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By Xanthi Andrianou and Konstantinos Christos Makris  Environment, climate change and health: what do we know? Since the 1950s, systematic human activities have caused the exponential growth of key global ecological drivers of planetary health: disruption of the global climatic balance, environmental pollution, rapid biodiversity loss and resource scarcity. These are all linked with global […]

Monaco earned the first point of their disappointing Champions League campaign on Wednesday in their first European outing under Thierry Henry but their 1-1 draw at Club Brugge still left both sides with little chance of making the knockout stages. Both Monaco, semi-finalists just two seasons ago, and their Belgian opponents face missing out on […]

Radisson Blu Hotel and Q-Βlu Plaza shopping centre has reshaped and added a new identity to the Larnaca port area, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday at the inauguration of the hotel. Anastasiades said that this “grand development project” has brought tax revenues to Larnaca and the state while also supporting the local community by creating hundreds of new […]

Captain Luuk De Jong struck a late equaliser for PSV Eindhoven as they drew 2-2 with Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday, a result that did little for either side’s Champions League ambitions. Hirving Lozano’s deflected effort gave PSV the lead after 30 minutes of the Group B clash but Lucas Moura equalised before halftime, and when […]

A 29-year-old woman from Somalia, who was granted asylum in Cyprus, was reunited this week with her six-year-old daughter after a three-year separation, it was announced on Wednesday. Mother and daughter were able to reunite through the efforts of the missions of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Cyprus and Somalia. Samia was reunited […]

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook on Wednesday said customer data was being “weaponised with military efficiency” by companies to increase profit and called for a federal privacy law in the United States. But Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended his company’s ad-based business model and said users were aware of a trade-off for free services. Cook, […]

A government bill allowing authorities to conduct phone surveillance is expected to be put to the vote towards the end of November, it emerged on Wednesday. House legal affairs chairman Giorgos Georgiou said parties will give their final positions on the matter on November 21 and then it will go to plenum. Georgiou said it […]

Sixteen communities in the Limassol district were left without electricity for several hours on Wednesday after bad weather damaged the EAC grid. EAC spokesperson, Christina Papadopoulou, told the Cyprus Mail that crews were working to restore the damage that affected the eastern mountainous areas of Limassol. Among the affected villages are Eptagonia, Parekklisia, Pyrgos Lemesou, […]

Sixteen communities in the Limassol district have been left without electricity for several hours after bad weather damaged the EAC grid. EAC spokesperson, Christina Papadopoulou, told the Cyprus Mail that crews are working to restore the damage that affected the eastern mountainous areas of Limassol. Among the affected villages are Eptagonia, Parekklisia, Pyrgos Lemesou, Sanida, […]

Police intercepted suspected bombs mailed to former U.S. President Barack Obama, former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and other high-profile Democrats in what New York officials described on Wednesday as an act of terrorism. With the country deeply polarized, the packages brought a new level of tension to Nov. 6 political contests that will decide whether […]

Federal authorities are investigating suspicious packages sent to the White House, former U.S. President Barack Obama and former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, the U.S. Secret Service and a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. A suspicious package addressed to the White House was intercepted at an off-site facility, the source told Reuters. […]

The UN secretary-general’s envoy, Jane Holl Lute, is to meet with the island’s two leaders on October 31, it was announced on Wednesday. A UN source confirmed reports in the north that Lute would arrive in Cyprus next Wednesday and is to meet with President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on the […]

European Union lawmakers moved on Wednesday to ban widely-used, throw-away plastics such as straws and cotton buds, and put a greater burden on manufacturers to recycle in an effort to clear up ocean pollution. Under the proposal, overwhelmingly backed by the European Parliament, 10 single-use plastic products with readily available alternatives would be banned by […]

The Cypriot economy is forecast to continue to grow at robust rates in 2018 and 2019, with real GDP expected to rise by 3.9 per cent and 3.5 per cent respectively, the University of Cyprus (UCy) said on Wednesday. According to UCy’s economics research centre, the main drivers of the outlook in 2018 and 2019 […]

President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday had separate meetings with the leaders of Diko and the Citizens’ Alliance to discuss proposals they had made as presidential candidates. Anastasiades will meet next week with Stavros Malas who was backed by Akel. Government spokesman, Prodromos Prodromou, said after the meetings that many of the proposals had already been […]

A government funding scheme offering assistance to farmers who fall victim to herds of crop-eating mouflons was approved by cabinet on Wednesday. One part of the scheme provides funding for fencing of agricultural land threatened by mouflons. A second part covers compensation for crop damage suffered and income lost by farmers. The scheme, which amounts […]

Eduardo Nunez slammed a three-run pinch hit homer and Andrew Benintendi collected four hits to power the Boston Red Sox to a 8-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game One of the World Series on Tuesday. The first World Series meeting between the two iconic franchises in 112 years had been a seesaw […]

Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci has said he would rather resign than table any model of a solution other than a federal system, Turkish Cypriot media reported on Wednesday. According to daily Kibris Postasi, Akinci made the statement during the visit of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to the north last April. The paper said […]

In the first 23 days of October Paphos police recorded a total of 1,651 cases of traffic code violations. Paphos police recorded 704 cases of speeding, 123 of mobile phone use while driving, and 239 cases where drivers were not wearing seat belts or safety helmets. Regarding high alcohol consumption, the police said checks showed […]

Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman vowed on Wednesday that the killers of Jamal Khashoggi would be brought to justice, in his first public comments since the journalist’s murder sparked global condemnation. Striking a defiant tone, Prince Mohammed told international investors at a major conference in Riyadh that the furore over Khashoggi’s killing […]

U.S. President Donald Trump said Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince bore ultimate responsibility for the operation that led to Jamal Khashoggi’s killing, and Turkish police were allowed to extend their probe at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. In his toughest comments yet, Trump told the Wall Street Journal he wanted to believe the prince when he […]

The cabinet on Wednesday decided to grant €2,000 in initial compensation to people whose properties were affected by Sunday’s whirlwind in Nicosia, Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides said. The whirlwind which hit the Ayii Trimithias area cause damage worth some €1.4m. Petrides said government crews have finished recording the damage inflicted on 165 homes, two shops, […]

Only one ticket matches all six numbers in the Mega Millions lottery draw in the United States for a jackpot worth a record-setting $1.6 billion, a lottery official said early on Wednesday. The ticket, sold in South Carolina, matched the five numbers 5, 28, 62, 65, 70 and the Mega Ball 5 that were drawn on Tuesday night, a […]

Classes were called off at Athens University of Economics and Business on Wednesday in a protest by staff about the increasing number of addicts injecting drugs at its entrance and in surrounding streets. The university’s senate said conditions around its building in central Athens posed a safety risk to students and staff, calling on state […]

  The low-pressure system, ‘Orestes’, that has swept over Greece bringing storms, hail and cold has already reached Cyprus, but is not expected to affect the island with the same intensity. “We should not expect any extreme weather phenomena,” said the director of the met service Kleanthis Nicolaides on Wednesday. Wednesday and Thursday will be […]