2 h. ago Liverpool parade driver ploughed into crowds ‘in a rage’, prosecutors say ahead of sentencing

A British man who injured more than 130 people by ploughing his car into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans during May’s Premier League victory parade did so simply because he lost his temper, prosecutors said on Monday as his sentencing hearing began. Paul Doyle, 54, last month pleaded guilty to 31 charges, including nine […]

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3 h. ago Cyprus records low education dropout rate among young people

Young in people in Cyprus were less likely than most of their European peers to drop out of formal education or training during 2024, according to Eurostat, highlighting the island’s relatively strong performance within the European Union. Across the EU, 14.2 per cent of people aged 15 to 34 reported that they had left formal […]

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8 h. ago Police investigate deaths of filmmaker Rob Reiner and wife as apparent homicide

Actor-director and political activist Rob Reiner and his wife were found dead in their Los Angeles home on Sunday, and police detectives are investigating the circumstances as an apparent homicide, city officials said. While police declined to publicly identify the two people found deceased, Mayor Karen Bass and California Governor Gavin Newsom each released statements […]

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9 h. ago After Bondi shooting, Australia reopens question of gun licence limits

After Australia’s worst mass shooting in 1996, it took the government 12 days to ban semi-automatic weapons, organise a gun buyback scheme and introduce a licensing system to weed out people considered unfit to carry a weapon. Sunday’s shooting at a Jewish celebration in Sydney’s Bondi Beach, which left 15 people dead as well as […]

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20 h. ago Gunmen kill 11 at Australia’s Bondi Beach Jewish holiday event

Gunmen opened fire at a Jewish holiday celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday, killing at least 11 people in what Australian officials described as a targeted antisemitic attack. One of the suspected gunmen was also killed. Asecond gunman was in critical condition and police were investigating whether a third attacker was involved, New South […]

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32 h. ago Brown University shooting leaves 2 dead, 9 critically injured, killer on the loose

More than 400 law enforcement personnel were deployed on Saturday as police sought the suspect in a shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island that left two students dead and another nine people wounded at the Ivy League school, officials said. The Providence university remained in lockdown hours after a suspect with a firearm entered […]

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34 h. ago Millions exit and enter EU job market despite steady headline data

Eurostat reported this week that millions of people across the EU moved between employment, unemployment and inactivity between the second and third quarters of 2025, offering a clearer picture of the scale and direction of labour market flows at a time of relative macroeconomic stability. Eurostat said that “3.1 million unemployed people in the EU […]

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47 h. ago Israel kills senior Hamas commander, Raed Saed, in Gaza strike

The Israeli military killed senior Hamas commander Raed Saed, one of the architects of the October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel, in a strike on a car in Gaza City on Saturday, several Israeli media outlets reported, citing sources. The attack killed four people and wounded at least 25 others, according to Gaza health authorities. […]

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3 d. ago Still no deal on European fighter jets after ministerial talks, sources say

Defence ministers from Germany, France and Spain have pushed discussions on a troubled European fighter jets project towards government leaders meeting next week after inconclusive talks in Berlin, people briefed on the matter said. Boris Pistorius of Germany, Catherine Vautrin of France and Spain’s Margarita Robles met in Berlin on Thursday to discuss the fate […]

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3 d. ago New health minister aims to attract more young people into nursing

New Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides on Friday said he aims to attract more young people into the nursing profession. “The goal is to encourage young people to choose a profession of high scientific value, with excellent employment prospects, and a decisive contribution to public health,” he told nurses’ trade union Pasynm’s annual conference. He described […]

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3 d. ago Romania finds two masseuses with leprosy, first cases in 40 years

Romania said it had found two masseuses with leprosy at a spa in the northwestern city of Cluj, the European Union state’s first confirmed cases of the disease in more than 40 years. Two more people were being tested and the two confirmed cases – both Indonesian nationals aged 21 and 25 – were being […]

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3 d. ago Cyprus labour market stays strong as EU employment holds steady

Eurostat on Friday reported that the EU employment rate for people aged 20 to 64 held steady at 76.2 per cent in the third quarter of 2025. This latest release comes shortly after recent state statistical service (Cystat) data showing that Cyprus is performing far above the EU average in employment, yet facing a slight […]

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3 d. ago Cyprus’ youth fitness crisis: Why the science leaves no room for delay

Across Europe, children today are moving less, exercising less, and presenting lower levels of physical fitness than any generation before them. Cyprus mirrors this trend with troubling accuracy. As a sports scientist working daily with young people, I see that this decline is not merely physical – it affects their confidence, their emotional balance, their […]

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4 d. ago Torrential rain flooded Gaza tents and a baby died of exposure, medics say

The civil defense service said most of the tent encampments across the enclave were flooded, and it received more than 2,500 calls for help. Some of the belongings of displaced people were seen floating on top of pools of rainwater. A U.N. report said 761 displacement sites hosting about 850,000 people are at high risk […]

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4 d. ago Two arrested in Larnaca for possession of stolen goods, drugs, weapons

Two people have been arrested in Larnaca in connection with the illegal possession of property, drugs and an offensive instrument, police said on Thursday. According to the police, the incident occurred at around 3.30am when officers spotted a car moving suspiciously in the Tsakilero area of Larnaca. When officers signalled for the driver to pull […]

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4 d. ago Australia’s social media youth ban draws US applause, UN warning, and global debate

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Thursday took aim at young people parading themselves on social media a day after a world-first ban on under-16s went live, saying the rollout was always going to be bumpy but would ultimately save lives. A day after the law took effect with bipartisan support from the major political […]

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4 d. ago Tatar on election defeat: Turkish Cypriots did not accept being directed by others

Former Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Thursday evaluated the landslide election defeat which saw him removed from office in October, saying that the Turkish Cypriot people had refused to be “directed by others”. “The Turkish Cypriots are a free and self-determining people. They said, ‘we will never accept being directed by others’,” he told […]

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5 d. ago Cabinet approves bill for creation of national ambulance agency

Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill which foresees the creation of a national ambulance agency. The move was announced by Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides, who said that it “aims to fill the legislative gap in the provision of pre-hospital care”. “The passage of this bill into law will ensure that people who face a sudden […]

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5 d. ago At least 19 killed in collapse of two buildings in Morocco’s Fes, state news agency says

At least 19 people were killed and 16 injured early on Wednesday by the collapse of two buildings in Morocco’s northeastern city of Fez, a former capital, the state news agency said. Local authorities in the Fez prefecture reported two adjacent four-storey buildings had collapsed overnight, the state news agency said. The buildings were inhabited by eight families and […]

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5 d. ago Charge d’Affaires a.i. of the Chinese Embassy in Cyprus Zhou Yunliang Attends the CUT Chinese Ambassador’s Fund Grant Ceremony_Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China

Charge d’Affaires a.i. of the Chinese Embassy in Cyprus Zhou Yunliang Attends the CUT Chinese Ambassador’s Fund Grant Ceremony_Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China  fmprc.gov.cn

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