Rains returned to Rio Grande do Sul on Friday as the death toll from historic floods in Brazil’s southernmost state reached 113, with 146 people still unaccounted for, local authorities said. The heavy rainfall, linked to this year’s strong El Niño current meeting other weather fronts caused several rivers and lakes in the region to reach their highest levels everand burst...
British opposition leader Keir Starmer pledged on Friday to “smash the gangs” who bring asylum seekers to Britain in boats, saying a Labour government would hire hundreds of enforcement officials and use counterterrorism powers to target them. Accusing the Conservative government of “gesture politics” and rubbishing its plans to send...
South Africa has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order Israel to withdraw from Rafah as part of additional emergency measures over the war in Gaza, the U.N.’s top court said on Friday. In the ongoing case brought by South Africa, which accuses Israel of acts of genocide...
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan were greeted with wild cheers, song and dance as they visited a school to talk about mental health in Nigeria’s capital Abuja on Friday and the Duke of Sussex later met wounded soldiers in northern Kaduna. The couple are on their first trip to Africa’s most...
A Greek appeals court has sentenced a man who worked for a Turkish consulate to five years in prison on spying charges, legal sources said on Friday, in a case that had strained relations between the NATO allies. The man, a Greek national employed with the Turkish consulate on the...
At least 60 people were injured on Friday when a seven-car passenger train collided with a locomotive and an empty train car in Buenos Aires, local authorities said, without giving details of how serious the injuries were. Firefighters, police and ambulances were at the scene, helping evacuate people and take...
Italy’s Health Ministry has updated its guidelines on medically assisted reproduction, allowing access for women who requested the procedure with their male partner but who have since become separated or widowed. Predominantly Roman Catholic Italy has strict rules on in vitro fertilization, or IVF, procedures. They are generally restricted to...
By Robert Morgan Police on Friday are investigating an online fraud case, after a woman said she was scammed out of thousands of euros. The unknown persons told the woman, 56, to open a digital wallet at a cryptocurrency exchange and then buy and sell various products, paid for with...
An Israeli strike on a village in south Lebanon killed a Lebanese technician contracted by a telecoms company to fix a phone tower, Lebanon’s telecoms minister told Reuters on Friday. The same strike also killed a medic from a civilian rescue force affiliated with the Amal Movement, an ally of...
Professional soldiers received a pay rise after cabinet approved a proposal made by Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Friday. They will now be on the public sector A2-A5-A7 scale, meaning those at the bottom of the scale will now earn an absolute minimum of €15,109 per year, while those at...
Under the title Intended /Unattended, Cypriot artist Stelios Ermogenides presents his latest body of work at IsNotGallery. Set to open next week in the capital, the exhibition will run from May 17 to June 3 featuring 20 artworks. The works deal with the pluralism of existence and the parts that...
The future of the maritime industry is set to be a focal point at the Poseidonia 2024 World Expo, where a wide range of critical industry issues will be analysed by representatives and experts. The event, which will take place from June 3 to 7 in Athens, Greece, will feature...
Cyprus has the highest rate of healthcare-associated infections of any country in the European Union, according to a report published by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). A total of 13.8 per cent of patients in Cyprus have at least one healthcare-associated infection, the technical term for...
The death of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou in 2005 was a result of strangulation and not suicide, a judge ruled on Friday. Judge Doria Varoshiotou announced her ruling in the Nicolaou inquiry to a packed courtroom as a number of demonstrators with banners gathered outside Limassol’s district court. As she...
The cost of coffee fell in Cyprus between March 2023 and March 2024, according to the European Union’s statistical service Eurostat. On average, coffee cost 2.3 per cent less in March this year than it did 12 months prior, with Cyprus being one of 12 EU member states to see...
As the public waited the verdict as to whether national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou committed suicide or was murdered in 2005, the court reading painted a horrific picture of army life for the young Australian Cypriot. Thanasis Nicolaou was found dead under Alassa bridge in September 2005. He was 26. Forensic...
Two new electric vehicle charging points were opened in Nicosia on Friday. The charging points are both located in the city centre, with one in the car park atop the Tripoli bastion on the city’s walls, and the other in the car park in the moat near the D’Avila bastion....
Cyprus’ trade deficit narrowed sharply in the first quarter of this year annually, mainly reflecting the deceleration in prices and inflation, according to a report by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). According to the report, the trade deficit stood at €1.7 billion for the January-March 2024 period, compared to €2.56...
Numerous brands are now working in the demanding marketplace where consumers are becoming more and more environmentally-conscious. Packing papers play a crucial role in making this happen. They also provide a significant contribution to the brand image of putting the company and the product in line with the consumer’s orientation...
A serious workforce shortage is rocking the healthcare industry worldwide, and it has been one of the biggest constraints to achieving future health and development goals. Pandemic and post-pandemic aftershocks have further brought these issues to the surface. Challenges from this crisis will persist for the foreseeable future, whereby the...
The Cyprus Anti-Cancer Society and German Oncology Center are strengthening their cooperation, having signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), focused on cancer patients’ needs. Through their closer cooperation, specialised services to patients of the German Oncology Centre will be further enhanced, with the aim of providing comprehensive and multidisciplinary care...
By Robert Morgan The federation of Larnaca parents associations expressed “sadness and indignation” over the Holy Saturday vandalism of Livadia’s primary school on Friday. The government must act now to prevent a repeat of this vandalism, the statement said. “The need for the implementation of appropriate measures by the...
Cyprus’ tourism revenue surged by 15 per cent year-on-year in February 2024, marking a significant recovery following a slight 0.9 per cent dip in the first month of the year, according to a report released on Friday by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). The report, which utilised data collected by...
A 73-year-old man has been jailed by the Famagusta district court for six months for the illegal employment of a foreign worker, it was announced on Friday. The man had been sentenced last June to four months in prison suspended for three years. The four-month sentence was activated after he...
Borussia Dortmund will not go easy at Mainz 05 in the Bundesliga on Saturday as they look to maintain rhythm ahead of the Champions League final, coach Edin Terzic said on Friday. Dortmund are fifth in the Bundesliga with two games left, having already secured their Champions League participation next...