Новости за 10.09.2016

Liverpool outclassed champions Leicester City 4-1 at home on Saturday as Roberto Firmino scored twice and Sadio Mane and Adam Lallana found the net in an outstanding attacking display. Liverpool dazzled offensively as they beat Arsenal 4-3 in their season opener, and while they have lacked consistency under Juergen Klopp, they reaffirmed their class going […]

The leader of Germany’s conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), a critic of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s welcoming refugee policies, said on Saturday the two sister parties face election defeats if they remain at odds over migration. Horst Seehofer, who is also Bavaria’s state premier, said he hoped Merkel and her Christian Democrats (CDU) would agree to […]

The Cyprus Virtual Food Museum has called on anyone interested in the Mediterranean diet to take part in its field trips that promote the island’s gastronomy. The organisation’s mission is to record, study, preserve and present the culinary heritage of Cyprus, as well as its role in scientific, educational and recreational purposes. The three routes […]

Santi Cazorla scored a 94th-minute penalty as sub-par Arsenal beat Southampton on Saturday with Laurent Koscielny’s overhead kick having earlier cancelled out Petr Cech’s own goal. Cazorla held his nerve after Jose Fonte was penalised for tangling with Olivier Giroud in the box as Arsenal took all three points in a match they had appeared […]

Parents of children with disabilities announced on Saturday they are to stage a protest outside the education ministry on Monday to request the application in Cyprus of Article 24 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The group – members of eleven organisations – said they felt compelled to protest as […]

Son Heung-min scored twice and Dele Alli and Harry Kane also found the net as Tottenham Hotspur eased to a 4-0 win at Stoke City on Saturday to move up to fourth in the Premier League. Son was picked out by a fine pass from Christian Eriksen and had a moment to compose himself before […]

Moussa Dembele bagged a hat-trick to lead Celtic to a crushing 5-1 win over arch-rivals Rangers on Saturday in Scotland’s first top-flight Old Firm derby since 2012. Rangers’ spiral into financial chaos and demotion to the lower divisions left the Scottish Premiership bereft of its standout fixture and it returned with a bang at a […]

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Saturday urged users of its Galaxy Note 7 phones to turn in their handsets as soon as possible as part of a recall aimed at limiting the damage caused by the fire-prone devices. The world’s top smartphone maker said last week it would exchange all Note 7 phones in 10 […]

Germany’s interior minister has warned that the country is home to more than 500 Islamic militants who could be capable of carrying out assaults on their own or as members of “hit teams.” Speaking in an interview with Bild newspaper, Thomas de Maiziere said there were currently at least 520 “potential attackers” in the country, […]

Pep Guardiola drew first blood in his renewed managerial duel with Jose Mourinho as Manchester City deservedly won an absorbing Premier League derby 2-1 against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday. Kevin de Bruyne, who was never appreciated by Mourinho when they were at Chelsea together, proved instrumental in City’s magnificent win, scoring the […]

The nurses and midwives’ association Pasynm on Saturday called on the health, labour and justice ministries to re-evaluate the working conditions of psychiatric nurses treating convicts. The announcement follows the walkout on Thursday of psychiatric nurses at the Athalassa mental health hospital after a patient who is also a convict attacked and injured three of […]

Australia overcame an early deficit to beat South Africa 23-17 in their Rugby Championship clash in Brisbane on Saturday and snap a run of six successive test defeats. Tries from lock Adam Coleman and centre Bernard Foley, who also chipped in with 13 points from the kicking tee, gave the Wallabies a first win since […]

Turkish authorities detained a prominent journalist and his brother, a well-known academic, on Saturday as part of investigations into a failed coup attempt in July they blame on followers of a US-based Turkish cleric. Ahmet Altan, a writer and former editor-in-chief of the Taraf newspaper, and his brother Mehmet were detained for questioning over their […]

Greek Cypriot refugees from the occupied village of Trachoni Kythreas are expected to flock to the village church on Sunday to attend a celebratory Mass and pray for the community’s missing persons as well as those who have died while waiting to return. President of the local council Pambos Athanasiou said that after many expressed […]

Two men aged 33 and 50 were remanded on Saturday for six days in connection with reports on Thursday concerning the theft of money from the candle box of the Rodon to Amaranto church in Troulli, in the Larnaca district, which is dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The theft was reported by the church’s priest, […]

Flyhalf Beauden Barrett grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck just when he needed to as the All Blacks scored three tries in 10 minutes in the second half to beat a combative Argentina 57-22 in their Rugby Championship clash in Hamilton on Saturday. Barrett, who scored a first half try and kicked […]

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said on Friday that half the supporters of her Republican rival Donald Trump belonged in a “basket of deplorables” of people who were racist, homophobic, sexist, xenophobic, or Islamophobic. Speaking at an evening fundraiser in New York, the former US secretary of state said Trump had given voice to hateful […]

Fighting raged on in southern Aleppo on Saturday, the army and rebels said, hours after the United States and Russia hailed a breakthrough deal to put Syria‘s peace process back on track. The army attacked rebel-held areas, pushing to maximise recent gains before a new nationwide ceasefire was due to come into effect on Monday. […]

A 71-year-old woman was slightly injured on Friday night in Dromolaxia, Larnaca, when the car she was driving overturned when it collided with another car that was parked on the side of the road. According to the police report, the accident occurred at around 8pm while the 71-year-old was driving along Eleftheria Avenue in Dromolaxia. […]

Two men from the Famagusta district, aged 27 and 33, were arrested in two separate incidents on Friday in connection with cases concerning the illegal capture and possession of wild birds. According to the police, the 27-year-old who is from Frenaros, was arrested at around 05.30am on Friday in Avgorou for the illegal capture and […]

By Kurt Volker While many people call for a ban on cluster munitions, we should be pressuring armies to properly use of these weapons of war. Weapons of war are designed to kill people. That is the unpleasant truth. It is true of guns, bombs, artillery shells, grenades, IEDs … you name it. No one […]

The British-based entertainment company Kendall and Morrelli will be bringing all you rock fans out at the end of next week for four performances by John Coghlan’s Quo. If the name of the band reminds you of rock legends Status Quo, that’s because band member John Coghlan was once the original drummer of Status Quo. […]

Cyprus leaders, President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, hold today Saturday their seventh meeting in the framework of the intensified talks under the aegis of the UN. This is an additional meeting the two leaders during their previous meeting in September 2 decided to have, thus extending the duration […]

A fire broke out in a garment packaging factory just outside the Bangladeshi capital on Saturday, killing at least 12 people, police and witnesses said. Dozens more were taken to hospital with injuries as firemen struggle to control the blaze in the four-storey building, one fire official said. “The fire broke out in the morning […]

By Jack Kim and Tom Miles North Korea conducted its fifth and biggest nuclear test on Friday and said it had mastered the ability to mount a warhead on a ballistic missile, ratcheting up a threat that rivals and the United Nations have been powerless to contain. The blast, on the 68th anniversary of North […]