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1. Man mauled to death in shark attack

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-mauled-to-death-in-shark-attack

A young Russian man was mauled to death by a shark off one of Egypt's Red Sea resorts, according to Egyptian and Russian authorities....

2. Female athletes sue to compete on level playing field

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/female-athletes-sue-to-compete-on-level-playing-field

A federal appeals court on Tuesday questioned whether a group of female track and field athletes in Connecticut has the right to sue over a policy allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ athletic events....

3. UN top diplomat in Cyprus tries to bring leaders together

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/un-top-diplomat-in-cyprus-tries-to-bring-leaders-together

UN Secretary General's Special Representative in Cyprus, Colin Stewart, has been trying to bring together Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides, and Turkish Cypriot leader, Ersin Tatar, however this has not been made possible for the moment...

4. Unresponsive private plane flies over Washington DC, crashes

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/unresponsive-private-plane-flies-over-washington-dc-crashes

A wayward and unresponsive business plane that flew over the nation’s capital Sunday afternoon caused the military to scramble a fighter jet before the plane crashed in Virginia, officials said. The fighter jet caused a loud sonic boom that was heard across the capital region....

5. Taxpayer funded ferry to Greece begins new season

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/taxpayer-funded-ferry-to-greece-begins-new-season

Ferry ship Daleela begins today its first voyage marking the new season’s maritime connection between Limassol and Piraeus, which has been welcomed by the Deputy Minister for Shipping, Marina Hadjimanolis and Limassol Mayor Nicos Nicolaides...

6. Killer whales are deliberately hitting and sinking boats

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/killer-whales-are-deliberately-hitting-and-sinking-boats

Researchers believe killer whales are deliberately hitting boats, causing some to sink, following a string of incidents off the southwestern tip of Europe....

7. FBI agents set up shop in Cyprus

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fbi-agents-set-up-shop-in-cyprus

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is reportedly setting up shop in the Republic of Cyprus, with the move taking place as US-Cypriot cooperation has been expanding on multiple levels...

8. New York City could be sinking

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-york-city-could-be-sinking

From the Financial District’s sky-high centers of economic power to the pricey pads that rise above Billionaires’ Row, the great volume of towering buildings is part of what gives New York City its identity. But according to new research cited by the New York Post, the weight of those same buildings that give the Big Apple its soaring sense of bravado could contribute to the city's sinking....

9. Former Kition Metropolitan found guilty of indecent assault

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/former-kition-metropolitan-found-guilty-of-indecent-assault

The Larnaca District Court has delivered a guilty verdict against the former Metropolitan of Kition for an indecent assault that occurred in 1981. The assault took place in the Metropolitan's office when the victim was 16 years and 8 months old....

10. Alleged teen kidnapper gives own version of events

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/alleged-teen-kidnapper-gives-own-version-of-events

A foreign man accused of kidnapping two teenagers in a public park in Nicosia says he did not do anything, but local media say the suspect admitted after his remand hearing that he held a boy and a girl against their will...

11. Murdered sex worker from Ukraine still unnamed

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/murdered-hooker-still-unnamed-as-friend-gets-jailed

More details have emerged in the brutal murder of a woman from Ukraine, with Cypriot police focusing primarily on a single male suspect while also arresting her female friend, a key witness who says she had booked an extended paid sex appointment for the victim on the night she was killed...

12. Sex rendezvous messages emerge in murder investigation

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/sex-rendezvous-messages-emerge-in-murder-investigation

Cyprus Police are investigating the murder of a sex worker in Limassol that took place over the weekend, when a woman from Ukraine was found dead in her hotel apartment where an asylum seeker from Turkey had also booked an appointment to see her on Saturday evening...

13. ChatGPT shares grim predictions of how humanity could be wiped out

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/chatgpt-shares-grim-predictions-of-how-humanity-could-be-wiped-out

As tech experts warn that the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence could threaten humanity, OpenAI's ChatGPT weighed in with its own predictions on how humanity could be wiped off the face of the Earth....

14. Green Line border agents get ready for action

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/green-line-border-agents-get-ready-for-action

Over two hundred Green Line border agents will report on duty later this month on the Greek Cypriot side of the UN buffer zone, but the newly-hired sergeants will only focus on irregular migrants, leaving drug trafficking and other crimes off the agenda...

15. What's wrong with a little transparency?

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/what-s-wrong-with-a-little-transparency

There has been a lot of buzz surrounding e-kalathi in recent days. It is an electronic platform that aims to provide consumers with real-time updates on the prices of products in supermarkets, enabling them to easily find the best deals on their preferred products....

