Russia’s Nord Stream 2 said on Saturday it planned to start laying pipes in Germany’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) this year, confirming its intention to resume work on the stalled Moscow-backed gas pipeline to Europe. It said its plan envisaged laying a 2.6 kilometre (1.62 miles) section of each line...
Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine producer, sees AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate as a “very good” option, giving it a major vote of confidence after some experts raised questions around its trial data. Serum Institute of India (SII), which has partnered with the British drugmaker to conduct...
Dollar weakness has shored up the British pound this week, analysts said, but Brexit, combined with an expected push by some Scottish leaders for independence are expected to make sterling volatile. “Deal or no deal, there’s sure to be chaos early next year. If that encourages people to vote to...
An epic story, seen through the eyes of the king of the resident golden baboons in Zambia’s Luangwa Valley – one of Africa’s last true wildernesses. Despite the idyllic setting, beneath this tranquil scene, is a concentration of animal drama found nowhere else in Africa.
Phishing has gotten lean and mean, and, in some cases, diabolically clever. By now, most of us know better than to trust that marvellous Nigerian fellow who needs you – and only you – to receive all this money just found. So much of phishing, the art of extracting personal...
With its political and economic ramifications, the schism within the Orthodox church is about much more than religion, and Cyprus has been caught up in the maelstrom Once again, Cyprus was in the frontline of an international struggle, last week – although this time, it had little to do with...
Frank Lampard has pledged not to take offence at any managerial run-ins with Jose Mourinho. Chelsea manager Lampard will go up against his former Blues boss and current Tottenham head coach Mourinho in Sunday’s Premier League London derby at Stamford Bridge. The two London bosses have already butted heads several...
A Singaporean woman, who was infected with the novel coronavirus in March when she was pregnant, has given birth to a baby with antibodies against the virus, offering a new clue as to whether the infection can be transferred from mother to child. The baby was born this month without...
Britain has secured two million doses of Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, to be available in Europe as early as the spring, the government said on Sunday, in addition to the 5 million doses it secured from the U.S. company two weeks ago. The new deal came a day after...
Not sure when last you drove on the fairly newly constructed road leading from the University of Cyprus through Aglandjia. The construction, at a cost of a couple of million euros, has widened the road from one lane both ways to two lanes. To my astonishment, those caught using the left lane...
The contempt and callousness of the representative of the neo-sultan Erdogan in Cyprus, Ersin Tatar, have no limits. He makes his statement in front of the ruins of Varosha which should have been an embarrassment to any civilised person. This attitude is an affront to all Cypriots and the international...
I must take issue with some of the assertions of George Koumoullis in his article titled ‘The Annan plan doesn’t look so bad now’, (Sunday Mail, November 22). In his opinion, the rejection of the Annan plan will result in the same disaster as the Asia Minor catastrophe of 1922....