27 h. ago Conference commits over €10 billion to Ukraine rebuilding, Italy says

Participants in a Rome conference on the economic recovery of Ukraine have pledged over €10 billion ($11.7 billion) to help the war-torn country, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday. The conference, attended by political leaders including Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, is taking place against a backdrop of further intense drone and missile attacks […]

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33 h. ago Russia’s attack on Kyiv kills two as US resumes arms deliveries to Ukraine

Russian drones and missiles bore down on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv early on Thursday, with officials reporting two deaths, 13 injured and fires in apartment and non-residential buildings as Washington resumed weapons delivery tothe war-torn country. It was also the latest in Russia’s escalating attacks with hundreds of drones and missiles straining Ukrainian air […]

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53 h. ago All Aboard! Sail From Cyprus To Lebanon In Just 4 Hours Via New Ferry Cruise

All Aboard! Sail From Cyprus To Lebanon In Just 4 Hours Via New Ferry Cruise  Curly Tales

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54 h. ago Fresh delays hit Cyprus LNG terminal project while FSRU awaits ‘missing components’

Fresh delays hit Cyprus LNG terminal project while FSRU awaits ‘missing components’  Tradewinds News

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2 d. ago Audit service calls for creation of political parties register

A special report by the Audit Office on Tuesday revealed missing records and a lack of transparency in the operation of 12 non-parliamentary political parties between 2016 and 2021 and called for the establishment of a comprehensive register of parties. According to the report, some parties did not have an official website nor file a […]

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3 d. ago Two crew dead, at least two wounded in attack on Greek vessel in Red Sea

Two crew members of the Liberian-flagged, Greek-operated bulk carrier Eternity C were killed in a drone and speedboat attack off Yemen on Monday evening, Liberia’s shipping delegation told a meeting of the International Maritime Organisation on Tuesday. The deaths on the vessel, the first involving shipping in the Red Sea since June 2024, bring the […]

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3 d. ago Athens closes the Acropolis and Cyprus face 'Titanic battle' with wildfires while search for Brit missing on holiday island enters 12th day as brutal 42C heatwave scorches Greece

Athens closes the Acropolis and Cyprus face 'Titanic battle' with wildfires while search for Brit missing on holiday island enters 12th day as brutal 42C heatwave scorches Greece  Daily Mail

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3 d. ago Hopes fade for missing Texas flood victims as death toll hovers around 100

Search teams plodded through muddy riverbanks and flew aircraft over flood-ravaged central Texas on Monday as hopes dimmed of finding survivors among dozens still missing from a disaster that has claimed at least 96 lives, many of them children. Three days after a torrential predawn downpour transformed the Guadalupe River into a raging, killer torrent, […]

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3 d. ago Houthis claim first ship sinking this year in Red Sea attack

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday that a cargo ship they struck with gunfire, rockets and explosive-laden remote-controlled boats had sunk in the Red Sea, after their first known attack on the high seas this year. The ship’s Greek operator Stem Shipping told Reuters it had no independent verification. Reuters could also not immediately verify […]

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4 d. ago Sacked Russian transport minister found dead in his car with gunshot wound

Russia’s sacked transport minister has been found dead in his car outside Moscow with a gunshot wound and the principal hypothesis is that he took his own life, state investigators said on Monday, hours after President Vladimir Putin fired him. A presidential decree published earlier on Monday gave no reason for the dismissal of Roman […]

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4 d. ago AI and radar breathe new life Into Cyprus' search for the missing

AI and radar breathe new life Into Cyprus' search for the missing  Kathimerini.com.cy

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4 d. ago TechIsland launches initiative to support legal professionals in tech sector

TechIsland, Cyprus’ largest technology association, on Monday announced the creation of the TechIsland Legal Community. According to the announcement, this is a new professional initiative dedicated to lawyers, legal advisors, and compliance professionals operating in the country’s fast-growing tech sector. “As part of its broader mission to strengthen Cyprus’ position as a regional tech hub, […]

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6 d. ago At least 24 dead in Texas flash flooding; two dozen young campers missing

Torrential rains unleashed flash floods along the Guadalupe River in Texas on Friday, killing at least 24 people as rescue teams scrambled to save dozens of victims trapped by high water or reported missing in the disaster, local officials said. Among the missing were 23 to 25 people listed as unaccounted for at an all-girls […]

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8 d. ago Four dead, 38 missing after ferry sinks near Indonesia’s Bali

Four people died, 38 were missing and 23 survived after a ferry carrying 65 people sank near the Indonesian island of Bali, the country’s Search and Rescue agency said on Thursday. The KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya sank almost half an hour after leaving East Java province’s Banyuwangi port on its way to Bali late on […]

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8 d. ago Heatwave across Europe leaves 8 dead as early summer temperatures hit records

Four people died in Spain, two in France and two in Italy as an early summer heatwave continued to grip much of Europe on Wednesday, triggering health alerts and forest fires and forcing the closure of a nuclear reactor at a Swiss power plant. Spanish officials said a wildfire in Catalonia had killed two people […]

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9 d. ago US halts some missile shipments to Ukraine over low stockpiles

The Pentagon has halted some shipments of air defense missiles and other precision munitions to Ukraine over concerns that U.S. stockpiles are too low, two people familiar with the decision said on Tuesday. The slowing of some weapons shipments promised to Kyiv by former President Joe Biden’s administration came in recent days, they said, adding […]

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1 week ago Freedom of expression under fire: Turkish cartoonists arrested over prophet imagery

Turkish authorities detained three cartoonists over a satirical drawing published by weekly magazine Leman that seemed to depict Prophets Moses and Muhammad shaking hands in the sky, while missiles flew below in a scene resembling war. The cartoon, widely seen as a commentary on religious harmony in contrast to conflict on Earth, drew strong condemnation […]

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1 week ago Two firefighters killed in Idaho shooting, shelter in place lifted

Two firefighters were shot dead while responding to a fire in northern Idaho and the body of a man was later found with a gun nearby, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office said on Sunday, as it lifted a shelter-in-place order. Sheriff Bob Norris had earlier said law enforcement officers and firefighters were taking sniper fire […]

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1 week ago Ayia Napa beach theft leaves tourist missing €11,000 in jewellery

A man has reported a theft of valuables from his beach bag while enjoying the seaside in Ayia Napa, raising concerns over rising thefts at popular resorts. The 36-year-old holidaymaker told police the incident happened on Saturday, between 11am and 3pm. He had left his bag on the beach in the Famagusta district. Inside was […]

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1 week ago Mission criticism in Cyprus as villagers watch RAF planes depart for Middle East wars

Mission criticism in Cyprus as villagers watch RAF planes depart for Middle East wars  thenationalnews.com

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