friday, a senior U.S. official said. President Donald Trump’s decision earlier this week to remove Sudan from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism helped pave the way for...
The general government posted a deficit of €800 million during the period of April – June 2020 compared with a surplus of €140 million in the respective period last year, according to data released Friday by the statistical service Cystat. The second quarter 2020 included a full month of lockdown...
Police said Friday they arrested five suspects in connection with four separate burglaries in three districts. According to the police, a 35-year-old man was arrested at 4.30pm on Thursday in Larnaca after officers stopped his car for a check. The man, who resisted arrest by pushing an officer and trying...
Voices questioning last Sunday’s ‘presidential’ election results in the north that saw National Unity Party leader Ersin Tatar win the race against incumbent Mustafa Akinci, are increasing with several trade unions now crying foul. According to reports in the north on Friday, the Trade Unions Platform said it did not recognise the...
Although Saturday’s bike ride starting from the H4C is fully booked, more cycle rides around Nicosia tracing its history are on the horizon in addition to other events at the venue. “The walled city of Nicosia is filled with structures and monuments that stand in time as remnants of the...
Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 61 home Premier League matches but manager Juergen Klopp is aware of the challenge posed by Sheffield United on Saturday. Premier League champions Liverpool are closing in on a club record of 63 home league wins, set between 1978-81. The last time they were...
Parties on Friday voted Akel MP Adamos Adamou as new House president, to replace Demetris Syllouris who resigned last week amid a cash for passports scandal. “For the remaining time before our term ends, we must make an effort to raise the bar. We cannot go any lower,” Adamou said....
Qatar boasts the richest people in the world. By a long way. The average citizen earns $132,886 each year, and despite its recent brush with Covid-19, the country’s economy is projected to keep growing. Topologically, Qatar is a little uninteresting. Along with San Marino, Greenland, and Oman, it’s one of...
Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said Friday Diko chairman Nicolas Papadopoulos knew well the citizenship by investment regulations he was accusing the government of flouting because his law firm also offered the service. Petrides, who was interior minister at the time, broke his silence on Friday after what he described as...
West Ham United boss David Moyes on Friday questioned the logic in allowing fans to watch a screening of their match against Manchester City at a cinema near their home ground while spectators continue to be barred from entering stadiums. Premier League matches have been played without fans since June...
Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed the importance of relations with Turkey during discussion on Thursday evening in Moscow organised by think tank Valdai Club. After his address at the opening of the 17th annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, via videoconferencing, Putin took questions from participants. Among other things, he...
Works for the construction of breakwaters at the Pervolia and Oroklini bays are expected to start at the beginning of next year, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said on Friday. The minister visited the two Larnaca district areas and met with the community leaders of Pervolia and Oroklini, Costas Tiggis and...
President Nicos Anastasiades is to receive Athens municipality’s Gold Medal of Honour next week in recognition of his efforts for the reunification of the island, it was announced on Friday. According to head of the president’s press office, Victoras Papadopoulos, Anastasiades is to travel to Athens to attend the ceremony...
Sunset Gardens is the first gated residential community in Limassol, built amid the green and distributed in exquisitely designed three- and four-storey buildings, located in an idyllic setting that offers numerous facilities and amenities, such as swimming pools, a restaurant, a business centre, a supermarket, a gym, a tennis and...
When I ask people what they look for in a place to dine, the answers are usually ‘somewhere with a good view’ or ‘a peaceful setting’. So, when I decided to try a restaurant on a busy road in the centre of town, I thought to myself it would be...
Prior to her debut as the infertile wife in the Handmaid’s Tale, Yvonne Strahovski took on the role of Sam Lisa, a spy working under the alias Sarah Walker in five seasons of Chuck. -Ironically, the actress’ original surname is Strzechowski, apparently, she changed it to make our non-Polish lives...
By Alexia Saleem I love the Anassa hotel. I always have. I remember not wanting to love it when it was first built. I couldn’t believe part of the Akamas was being developed. It felt so wrong. And yet, from my very first visit, the Anassa felt so right. The...
