Новости за 12.08.2017

At least one person was killed in Virginia on Saturday after white nationalists clashed with counter-demonstrators and a car plowed into a crowd near the scene of the earlier melee, the mayor of Charlottesville said. The clashes on Saturday morning prompted the governor to declare an emergency and halt a rally over removing a Confederate […]

A bomb exploded near a crowded market in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Saturday, killing at least 15 people, officials said, the latest attack to hit the restive southwestern province of Baluchistan. Middle East-based Islamic State, which has a branch of loosely affiliated fighters in Afghanistan and Pakistan, claimed the attack shortly afterwards, saying […]

A clinical Sergio Aguero strike and a Lewis Dunk own goal condemned Brighton to a losing return to the top flight as they went down 2-0 to Manchester City in the Premier League at the Falmer Stadium on Saturday. City’s Gabriel Jesus had two goals ruled out – for handball and offside – and Pep […]

Chelsea endured a shocking start to the defence of their Premier League title on Saturday, losing 3-2 at home to Burnley, with their new captain Gary Cahill sent off after only 14 minutes and Cesc Fabregas following late on. The champions looked down and out in the first half, going into the break 3-0 adrift […]

Police are searching for a 21-year-old man in connection with the robbery on Friday of a 75-year-old man who was assaulted and tied up in his Limassol home before the attackers removed a safe, containing jewellery and cash worth around €120,000 and fled in his car. Police have issued a search warrant against Kristefore Mangiashvili […]

By Bejay Browne   THE health minister has stepped in to grant a British expat resident in Peyia a ‘special circumstances’ medical card which will grant him access to essential cancer treatment to save his life. Following a story in the Sunday Mail two weeks ago highlighting the plight of Alan McIntyre, 58, who is […]

Liverpool showed familiar defensive weaknesses after conceding a trio of soft goals including a stoppage-time equaliser in an absorbing 3-3 Premier League draw at Watford on Saturday. Defender Miguel Britos bundled the ball home at the death after Liverpool had come from 1-0 and 2-1 down to lead 3-2 thanks to a three-minute blitz in the second half, […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday rejected a proposal made by her Social Democrat rivals to introduce quotas for electric cars in Europe, arguing the implementation of such targets would prove too complicated. Social Democrat leader Martin Schulz, Merkel’s main challenger in the Sept. 24 national election, on Friday called for such a quota – […]

Kenyan police killed at least 11 people in a crackdown on protests as anger at the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta erupted in the western city of Kisumu and slums ringing the capital, officials and witnesses said on Saturday. The bodies of nine young men shot dead overnight in Nairobi’s Mathare slum had been brought […]

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has cancelled a planned visit to Botswana because of exhaustion, his office said, a move that is likely to be welcomed by China, a major investor in the African country. The Dalai Lama had been expected to address a human rights conference in the capital Gaborone on August […]

Lefkara mayor Sofoclis Sofocleous has asked President Nicos Anastasiades to personally help loosen red tape so that an investor can be found for a hotel that has stood abandoned and derelict in the middle of the town for a decade. The municipality of Lefkara has been pushing for years for the restoration of the Agora […]

Storms swept across Beijing and southeastern China on Saturday, disrupting thousands of flights and flooding towns, while authorities warned that rain and wind could cause landslides in the area where a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck this week. Beijing authorities raised their weather alert level to “orange” from “yellow” early in the afternoon, warning against lightning, hail, […]

Hideki Matsuyama charged into position to become the first Japanese man to win a major after joining Kevin Kisner in the second-round lead on eight-under-par at the PGA Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina late on Friday. Matsuyama took advantage of greens softened by an afternoon storm, reeling off five birdies in a six-hole stretch with […]

A 43-year-old man who was arrested in Limassol on Friday afternoon after police had to fire warning shots when he tried to flee, was remanded for six days on Saturday after 350 grams of cocaine and €1,000 in cash were found on his person. Acting on a tip-off, the drug squad placed the 43-year-old’s car […]

Usain Bolt, running the penultimate race of his career, led Jamaica safely through their semi-final in the 4×100 metres relay at the World Athletics Championships in London on Saturday, while the United States ran the fastest time of the year. Bolt, who announced on Monday that he would also run in the heats, will race for […]

Where do you live? I live in Cyprus, and more specifically, in Limassol with my favourite persons. Best childhood memory? Playing outside in the fields, with many friends until the sun sets. Endless hours filled with laughter, music and of course a lot of play. Absolute favourite dish? What food would you really turn your […]

LUIS Fonsi, singer of the song of the year, Despacito, now has his own star in Ayia Napa’s Celebrity Square, it was announced on Friday. The Puerto Rican artist, who was on the island this week for a concert in Ayia Napa as part of his ‘Love and Dance’ world tour, was welcomed on Thursday […]

A 24-year-old tourist is to appear before Famagusta district court on Monday after he was caught driving drunk in Ayia Napa, more than 20 times over the permitted limit. The man was caught on Friday driving a quadbike in Ayia Napa while under the influence of alcohol. The initial breathalyser indicated 200 microgrammes, instead of […]

More than 11,000 articles believed to be designer brand knock-offs along with assault weapons and fake male virility supplements were confiscated during a police search in two shops in Ayia Napa, it was announced on Saturday. Three men were arrested following the search which was carried out on Friday to investigate whether designer brand imitations […]

In an effort to further upgrade its services, Kapnos airport shuttle has introduced a web check-in station from its office in Nicosia. By having their boarding card in hand, they can avoid inconvenience and delays at the airport, the company announced on Friday. A new specially designed area at the Nicosia office now also allows […]

By James Oliphant and Dahee Kim North Korea said on Saturday that nearly 3.5 million workers, party members and soldiers volunteered to join or rejoin its army to resist new UN sanctions and to fight against the United States in the current geopolitical tension between Pyongyang and Washington. Rodong Sinmun, North Korea’s official newspaper, said […]

Chelsea coach Antonio Conte will be hoping that the curse of the English champions does not strike him down this season. In the past two years, the managers of the Premier League title-holders – Jose Mourinho, also at Chelsea, and Leicester City’s Claudio Ranieri – have been fired after their previously all-conquering teams suddenly slumped […]

TWO weeks into its introduction, cracks have appeared in a new law that affords some benefits to fathers as part of paternity leave, with state officials defending the provisions of the law and social groups saying the new law does not go far enough, while single fathers are left out of the picture altogether. A […]

IS THERE any chance that the police command would ever announce promotions in the force without sparking accusations of nepotism from opposition parties? The answer is ‘no’. It is something that has never happened and never will, because everyone works on the assumption that nepotism is endemic and that every government favours its ‘own’ when […]

IF local government reform is passed by parliament and municipalities shore up their finances, the state will support them by increasing its subsidy, President Nicos Anastasiades pledged on Friday. Speaking at the 37th Lefkara festival, Anastasiades said that the government’s recent decision to bail out municipalities by assuming their government-guaranteed loans “allowed municipalities some breathing […]