https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/minister-of-health-and-scientific-advisory-committee-to-meet-as-covid-cases-on-the-rise
The increasing number of COVID-19 cases and the rise in the positivity rate will be the subject of discussion on Monday during a meeting of the Minister of Health Michalis Hadjipantela with members of the Scientific Advisory Committee....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/actor-william-hurt-dead-at-71
The American actor William Hurt, famous for his roles in films such as The Big Chill (1983) and Children of a Lesser God (1986) died yesterday Sunday at the age of 71, US media reported....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-calls-for-immediate-end-to-mariupol-siege
Nicosia has officially called for an immediate end to the siege of Mariupol, with the Cypriot foreign ministry looking forward to having civilians including members of the Greek Diaspora evacuated out of the Ukrainian warzone...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/american-journalist-killed-in-ukraine
An American freelance journalist was shot and killed in Ukraine after a car came under fire near a checkpoint outside Kiev, but it was unclear who targeted the vehicle...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/parents-face-manslaughter-in-preemie-s-death
Prosecutors in Cyprus are moving forward with manslaughter charges against a couple whose preemie died last week, with police suspecting abuse in a case of shaken baby syndrome and the parents saying they were trying to revive their little girl...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/facebook-allows-war-posts-urging-violence-against-russian-invaders
Meta Platforms will allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers in the context of the Ukraine invasion, according to internal emails seen by Reuters on Thursday, in a temporary change to its hate speech policy....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-vaccine-findings-pose-tough-questions-for-parents-of-young-children
For American parents, particularly those with young children, the last couple of months have been dizzying and beyond frustrating....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/molnupiravir-administered-to-almost-one-thousand-covid-patients-in-cyprus
Molnupiravir, the antiviral medication for COVID, has been administered to almost one thousand patients in Cyprus, according to Deputy Head of pharmaceutical services Elena Panagiotopoulou....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/dmytro-kuleba-says-russian-officials-live-in-their-own-reality-after-talks-fail
Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba hit back at claims made Thursday by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, saying the leadership in Moscow "live in their own reality."...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-arrest-parents-after-preemie-s-death
Cyprus police have arrested the parents of a newborn baby who died last weekend after being rushed to the hospital, but charges remained unclear after an autopsy ruled out an accident at home...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/usa-first-man-to-receive-pig-heart-transplant-dies
The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment, the Maryland hospital that performed the surgery announced Wednesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/study-certain-blood-types-may-be-more-or-less-vulnerable-to-covid
Blood type doesn’t affect much in our daily lives. In fact, most people don’t even know whether they’re Type A, B, AB, or O. But the seemingly-banal detail might be a factor in who comes under the thumb of 2020’s worldwide tyrant—that is, coronavirus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/dead-sea-turtles-revive-debate-on-beach-projects
Several dead sea turtles have been spotted along a northwestern coast of Cyprus, with environmental activists calling for an investigation and officials reiterating terms and conditions for any ongoing beach works in the area...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/show-this-to-putin-a-doctor-in-mariupol-says-after-the-death-of-18-month-old-kirill
A man dashes into a hospital with a desperately wounded toddler in his arms, the child’s mother on his heels. Doctors use smartphone torches to examine patients’ wounds....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/downward-trend-of-covid-cases-deaths-and-hospitalizations-continue-in-cyprus
COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations in Cyprus continued their slow downward trend in February, mainly in the last 15 days, according to the National Surveillance Report released on Friday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/sides-agree-on-humanitarian-corridors-in-ukraine
Ukrainian and Russian interlocutors have agreed to organize humanitarian corridors through war zones with Greeks and Cypriots being amongst those being evacuated, while both sides have been accusing each other of attacking civilians...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/outdoor-masks-no-longer-required-in-greece
The government will lift its requirement of mask-wearing outdoors from Saturday, the health minister said on Wednesday, as Covid-19 infections are trending lower....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/zalensky-makes-impassioned-speech-to-eu-parliament-gets-standing-ovation
President Volodymyr Zelensky today told European leaders Ukrainians are ‘paying the ultimate price to defend freedom’....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/youtube-in-cyprus-blocks-rt-over-ukraine
YouTube in Cyprus has blocked access to popular Russian news outlet RT citing 'the ongoing war in Ukraine' after European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said pro-Russia sites were spreading lies...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/six-american-special-ops-veterans-join-the-fight-in-ukraine
Six American special ops veterans are on the Polish border, ready to enter Ukraine and join the resistance against Putin's army after a call for help from President Zelensky....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/anonymous-group-takes-down-three-russian-news-websites-after-attacking-kremlin-backed-channel-rt
Anonymous collective have taken down three Russian news agency websites after attacking Kremlin-backed channel RT....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/road-victim-named-after-bicycle-fatal-incident
Nicosia police say they are investigating a road fatality that took place last week when a man on a bicycle landed in a riverbed after steering off a street in a local village...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-walks-back-statement-on-mariupol-deaths
Nicosia has condemned the ‘tragic loss’ of unarmed ethnic Greeks in Ukraine over the weekend but an official statement by the foreign ministry on Monday stopped short of pointing the finger squarely at Russia...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/i-need-ammunition-not-a-ride-zelensky-blasts-biden-for-offering-to-evacuate-him-from-kyiv
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told President Joe Biden 'I need ammunition, not a ride,' when offered the chance of a US-backed evacuation....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russian-invasion-begins-missiles-rain-down-on-kiev
Vladimir Putin has ordered an invasion of Ukraine, describing it as a 'special military operation' and saying he wants to 'demilitarize', not occupy, the country....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/covid-boosters-continue-to-protect-most-people-for-many-months-perhaps-years
According to a flurry of new studies, it looks as if Covid boosters will continue to protect most people from serious illness and death for many months, and perhaps even years — which means we probably won’t need to line up for another shot anytime soon....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/welcome-back-australia-opens-its-borders-two-years-later-images
Australia today completely opened its external borders to travelers who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus after being shut down for almost two years due to the pandemic, with tourists returning to the country and hundreds of people reuniting with relatives and friends....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/11-missing-hundreds-rescued-after-flames-engulf-greece-italy-ferry-video
The Greek coast guard confirmed on Friday that 11 passengers were missing after a blaze broke out overnight on a ferry sailing from Greece to Italy. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/who-is-dr-robert-malone-and-what-is-the-controversy-surrounding-his-statements-on-mrna-vaccines
Robert Malone, the self-proclaimed inventor of mRNA vaccines and a skeptic of the COVID-19 vaccines that use mRNA technology, has skyrocketed to celebrity status in recent months....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/daughter-raises-money-for-father-s-defense
The daughter of the 74-year-old Briton who confessed to killing his wife because she was sick with leukemia is trying to raise money to pay for her father's defense in court....
