7 h. ago Australia plans tougher gun laws after police say father and son killed 15 at Bondi Beach

Australia vowed stricter gun laws on Monday as it began mourning victims of its worst mass shooting in almost 30 years, in which police accused a father and son of killing 15 people at a Jewish celebration at Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach. The older gunman, aged 50, was killed at the scene, taking the tally […]

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12 h. ago ‘Hero’ who disarmed Bondi gunman recovers in hospital as donations pour in

Donations for a Sydney man who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers during a mass shooting at Bondi Beach have surged past A$1.1 million ($744,000), as he recovers in hospital after surgery for bullet wounds. Forty-three-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim father-of-two, hid behind parked cars before charging at one of the […]

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15 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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18 h. ago Dead body found in Cyprus belonged to man who went missing in Turkey

A dead body found near Kyrenia on Sunday belonged to a man who had gone missing in Turkey almost two weeks prior. The body had been found on rocks in the sea off the coast of the Kyrenia district village of Vasileia on Sunday afternoon, with efforts immediately beginning to identify it. Late on Sunday […]

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20 h. ago Cyprus bank workers win pay boost and extra leave in landmark deal

Cyprus bank workers win pay boost and extra leave in landmark deal  Kathimerini

Economics

21 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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22 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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22 h. ago Police to release man detained over Brown University mass shooting

The man held as a “person of interest” in the Brown University shooting that left two students dead and nine injured will be released from custody, authorities said on Sunday night. Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez said earlier at a midday news conference that a man in his 20s had been taken into custody in […]

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33 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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45 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 […]

Events

59 h. ago US, Syrian forces wounded in attack on patrol in central Syria

As many as four U.S. service members were injured, including some critically, when an unidentified attacker opened fire on their patrol in the central Syrian town of Palmyra on Saturday, a U.S. official told Reuters. Syrian state news agency SANA quoted a security source as saying that two Syrian service personnel were injured and the […]

Events

63 h. ago Belarus frees Nobel winner Bialiatski, opposition figure Kalesnikava as US eases sanctions

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko freed 123 prisoners on Saturday including Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski and leading opposition figure Maria Kalesnikava after two days of talks with an envoy for President Donald Trump, a U.S. statement said. In return, the United States agreed to lift sanctions on Belarusian potash. Potash is a key component […]

Politics

64 h. ago NASA study shows how satellite ‘light pollution’ hinders space telescopes

An exponential increase in the number of satellites placed in low-Earth orbit has brought advances in telecommunications including broadband access in rural and remote areas worldwide. It also has caused a surge in light pollution in space that imperils the work done by orbiting astronomical observatories. A new NASA-led study focusing on four space telescopes […]

Technology

3 d. ago Berlin summons Russian ambassador over increase in hybrid attacks

Berlin has summoned Russia’s ambassador over what it said was a huge increase in threatening hybrid activities including disinformation campaigns, espionage, cyberattacks and attempted sabotage, a German foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday. “This morning we therefore summoned the Russian ambassador to the foreign office and made it clear that we are monitoring Russia’s actions […]

Politics

3 d. ago Paphos threatens to suspend over 3,000 unlicensed businesses

More than 3,000 establishments in Paphos face suspension for operating without the required licences, the municipality has warned. A physical inspection of business premises found that a wide range of operations – including banks, professional offices such as accounting, legal, architectural and medical practices, as well as workshops, shops, fast-food outlets and small recreational venues […]

Economics

3 d. ago Venezuela’s Nobel laureate Machado says she aims for peaceful transition after Maduro

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado said on Friday that Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro would leave power, whether there was a negotiated changeover or not, adding that she was focused on achieving a peaceful transition. The Venezuelan opposition leader arrived in Oslo early on Thursday, defying a decade-long travel ban imposed by authorities in […]

Politics

3 d. ago Fewest new buses in EU for Cyprus though renewal pace tops regional laggards

Cyprus’ bus fleet remained one of the smallest in the European Union in 2024, something which is commensurate with its size, of according to a report released on Friday by Eurostat. Specifically, Eurostat reported that there were 737,142 buses and motor coaches across the bloc, a total that includes trolleybuses, mini-buses and mini-coaches. Eurostat said […]

Politics

3 d. ago Central Bank of Cyprus keeps countercyclical buffer rate at 1.5 per cent

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) on Friday announced that it deemed it appropriate to maintain the countercyclical buffer (CCyB) rate at 1.5 per cent, effective as from January 14, 2026. The CBC’s decision to leave the countercyclical buffer rate unchanged at 1.5 per cent was made under the legal framework governing the oversight of […]

Sport

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 […]

Sport

3 d. ago Child in critical condition after being knocked off bicycle by car

A nine-year-old boy is in a critical condition at the Makarios children’s hospital in Nicosia after being knocked off his bicycle by a car on Thursday night. According to the police, the boy was attempting to ride his bicycle across a road in the Nicosia suburb of Pallouriotissa when he collided with a car being […]

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