Новости за 12.11.2016

Lewis Hamilton took pole position on Saturday for the Brazilian Grand Prix with Mercedes team-mate and title rival Nico Rosberg joining the triple Formula One world champion on the front row. The pole was the 60th of Hamilton‘s career, eight short of Michael Schumacher’s record, and his first in Brazil since 2012 when he was […]

England ended their 10-year winless streak against South Africa in emphatic style on Saturday as they outclassed a desperately limited Springbok side for a 37-21 Twickenham victory that made it 10 wins out of 10 under coach Eddie Jones. Two tries in each half, from Jonny May, Courtney Lawes, George Ford and Owen Farrell, were […]

  It was President Nicos Anastasiades who asked for a week’s break in the talks on territory so that he could confer with the Greek prime minister and party leaders at home, the Turkish Cypriot spokesman said on Saturday. Late on Friday Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci concluded their five-day negotiations in Mont Pelerin where they […]

An explosion at a Muslim shrine in south-western Pakistan killed at least 25 people and wounded dozens of others, local officials said. Hashim Ghalzai, a local district commissioner, told Reuters that the toll was based on initial reports, and could rise further. The blast occurred at the Shah Noorani shrine, located in Baluchistan province, about […]

  A CAT park in Paphos will hold a Christmas Fayre in November to raise much-needed funds to cover outstanding vet’s fees. Event organiser and volunteer, Linda Bulmer, said that around €4,000 is outstanding and that proceeds from the Tala Monastery Cat Park ‘Christmas Fayre’ to be held on Saturday, November 19, would go some […]

Demonstrators are expected to gather again on Saturday in cities across the United States to protest at President-elect Donald Trump and his policies, which they say will hurt their civil and human rights, a day after a protester was shot in Portland, Oregon. Events were planned throughout the day in New York, Los Angeles and […]

Debutant Haseeb Hameed struck his maiden fifty and shared an unbroken century partnership with captain Alastair Cook to push England’s lead over India to 163 runs on day four of the first test on Saturday. The 19-year-old Hameed was unbeaten on 62 at the close with Cook on 46 as England reached 114 without loss, […]

The island’s police force said on Saturday that they had been in charge of coordinating the Europe-wide police operation codename ‘Pandora’ into the trafficking of cultural goods which was carried out over the last few days. Police say they conducted a total of 44 searches of homes and premises in various districts to detect illegally […]

  AN association for retired police officers living in Cyprus is calling for new members to get in touch. The Cyprus Association of Retired Police Officers (Carpo) was formed a number of years ago and membership is open to any police officer that served anywhere in the world and is now retired and residing in […]

Russia has banned Michael McFaul, a former US ambassador to Moscow under President Barack Obama, from entering the country, McFaul and Russian Foreign Ministry sources said. Russia has a travel ban in place on some US officials in retaliation for a US ban on Russian officials entering the United States. McFaul, US ambassador in Moscow […]

Police said on Saturday that a raid on the football fan clubhouse of Apollonas in Limassol, resulted in bookings for offences related to drink laws. “A search was carried out at premises frequented by fans of Apollona, in Limassol last night by members of the police as part of the ongoing campaign to prevent and […]

South Korean President Park Geun-hye faced mounting pressure to step down on Saturday as hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marched in the capital to protest allegations that she let a friend meddle in state affairs. Saturday’s rally in downtown Seoul was the largest so far in a crisis engulfing Park, 64, and organisers said some […]

The Taliban claimed responsibility for an explosion at the Nato air base at Bagram north of the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday which officials said killed at least four people and wounded 14. “On November 12, an explosive device was detonated on Bagram Airfield resulting in multiple casualties,” the Nato-led Resolute Support mission said in a […]

The matricide suspect who gave himself in to police will not appear in court Saturday as he has been compulsorily hospitalised at Athalassa psychiatric hospital after being examined by a psychiatrist. Police on Friday arrested the 36-year-old man after he rode his moped to a Nicosia police station in the morning, handed in two knives […]

Moody’s Investors Service said that it has reaffirmed Cyprus’ B1 sovereign credit rating and changed the outlook to positive from stable citing the economy’s reliance on services, the high stock of bad loans and high private and public debt which outweigh the economy’s resilience and fiscal outperformance. “Whilst acknowledging improvements in Cyprus’ economic resilience and […]

By Sanjeev Miglani and Nidhi Verma Anger rose across India on Saturday as banks struggled to dispense cash after the government withdrew large denomination notes in a shock move aimed at uncovering billions of dollars of unaccounted wealth hidden from the taxman. Hundreds of thousands of people stood outside banks for a third day for […]

By Javier Galeano Protesters demonstrating against the election of Donald Trump gathered in several US cities for a third night on Friday, hours after the president-elect praised their “passion”. Thousands took to the streets in Miami, Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York, San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, voicing anger at Trump’s inflammatory and often deeply controversial campaign […]

THE deputy head of the state vet services, Christodoulos Pipis, on Friday rejected claims that the government was not quick to deal with the outbreak of bluetongue among the island’s sheep population, which has affected milk production and in a knock-on effect, cheesemakers. The issue was discussed on Friday at the House agriculture committee, as the […]

Eddie Jones has seen South African rugby from both sides and describes their familiar approach of playing within strict structures but with a fierce, unrelenting physicality as “chess with steroids”. Jones was on the receiving end when coach of Australia and had an inside view as assistant coach of the huge Springbok team that won […]

THE HOUSE education committee has proposed the scrapping of the January 30 school holiday honouring Three Hierarchs who were made saints by the Greek Orthodox Church for their contribution to Christian theology; this is also the day of Greek letters. The chairman of the committee Kyriacos Hadjiyiannis pointed out that schools should not be closed […]

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck off the coast of Japan, 65 km east-northeast of the city of Sendai, at 6:43 a.m. on Saturday (2143 GMT Friday), the U.S. Geological Survey said. The Japan Meteorological Agency said no tsunami warning had been posted. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said “a destructive pacific-wide tsunami […]

A trio of thundering headers gave England a thumping victory over their oldest foes as Scotland were swept aside 3-0 in Friday’s World Cup qualifier at Wembley. Daniel Sturridge’s bullet header in the first half and equally impressive efforts after the break from Adam Lallana and Gary Cahill ensured England emerged from international football’s oldest […]