Новости за 15.10.2017

More than 200 people were killed by twin bomb blasts that struck busy junctions in the heart of Somalia‘s capital Mogadishu, officials said on Sunday, marking the deadliest attacks since an Islamist insurgency began in 2007. President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo declared three days of national mourning and called for donations of blood and funds to victims […]

Gusts of up to 80mph was due to batter the UK and Ireland early Monday as Hurricane Ophelia sweeps in threatening to cause travel chaos. Ireland dispatched its armed forces to bolster flood defences on Sunday and warned people against non-essential travel as the remnants of Hurricane Ophelia threatened the country with its worst storm […]

Young conservative star Sebastian Kurz is on track to become Austria’s next leader, projections of Sunday’s parliamentary election result showed, but his party is well short of a majority and could seek an alliance with the far right. Kurz, who is just 31, campaigned on an anti-immigration platform so strict that the far-right Freedom Party […]

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday that President Donald Trump had instructed him to continue diplomatic efforts to calm rising tensions with North Korea, saying “those diplomatic efforts will continue until the first bomb drops.” Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Tillerson downplayed messages that President Trump had previously posted on Twitter suggesting […]

House President Demetris Syllouris told a gathering in St. Petersburg on cultural pluralism and its contribution to peaceful societies, that Cypriots, despite the 1974 Turkish invasion, had managed to maintain their respect for people of different backgrounds. Religion, he said, never posed a problem among the two communities in Cyprus, noting that the Cyprus problem […]

The United States for the time being will stay in an international nuclear deal with Iran, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said on Sunday, adding that the Trump administration wanted to weigh a “proportionate” response to Tehran’s actions on the world stage. “I think right now, you’re going to see us stay in […]

By Annette Chrysostomou From the peddlars who sold the tickets to the glamorous Irene Charalambidou who announced the winning numbers every Saturday night on TV, the state lottery was once a fixture of Cyprus life. For decades it was one of the few highly regulated forms of gambling allowed and was therefore immensely popular. In […]

Former U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton cautioned Britain on Sunday over its push to secure a trade deal with U.S. President Donald Trump after it leaves the European Union. Clinton, the Democratic Party candidate who lost out to Trump in last November’s election, also said Britain would face serious disruption if it left the EU […]

Due to torrential rain in the Limassol area, especially along the Limassol-Paphos highway near Karvounas, police warned there was an increased risk of traffic accidents as visibility was reduced and roads slippery. “Drivers are encouraged to drive carefully at low speed with their hazard lights on, and keep a safe distance from the vehicles in […]

Turkey’s intransigent stance and its persistence on the continuation of the guarantees system and the maintenance of Turkish troops in Cyprus, did not allow for a compromise to be found at the Cyprus talks in Crans-Montana, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday. Speaking at the national memorial service for the hero Evagoras Papachristoforou, the president […]

Pope Francis canonised 35 new Roman Catholic saints on Sunday, including three indigenous children martyred in 16th century Mexico and considered the first Christians killed for their faith in the New World. Francis used the occasion to announce that he had decided to call a meeting of bishops, or synod, from countries in the Pan-Amazon […]

The Green Party-Citizens Co-operation on Sunday decided to back Diko leader Nicolas Papadopoulos as presidential candidate in next year’s presidential elections. The decision was overwhelmingly approved during the party’s pancyprian conference. In the poll, Papadopoulos received 39 votes, while President Nicos Anastasiades, Akel-backed Stavros Malas and Citizens Alliance leader George Lillikas received two votes each. […]

By Bejay Browne THE Cyprus Samaritans are this month celebrating 20 years since inception. The volunteer organisation offers an iisland-widefree helpline number which provides a listening ear to all those who need it. Although they are not part of the UK Samaritans, the charity’s policies are similar and they are part of ‘Befrienders Worldwide,’ which […]

Parliament will block Britain from leaving the European Union without an exit deal, the opposition Labour Party’s finance policy chief said on Sunday. Negotiations are deadlocked between Prime Minister Theresa May’s government and the EU on securing a divorce settlement and agreement on future relations, raising the prospect that Britain could walk away from talks […]

A convoy of Islamic State fighters left Syria’s Raqqa with some civilians overnight, the U.S.-backed militias fighting them said on Sunday, bringing the battle for their one-time capital near its end. There were conflicting accounts of whether the evacuees included both Syrian and foreign fighters and it was unclear how many jihadists remained to mount […]

Hundreds of protesters marched through Sydney on Sunday to call for detainees, being held in controversial centres for asylum seekers on remote Pacific islands, to be allowed to stay in Australia as a resettlement deadline approaches. Canberra’s hardline immigration policy requires asylum seekers intercepted at sea to be sent for processing to two remote Pacific […]

Austria voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election that could see 31-year-old conservative Sebastian Kurz become chancellor on a pledge to take a hard line on refugees and prevent a repeat of Europe’s migration crisis. Foreign Minister Kurz propelled his People’s Party (OVP) to the top of opinion polls when he became leader in May, […]

Venezuela’s political crisis shifts from barricades to the ballot box on Sunday with gubernatorial elections that could hand the demoralized opposition a major victory against President Nicolas Maduro’s government. The ruling Socialist Party currently controls 20 of 23 state governorships. But polls show the opposition Democratic Unity coalition poised to upend that, given voter anger […]

The market for wearable smart devices is a sector that is seeing unprecedented growth; by 2020 it is estimated that 26 billion such devices will be linked via the internet, with nearly US$6 trillion being spent. Of this total, the smart footwear market alone will account for approximately US$87 billion. However, despite the best efforts […]

A 22-year-old motorbike rider was was killed in the early hours of Sunday on the Paphos-Limassol highway. The accident happened at around 1.20am near the Kontos exit. Marios Nicoloau, according to police lost control of the high-powered bike and overturned. He was pronounced dead at the accident and emergency department at Limassol hospital. No other […]

A 67-year-old man from Larnaca was killed on Saturday evening near the port roundabout after being hit by a car. According to police, Charalambous Christodoulou was crossing the road near the roundabout at around 7pm when a driver from Livadhia heading for the Oroklini road, aged 79 hit him as he walked. Christodoulou was taken […]

THE drink drive breathalyser was 50 years old last weekend. British police carried out the first roadside breath test on a motorist in Shropshire on October 8, 1967. Prior to that, the criteria for prosecution were somewhat less scientific – whether you could touch your nose with your eyes shut, walk in a straight line […]

Fast-moving fires spread by shifting winds forced thousands more Californians to evacuate their homes on Saturday as the death toll from the deadliest blaze recorded in the state’s history rose to at least 40, with hundreds of people still missing. More than 10,000 firefighters supported by air tankers and helicopters overhead were battling 16 major […]

The new Ford Fiesta smashed records on the UK’s annual MPG Marathon: although the petrol powered Fiesta on the 350-mile event was turbo-charged and boasted 125PS, smooth driving techniques sealed an average 97mpg – blitzing the previous 84mpg record and crowning it the new Petrol Champion. The diesel Fiesta, meanwhile, beat the 108.8mpg benchmark set […]

By Agnieszka Rakoczy AMIDST the heated discussions that have been triggered by the Turkish Cypriot authorities’ recent decision to tax the humanitarian food aid the Republic of Cyprus has been sending north for over 40 years to the enclaved Greek Cypriot community few are as well informed about the potential impact and consequences of that […]