Новости за 02.08.2019

Singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty in New York on Friday to charges that he ran a criminal scheme that recruited women and underage girls to have sex with him, isolating them and often controlling what they ate and when they went to the bathroom. One of Kelly’s lawyers, Douglas...

U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky and two of his friends were released from custody in Sweden on Friday three days into their highly publicised assault trial, a development hailed by President Donald Trump who had tried to intervene in the case. The judge, Per Lennerbrant, said the three were free to...

Six British tourists were rescued from a sinking speed boat just off the old port in Limassol, police said on Friday. According to authorities, the six individuals were spotted at approximately 4pm, when a boat from the port authority went out for its rounds. Police saw that the speed boat...

Disy decided on Friday that their candidate for Famagusta mayor would be Ambassador Pavlos Anastasiades, a statement from the party said, while main opposition Akel looked set to support Diko pick Simos Ioannou. In their announcement the ruling party said they had picked someone from among the list of potential...

Rory Burns smashed an unbeaten maiden test century as England gained the upper hand in the first Ashes test by finishing day two on 267-4, trailing Australia by just 17 runs on Friday. Jason Roy’s first Ashes innings never really got going as he was out for 10, before Joe...

Owners of skip waste containers said Friday they would announce their next move after they were told during a meeting with Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis that there would be no change to the high cost of disposing of the waste they collect. At the moment, the sole collection centre in...

Congolese authorities were racing to contain an Ebola epidemic on Thursday, after a gold miner with a large family contaminated several people in the east’s main city of Goma before dying of the hemorrhagic fever, officials said. The government’s Ebola response coordinator Jean-Jacques Muyembe said an estimated half of cases...

Dozens of dogs have been microchipped since the first day of the new programme, the minister of agriculture said on Friday. The four-month scheme began on Thursday as a means to tackle animal welfare issues, reduce stray dogs and avoid dog theft. “More than 25,000 dogs will be micro-chipped with...

A Spanish charity rescue boat sought safe port on Friday after Italy rejected its request to disembark 124 people saved from two migrant rafts in the Mediterranean, the organisation said. Non-governmental organisation (NGO) rescue boats have largely disappeared from the Mediterranean over the last year as governments have tightened controls....

Manchester United have reached an agreement with Leicester City to sign centre-back Harry Maguire with a transfer fee of 80 million pounds agreed, British media reports said on Friday. Should the deal go through, Maguire will become the most expensive defender in the world, surpassing the 75 million pounds Liverpool...

Turkey has started filling a huge hydroelectric dam on the Tigris river, a lawmaker and activists said, despite protests that it will displace thousands of people and risks creating water shortages downstream in Iraq. Citing satellite images, they said that water was starting to build up behind the Ilisu dam, a...

The Green Party on Friday the number of pets being abandoned as people go on holidays had increased dramatically. The party called on the public to ensure their pets were in safe hands, or in special pet hotels that meet the requirements of quality animal welfare if they are unable...

Besides tanning by the beach and putting your feet up, there’s one more thing August in Cyprus is known for and that’s the Perseid meteor showers. Every year, around the middle of the month dozens of falling meteors cross the sky, creating the falling starts effect. There’s a couple of...

Raging Siberian wildfires are forcing Russian oil firms to evacuate workers and suspend drilling, industry sources said, adding to challenges facing the world’s second-largest crude exporter which is already battling an oil contamination problem. Russian output fell to a near three-year low in early July after tainted oil was discovered in...

Paphos municipality has given the go-ahead for a new sculpture of a young girl with a hula hoop to be placed at the entrance of a recently created children’s playground in the heart of Paphos’ old town. The new work is the creation of renowned Paphos based artist, Yiota Ioannidou,...

Since her mother died last year, 74-year-old Lim Yeo Hong has been living alone in a flat on the outskirts of Singapore, scavenging for cardboard scraps which she sells for a living. The only time she meets anyone is once a month when she collects food from a charity. “There’s...

Police on Friday arrested the head of migrant rights group Kisa, Doros Polykarpou for allegedly hindering officers from carrying out their duties after they stopped a 16-year-old boy who police said was riding a stolen motorcycle. The incident took place at around 10.30am outside the offices of Kisa when traffic...

The 48-year-old man who was shot in the back on Wednesday evening outside a restaurant in Ypsonas is in critical condition in Nicosia general hospital after he underwent surgery to remove the bullet from his spine on Thursday, police spokesman Christos Andreou said on Friday. The removal of the bullet...

Open-air film screenings have become quite the phenomenon and the Cypriot summer hosts dozens of film nights under the evening sky. The K-Cineplex has joined in the fun this year with outdoor screenings at the Attikon in Paphos. “K cineplex is creating an exciting experience under the stars this summer,”...

Revenue from tourism decreased by 5.8 per cent in May compared to the corresponding month last year, the statistical services announced on Friday. On the basis of the results of a passenger survey, revenue from tourism reached €277.6 million in May 2019 compared to €294.7 million in May 2018. For...

Up to 100 protesters gathered outside parliament on Friday morning while an extraordinary House plenum session was underway inside to vote on a second veto by the president on changes to the law of foreclosures which seeks to prevent changes to existing legislation. The protesters, members of anti-foreclosures and borrowers’...

Parliament on Friday accepted a presidential veto to a bill amending the foreclosures law with potentially negative effects on banks and the economy and approved a compromise proposal designed to protect vulnerable borrowers. The bill in question had been passed by opposition parties on July 12 who said they wanted...

When it comes to giving your child the very best opportunity for the future, finding the right kindergarten really does matter. With our children being the most special things in our lives, it is only right that we worry when it is time for them to take their first steps...

Seven people were arrested in Larnaca on Thursday during a crackdown by the drug squad on possession of illegal drugs. In a series of searches lasting from 4.30 pm on Thursday until 2 am on Friday, 44 cars and 135 persons were searched. Seven people were arrested for possessing small...

North Korea fired missiles for the third time in eight days on Friday, a series of launches that analysts say are designed to improve military capabilities and pressure the United States and South Korea as they seek to restart denuclearisation talks. US officials, who have been hoping to revive the stalled talks with North Korea,...