Новости за 05.09.2018

  By Jonathan Stempel Roy Moore, the former US Senate candidate from Alabama, on Wednesday filed a $95 million defamation lawsuit against Sacha Baron Cohen, claiming he was duped into appearing on the British comedian’s Showtime series “Who Is America?” and falsely portrayed as a sex offender. Moore, a Republican and former chief justice of […]

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he did not discuss assassinating Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, disputing an account in a forthcoming book by journalist Bob Woodward. Trump, speaking to reporters during a visit with Kuwaiti ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, said a possible assassination was “never even discussed.” “That was never even contemplated, […]

Germany are a world-class team despite their early World Cup exit but France should have the advantage when the sides meet on Thursday, French coach Didier Deschamps said on Wednesday. The French, who won their second world title in July, take on hosts Germany in the inaugural Nations League competition, their first game since the […]

Teachers on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to authorise their unions to take any measures they see fit, including strike action, in their ongoing dispute with the government over their employment terms. Members of the three unions of the primary and secondary education sectors, Poed, Oelmek, and Oltek, authorised their representatives by majorities exceeding 90 per cent […]

  The number of registered unemployed fell in August by 937 to 23,866 in a month or 23 per cent compared to a year before, the statistical service said. The seasonally adjusted number of persons out of work last month fell by 631 to 25,318, Cystat said in a statement on its website. The decline […]

A six-year-old boy was rushed to Makarios children’s hospital from Paphos on Wednesday in a comatose condition, believed to have been induced by pesticide he had swallowed. Police said the child had been initially rushed to Paphos general hospital A&E where doctors decided to transfer him to Nicosia due to the severity of his condition. […]

Two pianists, Martino Tirimo and Atsuko Kawakami, will join their talents and pianos for three performances as part of the Kypria International Festival 2018. The performances, under the name The Dance In The Music, are being held in memory of pianist Nicholas Economou, on the occasion of 25 years since his death. The pianists will […]

US President Donald Trump might not consider the 2018 NFL season opener Thursday appointment television, especially after core sponsor and uniform provider Nike announced an agreement with out-of-work quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Trump, who described the renewal of Nike’s “Just Do It” campaign with Kaepernick as a “terrible message,” dug in again via Twitter on Wednesday. […]

Following are some of the many possible contenders to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as EU chief executive after elections to the European Parliament in May. Aside from electoral uncertainty, it is also unclear that national leaders will follow Parliament’s call for them to pick a European Commission president from among the lead candidates — or Spitzenkandidaten […]

England batsman Alastair Cook cried when he broke the news of his retirement to his team-mates but said on Wednesday that burn-out was not behind his decision to bring the curtain down on his international career after more than a decade. The 33-year old opener announced on Monday that he was retiring from England duty […]

Europe Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjorn loaded his team with experience when he named Paul Casey, Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter and Henrik Stenson as his four wildcards picks for this month’s match against the United States in Paris. With five rookies having already booked their places automatically through the European and World Points standings, Denmark’s […]

Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party is strongly committed to the mainstream conservative group in the European Parliament for elections next year, a top official said, but will still pursue common causes with the likes of Italy’s far-right League. Right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban agreed last week with League leader Matteo Salvini to press their anti-immigration agenda […]

The government decided on Wednesday to step up measures in a bid to tackle the increased inflow of migrants and refugees, mostly from war-torn Syria, including readmission agreements with neighbouring countries and increased surveillance of the buffer zone. The matter was discussed during a meeting between the ministers of interior, justice, foreign affairs and labour. […]

If a legal case involving Mauritius and Britain is successful before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Cyprus and other former colonies will have a very significant legal weapon in their hands, the attorney-general, Costas Clerides, told the Cyprus New Agency on Wednesday. The dispute between the Britain and Mauritius concerns what the […]

The acting chairman of the former Cyprus Co-operative Bank Giorgos Hadjinikolas said on Wednesday that the bank went down because its initial restructuring plan did not allow it to operate as a single entity. Hadjinikolas, who was testifying at the committee probing the causes that led to the breakdown of the state-owned bank into which […]

  The acting chairman of the former Cyprus Co-operative Bank Giorgos Hadjinikolas said that the bank went down because its initial restructuring plan did not allow it to operate as a single entity, the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reported on Wednesday. Hadjinikolas, who was testifying at the committee probing the causes that led to the breakdown […]

Top executives from Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc will defend their companies in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday over what lawmakers see as a failure to combat continuing foreign efforts to influence U.S. politics. Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, who will testify alongside Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey, will acknowledge to the Senate Intelligence […]

Six Israeli visitors, three adults with three children, who were on a rented a boat crashed onto a rocky area in Peyia in the early afternoon of Wednesday. The visitors crashed due to strong winds close to Ayios Georgios in Peyia in Paphos. Local police went to the area to help the six passengers get […]

The officers who were seriously injured in the shootings of May 5 in Ypsonas, Giorgos Georgiou and Christis Nicolaou, met with President Nicos Anastasiades at the presidential palace on Wednesday. Speaking after the meeting, Georgiou – who was shot in the chest – said that the two officers had been invited by the president and […]

  The council of ministers decided on Wednesday to ban state-broadcaster CyBC from airing paid advertising spots and engaging in telemarketing, the Press and Information Office (PIO) said. “The council of ministers also approved an increase of the (government) grant to CyBC in the 2019 budget to offset the loss of revenue from advertising and approved a […]

Increased numbers of Greek Cypriots buying cheap petrol and other items in the north following the fall in the Turkish lira has prompted the customs department to recently reissue the contents of the Green Line regulations on their website. Though people have bought medicine and other items for years for their own use, often without […]

Former England captain David Beckham revealed on Wednesday that his Major League Soccer team (MLS) will be called Club Internacional de Futbol Miami, or Inter Miami. The club also unveiled its crest, a circular logo including two great white herons — an emblem it says celebrates Miami’s “international, diverse, inclusive, creative and ambitious spirit.” Beckham […]

British prosecutors on Wednesday charged two Russians for the attempted murder of a former Russian spy and his daughter with a nerve agent, naming suspects for the first time in a case that has caused one of the biggest East-West rifts in decades. Sergei Skripal, a former Russian military intelligence officer who betrayed dozens of […]

Turkey hopes a summit with Iranian and Russian leaders in Tehran on Friday will avert a Syrian government offensive on the rebel-held Idlib enclave and prevent a new influx of refugees to Turkey, President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying. Russia, an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, resumed air strikes against insurgents in Idlib on […]

The 59-year-old actor was recently accused of sex abuse by a man, who claimed the incident took place in West Hollywood in October 1992, but Los Angeles prosecutors said on Tuesday (04.09.18) that they could not take the case any further because too much time has passed since the alleged incident happened. However, the investigation […]