Новости за 29.06.2016

Facebook Inc on Wednesday offered a rare glimpse into how it ranks and shows content in its News Feed, part of an effort to provide more transparency about its operations as the social network’s cultural and political influence continue to grow. The disclosures, though lacking in detail, are notable in part because they come in […]

Investigators have downloaded data from the flight data recorder on EgyptAir flight MS804 and are preparing to analyse it, Egypt’s investigation committee said on Wednesday. The Airbus A320 plunged into the eastern Mediterranean Sea en route from Paris to Cairo on May 19, killing all 66 people on board. The cause of the crash remains […]

Results from the Wimbledon Men’s Singles matches on Wednesday: Round 2 3-Roger Federer (Switzerland) beat Marcus Willis (Britain) 6-0 6-3 6-4 1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Adrian Mannarino (France) 6-4 6-3 7-6(5) Round 1 8-Dominic Thiem (Austria) beat Florian Mayer (Germany) 7-5 6-4 6-4 24-Alexander Zverev (Germany) beat Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) 6-3 6-4 6-2 Jiri Vesely […]

Cyprus star Marcos Baghdatis’ opening match at Wimbledon has still not been completed due to rain causing havoc with the schedule on the outside courts. His clash against big-serving American John Isner was originally scheduled for Tuesday evening, but no play was possible due to the adverse weather conditions. The duo played only two games […]

An international court said on Wednesday it would deliver a hotly anticipated ruling in the Philippines’ case against China over the South China Sea on July 12, drawing an immediate rebuke from Beijing, which rejects the tribunal’s jurisdiction. The United States, which is a close ally of the Philippines and is concerned about China’s expansive […]

Canada, the United States and Mexico on Wednesday vowed to deepen their economic ties, pushing back against anti-free-trade sentiment that has shifted political debate in the United States and Europe. The three nations are member of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has vowed to renegotiate or […]

European Union leaders met for the first time without Britain on Wednesday less than a week after it voted to leave, delivering a tough message that London can access the bloc’s lucrative single market only if it agrees to allow free movement for EU workers. Last week’s shock referendum vote to leave the EU has […]

Seven-time champion Roger Federer ended the fairytale Wimbledon run of British qualifier Marcus Willis with an emphatic 6-0 6-3 6-4 victory on a packed Centre Court on Wednesday. For once though, the storyline belonged to his opponent as the 772nd-ranked underdog Willis, the talk of the tournament so far, basked in the limelight on a […]

British number one Johanna Konta won her first Wimbledon match at the fifth attempt on Wednesday, seeing off Puerto Rico’s Monica Puig 6-1 7-5 after a rain delay. Konta, who was ranked 126th in the world at last year’s tournament, has risen quickly up the tennis ladder to be seeded 16 this year. Puig settled […]

  Dozens of friends and relatives of Aristos Socratous, the pilot of the doomed Flydubai flight that crashed in Russia in March killing all 62 on board, gathered on Wednesday to say their last goodbyes. The funeral of the 38-year-old who was killed on March 19, while attempting to land the Boeing 737-800 at Rostov […]

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenage education activist who survived a near-fatal attack by the Taliban, and her family have become millionaires in under four years due to sales of a book about her life and appearances on the global speaker circuit. Yousafzai, 18, the youngest person to win the Nobel peace prize, shot to international […]

There are always lots of jazz events popping up on our island but jazz camps are unheard of… until now. For the first time, the European University in Nicosia is putting on a Cyprus Jazz Workshop from July 9 to 14 for students of all ages, instruments and levels. This Jazz camp, organised by Jazz […]

Novak Djokovic brushed past France’s Adrian Mannarino 6-4 6-3 7-6(5) on Wednesday to book his place in the third round of Wimbledon. The defending champion, aiming for his third consecutive title, played well within himself and was rarely troubled during the second-round match. Mannarino, ranked 55, put up spirited resistance in the third set to […]

Prime Minister David Cameron, who promised to resign after Britain voted to leave the European Union, had some advice for his opposite number in the Labour Party on Wednesday: “For heaven’s sake man, go!” An overwhelming majority of Labour lawmakers passed a no confidence motion in Jeremy Corbyn on Tuesday and almost all his senior […]

Prime Minister David Cameron promised on Wednesday to clamp down on hate crime in the wake of a spike in racially motivated incidents since Britain voted to leave the European Union which have spread fear among ethnic minority groups. Muslim and Eastern European communities have reported a spate of incidents across the country after last […]

Seven Paralimni municipality workers were found guilty by a court in Larnaca on Wednesday of pocketing tens of thousands of euros in takings for sunbeds and umbrellas in the summer of 2012. Judge Thomas Thoma found them guilty of multiple charges, 100 in total, concerning theft by an employee, deceit, abuse of trust, keeping false […]

  MPs on Wednesday accused the game and fauna service of fixing the public consultation over controversial provisions of its proposed legislation to amend hunting regulations. Following a meeting of the House environment committee, MPs announced that the discussion on the amendment on the protection and management of wild birds and game was postponed for […]

Britain must secure control over immigration in divorce negotiations with the European Union, Stephen Crabb, the first candidate to put himself forward to succeed David Cameron as British prime minister, said on Wednesday. Work and pensions minister Crabb, who supported Britain staying in the EU at last week’s vote, ruled out holding another referendum and […]

A 30-year-old man was remanded in custody for eight days on Wednesday in connection with several cases of purse snatching in Limassol, police said. A 43-year-old wanted by police for the same cases surrendered on Wednesday morning. The two reportedly admitted to stealing six purses. Police said the pair were fully cooperative and they cited […]

A mission was under way to rescue 20 schoolchildren after they became lost on Wednesday in the Brecon Beacons, a mountainous area in Wales, the local mountain rescue team said. Three specialist teams were trying to reach them on foot after the children were spotted in the Dan yr Ogof area by a coastguard helicopter […]

Number three seed Agnieska Radwanska eased through her rain-delayed first-round match at Wimbledon on Wednesday, beating Ukraine’s Kateryna Kozlova 6-2 6-1. The Pole raced into an early lead, breaking twice in the four first games before being pegged back by Kozlova, who did not seem in the least bit overawed despite making her debut at […]

The presidents of Russia and Turkey agreed on Wednesday to resume bilateral cooperation, including in the fight against terrorism, after a period of diplomatic tension and said they wanted to hold a face-to-face meeting. Relations between Moscow and Ankara have been badly strained since Turkey last year shot down a Russian warplane taking part in […]

Non-performing loans in the Cypriot banking system fell by €163.4m in April, to €25.5bn — in a month — the lowest since December 2014, the Central Bank of Cyprus said. The share of non-performing loans on the overall loan portfolio dropped to 48.1 per cent in April, from 48.4 per cent in March, the central […]

AKEL leader Andros Kyprianou called on the government on Wednesday to pay more attention to the mixed buffer-zone village of Pyla in the Larnaca district, saying that with a little development it could be a real model community where Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots live together. Kyprianou met the leaders of the two Pyla communities […]

Cyprus is among the EU member states with the highest percentage of social sciences, business and law students. The largest share studying these subjects was recorded by Eurostat in Bulgaria (49 per cent), followed by Luxembourg with 46 per cent and Cyprus with 43.6 per cent. The EU average for 2014 was 33.8 per cent. […]