Новости за 13.04.2018

By David DeKok   The woman whose accusation brought Bill Cosby to trial in Pennsylvania on sex-assault charges testified on Friday that the comedian drugged and raped her in 2004 and she was terrified to tell anyone for months afterward. It was the second time that accuser Andrea Constand, 45, confronted the 80-year-old entertainer in […]

A Swiss woman has filed a criminal complaint in Geneva for rape against the Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan – already being held in custody in France on similar allegations – her lawyer said on Friday. The allegation by the unnamed Swiss woman, a convert to Islam, relates to an alleged incident in Geneva in October […]

By Nate Raymond   Massachusetts’ top court on Friday rejected Exxon Mobil Corp’s bid to block the state’s attorney general from obtaining records to investigate whether the company for decades concealed its knowledge of the role fossil fuels play in climate change. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Attorney General Maura Healey had jurisdiction to […]

The government has struck a deal for the management of Nicosia district’s rubbish, paving the way for the closing down of the Kotsiatis landfill. Following extended haggling with Helector, the company running the Koshi waste management unit, an agreement was reached on Friday. According to a statement from the agriculture ministry, the Central Committee on Changes and […]

By Krishna N. Das and Rupam Jain   A lawmaker from India’s ruling party was arrested on Friday in connection with the rape of a teenager, police said, after days of protests by activists accusing authorities of failing to investigate the case and other attacks. Campaign groups called more rallies over the weekend, demanding justice […]

Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Friday that Britain was involved faking a suspected chemical weapons attack in the Syrian town of Douma. Britain and its allies accuse Damascus of carrying out the suspected attack on Douma and are considering military action against Syria in response. Syria and its main ally Russia deny a chemical attack […]

By Alexandra Valencia   Two Ecuadorean journalists and their driver, who were kidnapped last month by Colombian insurgents, have been killed, Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno said on Friday. “Regrettably, we have information that confirms the murder of our compatriots,” he said on state TV. “It seems these criminals never planned to deliver them back safely.” […]

The United States and its ally France assailedSyria’s Bashar al-Assad at the United Nations on Friday for using chemical weapons as the prospect of US-led military action that could lead to confrontation with Russia hung over the Middle East. As chemical weapons experts arrived in Syria to investigate a suspected poison gas attack by government forces, international […]

Chelsea face an uphill task to qualify for next season’s Champions League but the Premier League club will not give up the fight just yet, manager Antonio Conte said on Friday. The defending champions are currently fifth in the standings with 57 points from 32 games and 10 points behind fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur who occupy […]

The Blood Bank on Friday gave reassurances that it is following strict protocols for blood checks and dismissed as inaccurate reports that it had administered the blood of a syphilis carrier to a patient. In a statement the blood bank gave reassurances that there is no cause for concern said that reports it had administered […]

CSKA Moscow soccer fans chanted racist abuse at Arsenal’s black players several times during a Europa League match late on Thursday, a Reuters witness said. A Reuters photographer at pitch level heard dozens of home supporters make monkey chants at Arsenal’s Danny Welbeck and Alex Iwobi when they neared a particular section of the stands when the […]

The eighth artistic residency programme theYard.Residency.18 is getting ready to show what it has been up to with two performances this month in Limassol. The programme, organised by the Centre of Performing Arts MITOS, is separated into four categories: ‘Premiere’, which refers to proposals where the centre acts as a co-producer, the ‘On Stage’ category […]

United Nations war crimes investigators on Friday condemned the suspected use of chemical weapons in the Syrian town of Douma in eastern Ghouta and called for evidence to be preserved with a view to future prosecutions. International chemical weapons experts were travelling to Syria to investigate an alleged gas attack by government forces on Douma […]

Contract teachers who work afternoons said they will go on a 24-hour strike next week after Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris said on Friday there is no possibility at the moment of changing their status. The minister made an appeal for any measures that could cause problems in schools to be avoided. The ministry, following a […]

England’s top-flight soccer clubs have voted against the introduction of Video Assistant Referees (VAR) for the 2018-19 season and the Premier League will continue advanced testing to iron out issues with the system. VAR’s trial in English domestic cup matches has so far received mixed reviews, with fans complaining that they were being left in the dark when […]

The tax department said on Friday it has mailed taxpayers their individual numbers necessary to register online to pay income and defence tax. All tax returns starting from 2017 will have to be submitted online through TAXISnet. Numbers have been sent by post to all active taxpayers registered with the department who are not TAXISnet […]

Main opposition party Akel said on Friday it has decided to boycott the state broadcaster’s news shows for the next few days over what it calls CyBC’s failure to publish the party’s statements over the past couple of days. The party said in a statement that it has repeatedly complained about being discriminated against over […]

Main opposition party Akel said on Friday it has decided to boycott the state broadcaster’s news shows for the next few days over what it calls CyBC’s failure to publish the party’s statements over the past couple of days. The party said in a statement that it has repeatedly complained about being discriminated against over […]

AMSTERDAM, April 10 (Reuters) – Take the highway past the Dutch village of Jelsum and the road will play you a tune. Created by strategically laid “rumble strips” as a way of livening up journeys across the flat landscape, the novelty has worn thin for locals who say the constant droning melody is driving them mad. The tune […]

U.S. President Donald Trump attacked former FBI Director James Comey on Friday as a “weak and untruthful slime ball,” reacting to news accounts that cite Comey as searingly critical of the president in a memoir due to be published next week. “It was my great honor to fire James Comey!” Trump said in a series […]

Israeli troops shot and wounded 30 Palestinians during a large protest on the Gaza-Israel border on Friday in which demonstrators hurled stones and burning tyres near the frontier fence, Palestinian medics said. Some in the Gaza crowd threw firebombs and an explosive device, according to the Israeli military. Thousands of Palestinians arrived at tented camps […]

The government has a comprehensive strategy to address and eliminate risks to flight safety in the Nicosia flight information region (FIR), stemming from Turkey’s continuous illegal actions, government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said on Friday. Speaking on the sidelines of a flight safety seminar organised by the Mediterranean Flight Safety Foundation and the European Association of […]

Banks in Cyprus, Greece and Portugal may need further reserve build-up, as coverage is not much above the 44.5 per cent EU average despite riskier market characteristics, Fitch ratings agency said in a report. According to the report, asset quality at EU banks is likely to continue improving in 2018 and 2019, helped by economic […]

A man in northeastern China who always wanted to own an aircraft is doing the next best thing: building a full-scale replica of an Airbus A320 jet. Zhu Yue, an aviation buff who worked as a welder and an auto mechanic, spent months studying plane models and technical drawings before he started building a homemade […]

  One of the primary goals of a new platform launched on Friday by the Cyprus investment and promotion agency (Cipa) is to bring Cypriot professionals back to their home country by connecting them with companies offering jobs on the island. Dubbed ‘Invest Career’, the initiative stemmed from the realization that companies wanted to recruit […]