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Plane crashes in China with 133 passengers onboard (video)

Plane crashes in China with 133 passengers onboard (video)

A Chinese Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 carrying 133 people crashed in southwest China, Chinese state television reported. ...

High quality natural gas found in Block 10 of Cyprus EEZ

High quality natural gas found in Block 10 of Cyprus EEZ

The "Glafkos-2" appraisal well in Block 10 of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Republic of Cyprus revealed the existence of high-quality natural gas, according to an announcement issued on Monday by the Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry....

Averof Neofytou promises an end to corruption and radical education reform

Averof Neofytou promises an end to corruption and radical education reform

The Supreme Council of the ruling party Democratic Rally (DISY) unanimously ratified the candidacy of the party’s president Averof Neofytou for the Presidency of the Republic....

Extreme freakish heat in both north and south poles

Extreme freakish heat in both north and south poles

Earth's poles are undergoing simultaneous freakish extreme heat with parts of Antarctica more than 70 degrees (40 degrees Celsius) warmer than average and areas of the Arctic more than 50 degrees (30 degrees Celsius) warmer than average....

'What I saw, I hope no one will ever see' says Greek diplomat returning from Mariupol

'What I saw, I hope no one will ever see' says Greek diplomat returning from Mariupol

Greece's consul general in Mariupol, the last EU diplomat to evacuate the besieged Ukrainian port, said on Sunday the city was joining the ranks of places known for having been destroyed in wars of the past....

Pimp locked up in Limassol brothel case

Pimp locked up in Limassol brothel case

A man in Limassol has been sentenced to eight years in prison for pandering, after police detained him and four women during a prostitution sting in late 2020...

Ukrainians run out the clock in Mariupol

Ukrainians run out the clock in Mariupol

Russian forces called on Ukrainian nationalists in surrounded Mariupol to lay down their weapons on Monday morning and leave the city before civilian evacuations by noon, with Ukrainian officials putting Moscow on notice that there would be 'no talk of any surrender'...

Consulco hosted the digital event ''UK Economy and Real Estate Outlook''

Consulco hosted the digital event ''UK Economy and Real Estate Outlook''

Consulco has successfully hosted the UK Economy and Real Estate Outlook event, along with four leading organization that have provided insights on the pressures the UK is facing today and their impact on key property markets. ...

Greece offers to rebuild bombed maternity hospital in Ukraine

Greece offers to rebuild bombed maternity hospital in Ukraine

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday said the country is ready to rebuild a maternity hospital destroyed last week by Russian shelling in the southeast Ukrainian city of Mariupol....

Ukraine: Images of disaster in Kyiv - Drone footage

Ukraine: Images of disaster in Kyiv - Drone footage

The scale of the devastation in Kyiv is heartwrenching. Images captured by a drone show the immense destruction after buildings in residential areas were bombed overnight. ...

Russia says post-1991 'illusions' about the West are over

Russia says post-1991 'illusions' about the West are over

Russia has lost any illusions about ever relying on the West and Moscow will never accept a world order dominated by the United States, which is acting like a sheriff seeking to call all the shots in a saloon bar, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said....

Cyprus produced 543,000 tons of solid waste in 2020

Cyprus produced 543,000 tons of solid waste in 2020

Today, March 18, marks World Recycling Day. It is the day when people around the world raise awareness on the importance of recycling and reuse, which are key to converting waste into resources for a circular economy....

Putin vows Russia will prevail in Ukraine but glitch cuts TV broadcast

Putin vows Russia will prevail in Ukraine but glitch cuts TV broadcast

Russian President Vladimir Putin justified the invasion of Ukraine before a packed soccer stadium on Friday but coverage of his speech on state television was unexpectedly interrupted by what the Kremlin said was a technical problem with a server....

The International Studies Expo 2022 is in town!

The International Studies Expo 2022 is in town!

Calling all high school seniors and students, the International Studies Expo will be in town on the 19th and 20th of March!...

Op-ed: 'Only a leap in consciousness will end human slavery'

Op-ed: 'Only a leap in consciousness will end human slavery'

With the number of women and children fleeing the war in Ukraine, experts say that many of them may become victims of trafficking given their vulnerability. This article is even more relevant today and attempts to present the attitudes that have enabled human slavery throughout history, and the solution to eradicate this crime across the globe....

