Новости за 27.08.2017

Liverpool served up a thrilling display of attacking football to rip apart a woeful Arsenal side 4-0 in the Premier League at Anfield on Sunday. It was a performance which suggests that, regardless of the outcome of Barcelona’s pursuit of Philippe Coutinho, Liverpool have enough firepower to be a threat in the top four this […]

U.S. President Donald Trump renewed his threat to scrap NAFTA and ripped on trading partners Canada and Mexico in a tweet early on Sunday, days before the three countries were scheduled to hold a second round of negotiations on rewriting the 23-year-old agreement. “We are in the NAFTA (worst trade deal ever made) renegotiation process […]

Premier League champions Chelsea eased past a disappointing Everton with goals from Spaniards Cesc Fabregas and Alvaro Morata sealing a 2-0 victory on Sunday. What looked a tricky fixture on paper turned into a stroll for Antonio Conte’s side who have recovered well from a shock opening-day defeat by Burnley. Morata’s header set up Fabregas […]

Lewis Hamilton celebrated his 200th Formula One race in style on Sunday with a pole-to-flag Belgian Grand Prix victory for Mercedes that halved Sebastian Vettel’s championship lead to seven points. The Briton’s fifth success in 12 races this season, and 58th of his career, came a day after he equalled Michael Schumacher’s all-time record of […]

The association of divers in Cyprus on Sunday organised a seabed clean-up in Limassol, east of the port. Similar clean-ups have already taken place in Paralimni, Larnaca and Ayios Athanasios. Limassol Mayor Nicos Nicolaides who attended Sunday’s event said it was important work. “The responsibility to keep our seas clean is collective, from the part […]

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday the firing of three ballistic missiles by North Korea this week was a provocative act but that the United States will continue to seek a peaceful resolution. “We do view it as a provocative act against the United States and our allies,” Tillerson said in an […]

By Annette Chrysostomou   There are currently thousands of seed banks around the world. and their contents – millions of seeds – are most likely of vital importance to our species and the health of the ecosystems we live in. As the wild areas of our planet decrease, we risk biodiversity loss on an unprecedented […]

India is deploying thousands of riot police and shutting down internet services in two northern states, as it prepares for the sentencing on Monday of a self-styled ‘godman’ whose followers went on the rampage after he was convicted of rape on Friday. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s cult Dera Sacha Sauda has a vast rural following […]

By Jean Christou Cyprus appears to be on track to help save the planet… at some point in the future, maybe… if the Earth is ever in danger of being hit by a wayward asteroid… and if the cryptic words of George Danos, the head of the Cyprus’ Space Exploration Organisation (CSEO) lead to ‘something’ […]

Most French voters are now dissatisfied with Emmanuel Macron’s performance, a poll showed on Sunday, a dramatic decline for a president who basked in a landslide election victory less than four months ago. The poll, conducted by Ifop for newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD), showed Macron’s “dissatisfaction rating” rising to 57 percent, from 43 […]

A 51-year-old German woman died on Sunday 10 days after she was injured in a militant van attack in Barcelona, authorities said, bringing the total death toll from this month’s twin assaults in Spain to 16. She was left in a critical condition when a militant drove the rented vehicle into crowds in Barcelona’s famous […]

A 31-year-old man was arrested on Sunday in Aradippou in Larnaca for alleged offences including intoxication, resisting arrest and assault on police. According to police, around 9.30am they received information that a man went to his 35-year-old brother’s home with the aim of “killing him”. Officers went to the house and found the 31-year-old drunk […]

By Erik Kirschbaum German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she has no regrets about her 2015 decision to open the country’s borders to hundreds of thousands of refugees and added she will not be deterred from campaigning by angry hecklers. In an interview with the Welt am Sonntag newspaper on Sunday, Merkel denied she had made […]

Five people were killed and one seriously injured after a mountain accident on Sunday in the Austrian state of Salzburg, the Austrian Press Agency reported. The accident involved a group in the so-called Mannlkarscharte, a gap in the mountains southwest of Salzburg. The Red Cross said its initial information indicated a group of climbers fell […]

A provocative, cruel and arrogant Turkey with imperialistic intentions renders the task of the Greek Cypriot side to bring about a settlement to the Cyprus problem even more difficult and arduous, President of the House of Representatives Demetris Syllouris said on Sunday. Addressing a ceremony to commemorate the members of the community of Aheritou who […]

Police were investigating a murder on Sunday morning in Ayios Dhometios in Nicosia after a stabbing victim later died in hospital. According to Cybc, a man and a woman, both non-Cypriots  aged 40, were attacked in their apartment around 4am by a man with a knife. The perpetrator stabbed both of them and fled. The […]

An injury-ravaged U.S. Open men’s draw offers the best opportunity yet for a young pretender to claim a maiden grand slam crown but in this most retro of seasons Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will look to turn back time in New York. With the physical demands of modern-day tennis taking its toll the tournament […]

Eight women begin the U.S. Open with their eyes on the number one ranking but of all those contenders it is Garbine Muguruza on whose head the crown could sit most comfortably. With dominant force Serena Williams absent as she prepares for motherhood, women’s tennis has been crying out for a player capable of taking […]

A human skeleton was found near Lefkara in the Larnaca district on Sunday morning, reports said. The remaind were found by hunters at around 8am between Lythrodontas and Lefkara. According to the report in Phileleftheros, both the police and the state pathologist have gone to the scene. More later

Britain will urge the European Union on Monday to show “imagination” in Brexit talks and help focus discussion on future ties rather than on a divorce settlement. Brexit minister David Davis will call on the EU to be more flexible in its approach at the start of negotiations with the bloc’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier […]

A fire that broke out overnight at a warehouse in the industrial area of Dhali, was brought under control early Sunday. Six fire engines were sent to the scene but by the time the blaze was extinguished one section of the warehouse had been completely destroyed and the other two badly damaged. The contents of […]

A ceasefire took effect on Sunday in an Islamic State pocket straddling the Syria-Lebanon border, where the jihadists have been fighting the Lebanese army on one front and Hezbollah with the Syrian army on the other. The Lebanese army announced that a ceasefire in its own offensive took effect at 7:00 a.m. (0400 GMT) but […]

The head of the anti-graft committee for China’s Ministry of Finance has been put under investigation himself for suspected graft, the ruling Communist Party’s anti-corruption watchdog said on Sunday. Mo Jiancheng was suspected of “serious discipline breaches”, a euphemism for graft, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a statement. Mo, who became the […]

Rescue crews raced against rising floodwaters on Sunday to pull hundreds of stranded residents from their homes in southeast Texas as Harvey, the most powerful storm to hit the state in more than 50 years, roared inland. The storm has killed at least two people and Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said on Twitter early […]

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes Arsenal will be significantly boosted by the return of their “world class” striker Alexis Sanchez when they visit Anfield on Sunday (6pm), but is counting on the fans to help give his side an edge at home. Liverpool beat German side Hoffenheim 4-2 at Anfield in a Champions League qualifying […]