Новости за 25.02.2019

By Letitia Stein A woman who worked on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign sued the president on Monday, accusing him of kissing her without consent before a 2016 rally in Tampa, Florida. Alva Johnson said in the lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Florida’s Middle District, that the alleged incident was “part of a pattern […]

By Ahmed Eljechtimi Britain’s Prince Harry and his pregnant wife Meghan wrapped up a visit to Morocco with a tea ceremony on Monday afternoon hosted by King Mohammed VI at a Royal palace in Sale, near Rabat. Harry handed the Moroccan monarch a letter from the queen before the tea ceremony during which Meghan, who […]

By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent Evidence for man-made global warming has reached a “gold standard” level of certainty, adding pressure for cuts in greenhouse gases to limit rising temperatures, scientists said on Monday. “Humanity cannot afford to ignore such clear signals,” the U.S.-led team wrote in the journal Nature Climate Change of satellite measurements of […]

THE two Cypriot leaders on Monday were given a slap on the wrist by the president of Europa Nostra, maestro Plácido Domingo, who called on them to discuss during their meeting on Tuesday the alarming state of heritage and historic buildings in the buffer zone of Nicosia. Previous calls to the two leaders went unheeded […]

By Evie Andreou and Elias Hazou The legal service on Monday said that it would study in detail within the coming days the opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, which found that the process of decolonisation of Mauritius was not lawfully completed when that country gained independence. The United Kingdom […]

The government is to compensate owners of homes affected by the land slippage in Pissouri, the head of the House interior committee, Andreas Kyprianou said on Monday. The problems caused by the land slippage to residents was discussed by the committee in the presence of House President, Demetris Syllouris, who had recently visited the area […]

The Supreme Court on Monday said that it would reserve its ruling to the appeal filed by daily Politis against an injunction forbidding it from publishing contents from the email account of state attorney Eleni Loizidou whose work emails were hacked in 2017 and published online. The case concerns published emails that showed Loizidou’s excessive zeal […]

Due to ever-growing competition, the state-run telecoms corporation said on Monday that it is generating smaller gross profits and surpluses, but is investing in cutting-edge technologies to stay in the game. “We face pressure in terms of competition and earnings. The path to the future is strewn with challenges, and we therefore need changes that […]

Britain’s opposition Labour Party will back a call for a second referendum on Brexit, its leader Jeremy Corbyn will tell his lawmakers on Monday. Parliament is due to debate and vote on Wednesday on the next steps in Britain’s tortuous departure from the European Union on Brexit, and lawmakers are expected to put down proposals, […]

The introduction of mandatory sex education in Britain, including teaching about same-sex relationships and transgender identity, has sparked a backlash from religious parents and faith schools that want to be able to opt out from the new rules. Sex education will become compulsory from the age of 12 in September 2020, according to new government […]

The health ministry on Monday recalled a batch of frozen cuttlefish after higher levels of cadmium were detected in it. The recall concerns frozen whole cleaned pharaoh cuttlefish, packed by Mintikkis. Consumers who bought the product are urged not to eat it and return it to the places where they bought it. The batch was […]

Germany and the Netherlands have benefited enormously from the euro over the 20 years since its launch, a study has found, while for almost every other member the single currency has been a serious drag on economic growth. The study, by the Centre for European Politics, a German thinktank, shows that the currency bloc’s most […]

The community leader of Denia village located in the Nicosia buffer zone said on Monday that armed Turkish soldiers threatened farmers over the weekend who had gone to their fields to check on their crops. The farmers had not visited their fields since last November when similar incidents took place, but concerns are expressed over the […]

The pharmaceutical association reasserted its support for the implementation of the National Health Scheme (Gesy), but noted that its members are concerned over changes in the system for compensation of pharmacists. The association decided in an extraordinary general assembly on Sunday that it will allow its negotiating team another two to three weeks to deliberate […]

The World Court on Monday backed Mauritius in a colonial-era dispute over the Chagos Islands, an Indian Ocean archipelago that is home to the Diego Garcia US military base, saying Britain’s handling of the decolonisation was “unlawful”. In a non-binding advisory opinion, the top United Nations court for disputes between states said Britain’s 1968 decolonization […]

A new record has been set for the UK’s warmest February day. The thermometer reached 20.3C (68.5F) at Trawsgoed in Ceredigion, west Wales, beating the previous record of 19.7C (67.4F) recorded in Greenwich in 1998. Meteorologists said it was the first time the temperature has exceeded 20C (68F) in winter. Announcing the new record, the […]

The relegation battle takes centre stage in the first part of a full midweek programme in the Premier League on Tuesday. Huddersfield are the only team in the bottom three in action, but the four teams immediately above the drop zone will all be looking to secure vital points and climb the table. Here, Press […]

The man arrested in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of his five-month-old daughter was released on Monday without being charged. The arrested man was brought before the Nicosia district court last week, which decided, in a closed-door hearing, to remand him for five days to facilitate police investigations. However, following later instructions by the […]

Police checked a total of 799 trucks and 39 buses during a week-long campaign carried out between February 18 and 24 and booked a total of 494 – more than 60 per cent – truck drivers for various traffic offences. The local campaign was part of a wider initiative by European Police Traffic Police Network […]

The rainy season 2018-2019 is the fourth heaviest since 1901, with reservoirs expected to continue to fill until the end of April even without additional rainfall. According to met office statistics, a total of 481.5mm of rainfall was recorded in the period October-January, with the highest figure of 197.3mm of rainfall recorded in January. This […]

Customs seized a total of 435 bundles of asparagus on Monday morning at the Ayios Dhometios checkpoint hidden in the trunk, between the seats and next to the engine of a car. The illegally imported asparagus and the vehicle, which is registered in the north, were seized by the customs department. The director of the […]

The A. G. Leventis Foundation and the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation announce the publication of a volume on the church of Panagia tou Arakos. The well-known church of Panagia tou Arakos, built at the end of the 12th century between the villages of Lagoudera and Saranti in Pitsilia area, is one of the most […]

Russian state television has listed US military facilities that Moscow would target in the event of a nuclear strike, and said that a hypersonic missile Russia is developing would be able to hit them in less than five minutes. The targets included the Pentagon and the presidential retreat in Camp David, Maryland. The report, unusual […]

Harry Kane lamented a missed opportunity for Tottenham to demonstrate their Premier League title credentials but vowed they will pick themselves up quickly. Spurs could have moved to within two points of Manchester City and Liverpool, who are now back on top of the table, with victory over Burnley at Turf Moor but slipped to a 2-1 […]

Britain said on Monday it plans to ban all wings of Hezbollah due to its destabilising influence in the Middle East, classing the Lebanese Islamist movement as a terrorist organisation. London had already proscribed Hezbollah’s external security unit and its military wing in 2001 and 2008 respectively, but now wants to outlaw its political arm […]