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Roger Federer has fallen outside the world’s top 10 for the first time since 2002 but he could still win another grand slam title, according to former great Stefan Edberg. While Andy Murray’s rise to world number one was the main talking point of Monday’s new ATP rankings, 17-time major champion Federer’s slide to 16th […]

Islamic State militants fighting to hold on to their Mosul stronghold have killed at least 20 people in the last two days for passing information to “the enemy” and are back on the city streets policing the length of men’s beards, residents say. Five crucified bodies were put on display at a road junction on […]

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  Police issued a number of arrest warrants on Wednesday after a large number of antiquities were located in three establishments in the Limassol district. During a search operation on Wednesday morning in seven establishments, police said, a large number of antiquities were located in three of them. The objects were located in a house […]

Donald Trump’s election as US president on Wednesday aroused concern among Syrian rebels and a degree of optimism in Damascus, where his victory was seen as a better outcome than a Hillary Clinton win. Syrian rebels have long been fiercely critical of what they perceive as the Barack Obama administration’s inadequate backing for their fight against […]

US President Barack Obama pledged on Wednesday to work for a smooth transition of power with president-elect Donald Trump, the Republican winner of Tuesday’s election, who has promised to undo Obama‘s top domestic and foreign policy initiatives. In brief remarks to reporters in the White House Rose Garden, Obama urged fellow Democrats to put aside […]

The third Cyprus Storytelling Festival is about to get us all nostalgic for great storytelling but also excited about sharing well-known and new stories with our children. In Paphos the festival will take place at Technopolis 20 Cultural Centre on Saturday. For at least two hours both adults and children will share in enjoying the […]

THE House education committee approved on Wednesday a survey of school students the result of which would help draft policy against delinquency in schools. The head of the committee, Kyriacos Hadjiyiannis, said that the strategy would be based on the findings of this survey on student’s feelings and concerns. “For a comprehensive policy, we must […]

  The gold reserves of the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) are “intact” and are being stored in the vaults of a central bank in a European country, CBC governor Chrystalla Georghadji assured MPs on Wednesday. She was briefing lawmakers on the overall state of play in the financial sector. Shortly after the March 2013 financial meltdown, […]

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is sure he will win the Premier League with Manchester United and says his performances will improve once he picks up the rhythm of the English game. The 35-year-old has scored six league goals since the start of the season, including two against Swansea City at the weekend that ended a two-month league […]

Democrat Hillary Clinton conceded the 2016 US White House race to Republican Donald Trump on Wednesday and offered to work with the president-elect, who she hoped would be a successful leader for all Americans. Clinton, appearing at midday after a bruising election loss to the New York real estate magnate, urged supporters to keep an […]

The Nicosia criminal court has set aside December 2 as the last hearing in the trial of former deputy attorney-general Rikkos Erotokritou and others, charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice in the case of a Russian fund worth millions of euros. Following the closing arguments by the defence, the court on Wednesday […]

Greece suspended all national league and cup competitions on Wednesday after an alleged arson attack at the home of Giorgos Bikas, the head of its refereeing committee, the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) said in a statement. The decision was announced by the EPO’s temporary administrative board following a fire in the early hours of Wednesday […]

President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Wednesday began discussions on the criteria for territory during their negotiations in Mont Pelerin in Switzerland but Thursday is expected to be the most crucial day for the talks. The leaders met in the morning with their negotiators and UN envoy Espen Barth Eide and met […]

Cyprus on Wednesday marked the 70th anniversary since the establishment of British camps on the island for the Jewish survivors of the Holocaust in a ceremony at the former British Military Hospital (BMH) in Nicosia. Attended by Defence Minister Christoforos Fokaides, Israeli officials and Jewish community members, a monument was unveiled commemorating the 2,200 children […]

Afghan‘s president on Wednesday welcomed back Sharbat Gula, the green-eyed ‘Afghan Girl’ whose 1985 photo in National Geographic became a symbol of her country’s wars, offering her a furnished apartment after she was deported by Pakistan. Pakistan security officials escorted Gula overnight from a Peshawar hospital, where she had been staying since her arrest last […]

Cyprus will have to wait a month or so to find out whether a ship owner wanted in connection with the 2013 bank collapse will be extradited by Greece. In the case, filed at the Nicosia district court, the prosecution maintains that a company, Focus Maritime, had acted as a front for former Laiki Bank […]

Auditing the Central Co-operative Bank (CCB) should not be considered a political intervention, Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides said on Wednesday, as he criticised anew the hiring procedures followed in filling certain positions at the bank. “We disagree with the possibility of exempting the co-op sector from an audit,” he told MPs. “We think there are no […]

Next Monday the moon will be closer to earth than at any time since January 1948. “On November 14 the Cyprus public can enjoy a bright full moon which is 30 per cent brighter and 14 per cent larger than an average full moon,” Chrysanthos Fakas, President of the Astronomical Society of Cyprus said. “The […]

Fed up with Washington and feeling left behind, supporters of Republican Donald Trump upended the US presidential race, electing a political newcomer they say offers the country a shot at dramatic change. Once dismissed by Trump’s Democratic rival Hillary Clinton as “deplorables,” supporters interviewed on Tuesday shrugged off his late-night tweeted insults, allegations against him […]

Five people were killed, more than 50 others were injured and two remained trapped after a tram overturned on Wednesday morning in south London, said police who later confirmed officers had arrested its driver. Emergency services were called at about 6:10am (0610 GMT) to reports that a tram had derailed near a stop close to […]

Police said Wednesday that they were continuing enquiries into incidents in and around the Nicosia clubhouse of Apoel after celebrations of the football club’s 90th anniversary which left three policemen injured and nearby traffic lights destroyed. Nicosia court remanded a 30-year-old man for three days in connection with investigations, while four others arrested leaving the […]

Scotland winger Robert Snodgrass says England fans have become apathetic about their country’s fortunes as Friday’s World Cup qualifier between the arch-rivals looms at Wembley Stadium. Hull City’s Snodgrass, who is in contention to play in the Group F clash after an ankle injury, said England fans were disillusioned after repeated failures at major tournaments. […]

The European Commission said that it expects Cyprus’s economy to grow 2.8 per cent this year and 2.5 per cent in 2017 which is slightly more pessimistic compared to the government’s forecast. “Real growth is expected to reach 2.8 per cent in 2016 and then to moderate gradually to 2.3 per cent in 2018,” the […]

Inter Milan appointed journeyman Stefano Pioli on Tuesday as their ninth coach in the last six years, his first managerial role with one of Italy’s top three clubs. The 51-year-old, who has coached 10 clubs in Italy’s top two divisions without winning a major trophy, replaced Dutchman Frank de Boer who was fired last week […]