Ukraine conflict: Putin lays out his demands in Turkish phone call

Ukraine conflict: Putin lays out his demands in Turkish phone call

On Thursday afternoon, President Vladimir Putin rang the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and told him what Russia's precise demands were for a peace deal with Ukraine....

Akar’s claim of joint sea exploitation dismissed

Akar’s claim of joint sea exploitation dismissed

Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos has denied the issue of “co-exploitation of the Aegean” was raised in talks with his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Brussels on Wednesday....

Covid infections on the rise but downward trend in hospitalizations reported

Covid infections on the rise but downward trend in hospitalizations reported

COVID-19 infections are on the rise, according to the National Surveillance Report released on Friday, however, hospitalizations are showing a downward trend....

Supreme Court quadruples sexual molestation sentence

Supreme Court quadruples sexual molestation sentence

A man in Cyprus convicted of sexually molesting a young girl with a mental illness had his sentence quadrupled by the Supreme Court, which said the act without removing her clothes and other mitigating circumstances did not justify lenience shown by a lower court...

UK revokes Russian channel RT's licence, citing links to Kremlin

UK revokes Russian channel RT's licence, citing links to Kremlin

Britain's media regulator on Friday revoked Russian-backed television channel RT's licence to broadcast in the United Kingdom, citing its links to the Kremlin....

K. Treppides & Co Ltd- Cryptocurrencies: Investment firms trading in cryptocurrencies. Authorization required.

K. Treppides & Co Ltd- Cryptocurrencies: Investment firms trading in cryptocurrencies. Authorization required.

Cryptocurrencies have taken the world by surprise in recent years, and transformed as the absolute trend in the virtual investing world. ...

Divided Cyprus vows protection for Ukrainians

Divided Cyprus vows protection for Ukrainians

People fleeing war in Ukraine have been promised protection in Cyprus, but questions remained as both sides on the divided island rushed to declare their support before finalizing all the details...

Facebook removes posts from Russian embassies in Greece, Denmark, Costa Rica, Iceland

Facebook removes posts from Russian embassies in Greece, Denmark, Costa Rica, Iceland

Facebook on Wednesday removed official Russian posts that falsely claimed reports of Russia bombing a children’s hospital in Ukraine were a hoax, a company spokesperson said, even as similar messages appeared on other social media platforms....

Agricultural Minister to farmers: 'Don't panic'

Agricultural Minister to farmers: 'Don't panic'

Support measures for farmers at EU level are expected soon, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Thursday urging farmers not to panic....

Cyprus government portal gov.cy will be up and running by May at the latest

Cyprus government portal gov.cy will be up and running by May at the latest

Cyprus’ government web portal gov.cy will be operational in April or May at the latest, according to Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy Kyriacos Kokkinos....

Op-ed: 'The new cold war'

Op-ed: 'The new cold war'

Sometimes important news is overlooked. I read in Bloomberg on Tuesday that China and Saudi Arabia are negotiating oil sales in the Chinese yuan, rather than in dollars....

Refugees from Ukraine - The Government's temporary aid package

Refugees from Ukraine - The Government's temporary aid package

An inter-ministerial committee that convened under the chairmanship of Interior Minister Nikos Nouris concluded with specific measures to host Ukrainian citizens in Cyprus who have fled their country due to the hostilities....

Russia warns United States: we have the might to put you in your place

Russia warns United States: we have the might to put you in your place

Russia warned the United States on Thursday that Moscow had the might to put the world's pre-eminent superpower in its place and accused the West of stoking a wild Russophobic plot to tear Russia apart....

Luminous glow in the skies of Japan immediately before 7.4 magnitude earthquake hits

Luminous glow in the skies of Japan immediately before 7.4 magnitude earthquake hits

Videos showing the moment a 7.4 magnitude quake struck off the coast of Japan at 23:36 local time yesterday are incredible to watch. The quake was initially estimated to have a magnitude of 7.3 but was later revised to 7.4 by the Japan Meteorological and Seismological Service. ...

Akar calls for sharing ‘riches of the Aegean’ with Greece

Akar calls for sharing ‘riches of the Aegean’ with Greece

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said his country is in favor of joint exploitation of “the riches of the Aegean” with Greece, following talks with his Greek counterpart in Brussels on Wednesday....

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