16. Whistleblower suspicious of Biden's Cyprus trip in 2014

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/whistleblower-suspicious-of-biden-s-cyprus-trip-in-2014

A former White House stenographer is accusing US President Joe Biden of committing crimes a decade ago in connection with Ukraine and Cypriot-registered gas company Burisma, while also raising suspicions over a private dinner in Limassol back in 2014...

17. Second driver in fatal double hit and run sentenced

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/second-driver-in-fatal-double-hit-and-run-sentenced

A man who was found guilty of manslaughter in a double hit and run fatality in Paphos was sentenced to six years in prison on Tuesday, with police still unable to locate the first car that struck the local woman unconscious...

18. Dalai Lama regrets asking boy to 'suck my tongue'

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/dalai-lama-regrets-asking-boy-to-suck-my-tongue

The Dalai Lama has apologized after a video emerged showing the spiritual leader kissing a child on the lips and then asking him to “suck my tongue” at an event in northern India....

19. Investors flock to 'green' bonds as a secure investment

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/investors-flock-to-green-bonds-as-a-secure-investment

20. BP and ADNOC's bold bid for the Leviathan field

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/bp-and-adnoc-s-bold-bid-for-the-leviathan-field

Last Tuesday, British multinational oil giant BP and Emirati Abu Dhabi National Oil (Adnoc, the UAE's state oil company) announced a joint bid to buy 50% of Israel's NewMed Energy in a $2 billion deal. ...

21. Woman gets half year in Russian knife attack

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ukrainian-gets-half-year-in-russian-knife-attack

A Ukrainian woman in Cyprus who carried out a knife assault against a group of Russians last year has been sentenced to six months in prison on common assault after being acquitted on more serious charges of incitement to hatred and violence...

22. Cliff death boyfriend walks free after police backtrack

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cliff-death-boyfriend-vindicated-after-police-backtrack

A man who reported the cliff death of his girlfriend but became suspect based on a controversial forensic report walked free on Friday, after official results of a second autopsy rejected the investigators’ premeditated murder theory and stirred up debate on how Cyprus Police investigate cases...

23. 'Cyprus banking system ready to absorb shocks'

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-banking-system-ready-to-absorb-shocks

Tasos Yasemidis, an economist, spoke to "SPOR FM 95.0" and the "DIASPORA NEWS" show about the deal for the acquisition of Swiss bank Credit Suisse by UBS and how it affects the banking sector in Cyprus, ...

24. Judge takes shot in the dark in cliff death case

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/judge-takes-shot-in-the-dark-in-cliff-death-case

A judge in Paphos ordered a man to remain in police custody for three additional days in connection with the cliff death of a Ukrainian woman at a famous scenic location, despite police saying they were still waiting on a second autopsy to clarify charges...

25. Expert says cliff death accident story checks out

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/expert-says-cliff-death-accident-story-checks-out

Cyprus Police are rolling back statements on a murder investigation in the cliff death of a Ukrainian woman, after a private forensic examiner tasked by the suspect announced to the media that his client’s version of events about a tragic accident checked out...

26. Suspect in cliff death disputes forensic report

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/suspect-in-woman-s-cliff-death-disputes-forensic-report

The main suspect in the cliff death of a Ukrainian woman has denied wrongdoing and further called for a private forensic expert to conduct a second post mortem, after state pathologists suggested there were signs his girlfriend had been raped and strangled to death...

27. Cypriot president 'plays safe' on first overseas trip

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-president-plays-safe-on-first-overseas-trip

Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides took a commercial flight to Athens on Sunday for his first trip overseas since taking office, with reports saying the presidential aircraft was grounded due to a minor mechanical problem...

28. Criticism grows as Europe pushes to restrict cars in cities

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/criticism-grows-as-europe-pushes-to-restrict-cars-in-cities

In an effort to ease traffic congestion and curb greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change, municipalities from Barcelona to Brussels have embarked on what has been called a “transportation revolution.”...

29. Three day mourning period for Anastasia and Kyprianos

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/three-day-mourning-period-for-anastasia-and-kyprianos

President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides declared a three-day mourning period until the burial day of two Cypriot students, who lost their lives at the fatal train crash, in Tempi, Greece. The remains of 23-year-old Kyprianos Papaioannou and 24-year-old Anastasia Adamidou were identified through the DNA process....

30. Dispatch audio reveals human error in train disaster

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/dispatch-audio-reveals-human-error-in-train-collision

A train station master in Greece has been arrested on manslaughter charges following a deadly rail collision, while video of the fireball and dispatcher audio dialogues moments before the crash have been made public...

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