https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/jiu-jitsu-director-says-cyprus-losing-out
The director and producers of martial arts movie Jiu Jitsu sought audience with Cyprus’ finance minister this week over delayed cash rebate payments, with reports saying the film makers are also ticked off by an unflattering audit report on the country’s Olivewood scheme...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/world-hears-how-mars-sounds-like
NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has sent back the first audio clip from the Red Planet, capturing a faint Martian breeze, with a longer video showing the remarkable moment the rover touched down on the surface...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/defying-clampdown-cyprus-activists-to-protest-again-over-graft
Anti-corruption campaigners in Cyprus will protest again on Feb. 20, they said on Tuesday, after a violent clampdown by police at an event on Feb. 13 drew widespread condemnation....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/moderna-s-coronavirus-vaccine-nearly-95-effective-early-data-shows
For the second time this month, there’s promising news from a Covid-19 vaccine candidate: Moderna said Monday its shots provide strong protection, a dash of hope against the grim backdrop of coronavirus surges in the US and around the world.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/spacex-delivers-two-nasa-astronauts-to-iss
Nearly 24 hours after launching from Florida, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule delivered NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station on Sunday, marking the first US space capsule to do so with a crew since 2011...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/iran-escalation-continues-after-midnight-tweet
US President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites “very hard” if Iran attacks Americans or US assets after a drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani, as tens of thousands of people marched in Iraq to mourn their deaths...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/ey-renewable-energy-is-taking-strides-towards-a-subsidy-free-era
The renewable energy sector is entering a new phase of subsidy-free growth across the world, according to the 53rd EY Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI). Mainland China and the US remain at first and second positions respectively on the top 40 ranking, while France moves up two positions to third from fifth, led by a new focus on floating offshore wind capacity and doubling of its annual targets for onshore wind capacity additions...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-missile-scenarios-tossed-in-the-mix
Reports in the Turkish Cypriot press point to a number of different scenarios, as authorities on both sides of the divided island try to learn more about the rogue missile that ended up on Cypriot soil...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/how-to-reinforce-the-arsenal-for-the-fight-against-cancer
With research and timely diagnosis being the tip of the spear in the fight against cancer, Carbo One Ltd funds significant events that aim at reinforcing research...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hellas-sat-4-ready-for-launch
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/1-israel-defence-minister-lieberman-resigns-over-gaza-ceasefire
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/defence-minister-rolls-out-reforms
Exam grades will no longer be a factor in promoting military commissioned officers, while reservists will have more flexibility to show up for training according to upcoming changes...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/rocket-carrying-space-station-crew-fails-in-mid-air-crew-safe
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/north-korea-s-kim-agrees-to-permanently-abolish-key-missile-facilities
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-and-russian-troops-to-patrol-idlib-demilitarized-zone
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/malfunction-terrifies-air-passengers-en-route-to-larnaca
Terrified passengers on a British Airways flight en route to Larnaca were horrified when they saw pressurized air jet-streaming inside the cabin in front of their eyes, causing ear pain and panic attacks...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/trump-relaxed-about-kim-summit-being-cancelled
US President Donald Trump said there was a “substantial chance” his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will not take place as planned on June 12 amid concerns that Kim is resistant to giving up his nuclear weapons...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russia-backs-off-supplying-syria-with-s-300-missile
Russia is not in talks with the Syrian government about supplying advanced S-300 ground-to-air missiles and does not think they are needed, the Izvestia daily cited a top Kremlin aide as saying on Friday, in an apparent U-turn by Moscow...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-can-t-save-iran-deal-after-trump-nuked-it
European countries are powerless to salvage the nuclear deal with Iran after the United States pulled out, the deputy head of the elite Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/iran-targets-israeli-bases-across-syrian-frontier
Iranian forces in Syria launched a rocket attack on Israeli army bases in the Golan Heights early on Thursday, Israel said, prompting one of the heaviest Israeli barrages against Syria since the conflict there began in 2011...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-registers-record-number-of-tourists-in-march
Tourist arrivals in March rocketed 36.4%...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fighter-jets-guarded-cyprus-raf-base-in-case-of-putin-revenge-attack
RAF chiefs had the warplanes at "high readiness" on the runway in case Vladimir Putin planned to launch his own jets...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/are-we-heading-for-a-west-v-east-showdown-in-syria
Following the allied strikes on Syria, the regional map is changing and Cyprus is the only EU-Member state stuck in the middle...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/trump-dumps-chief-diplomat-tillerson-after-clashes
Senior State Department officials said Tillerson was unaware of why Trump pushed him out...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/trump-and-north-korea-s-kim-plan-first-ever-meeting
Trump had previously said he was willing to meet Kim under the right circumstances but had indicated the time was not right...