49 h. ago UK pollution fears ease after cargo ship crash, Russian captain still in detention

Fears of an environmental disaster eased on Wednesday, two days after a container ship ploughed into a stationary U.S. fuel tanker off northeast England, as the vessel’s owner said the detained captain was a Russian national. The Portuguese-flagged Solong had crashed with no obvious explanation into the larger Stena Immaculate, a tanker carrying jet fuel […]

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58 h. ago Captain arrested in UK ship crash is Russian national, owner says

The ship’s captain arrested in connection with a crash into a US flagged tanker off the coast of England is a Russian national, the German company which owns the vessel said on Wednesday. The Solong crashed into the Stena Immaculate, a tanker carrying jet fuel for the U.S. military, on Monday. A day later, British […]

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3 d. ago BirdLife calls on EAC after another rare vulture found electrocuted

BirdLife Cyprus on Tuesday morning said another vulture was found dead under a voltage power line of the electricity authority (EAC) in the Korfi area of Limassol. According to BirdLife, the two-year old male vulture showed “apparent burns and clear indications of electrocution to his body”. An autopsy was ordered to unambiguously determine the cause […]

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3 d. ago Fires burn after ships collide off UK, stoking fears over environment

Fires continued to burn on Tuesday after two ships collided off the coast of northeast England a day earlier, adding to concerns the jet fuel carried by one and toxic chemicals aboard the other could cause an environmental disaster. Following the crash, both crews abandoned their ships and 36 people were brought ashore, the coastguard […]

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4 d. ago Tanker, cargo ship collide off UK coast causing blaze and casualties

A chemical tanker and container ship collided off the northeastern coast of England on Monday causing a huge fire on at least one of the vessels and leading to numerous casualties. Authorities mounted an emergency response, and the coastguard agency said a helicopter, fixed-wing aircraft, lifeboats and nearby vessels with fire-fighting capability had all been […]

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6 d. ago At least 14 killed, 37 wounded in Russian missile strike on Ukraine, Kyiv says

At least 14 people were killed and 37 wounded, including five children, in Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine’s eastern city of Dobropillia and a settlement in Kharkiv region overnight, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said on Saturday. Russian forces attacked Dobropillia with ballistic missiles, multiple rockets, and drones, causing damage to eight multi-storey buildings […]

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6 d. ago EasyJet Flight from Egypt to Manchester Forced to Make Emergency Landing in Cyprus After Passenger Suffers Medical Emergency, Shocking Passengers and Causing Major Delays

EasyJet Flight from Egypt to Manchester Forced to Make Emergency Landing in Cyprus After Passenger Suffers Medical Emergency, Shocking Passengers and Causing Major Delays  Travel And Tour World

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7 d. ago Iran foreign ministry says violence in Syria may cause regional instability

Iran’s foreign ministry warned on Friday that violence in Syria could cause regional instability, state media reported, amid reports of fighting in western Syria. It was the first comment by Iran, which had long backed Syria’s ousted leader Bashar al-Assad, during the fighting between the Islamist-led government in Damascus and fighters believed to be from […]

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7 d. ago Liverpool coast as Forest lead charge of outsiders for European spots

Liverpool will likely move a provisional 16 points clear atop the Premier League on Saturday but while the title race looks like a procession the battle below them for European qualifying places is coming to the boil led by Nottingham Forest. Six points separate third-placed Forest and Aston Villa in 10th, while even the likes […]

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7 d. ago UEFA loses bid to throw out Liverpool fans’ lawsuit over 2022 Champions League final

European football’s governing body UEFA on Friday lost its bid to throw out lawsuits brought by hundreds of Liverpool fans who attended the 2022 Champions League final in Paris for personal injuries allegedly caused by chaos outside the stadium. The case against UEFA and UEFA Events, which was filed in 2023, was brought following mayhem […]

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7 d. ago Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander appears to be on its side on moon – just like first time

Intuitive Machines’ LUNR.O second moon landing appears to have suffered the same fate as the company’s first attempt last year, with issues involving a laser range finder causing landing problems that resulted in the Athena lander falling on its side on the lunar surface, the company said on Thursday. The Houston-based space startup is one of many […]

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8 d. ago Transport committee calls for compensation for airport municipalities

Municipalities near Larnaca airport should receive compensation for the disturbances caused by air traffic, the transport committee demanded during its meeting on Thursday. “We are talking about thousands of people whose quality of life is being degraded due to noise and pollution,” Akel MP Andreas Pasiourtidis said, stressing that no airport should operate without compensating […]

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8 d. ago Admie suspends interconnector payment to Nexans over Turkish interference

Greece-based Independent Power Transmission Operator (Admie), the project promoter of the Great Sea Interconnector, has suspended payments to French company Nexans, which is responsible for manufacturing and installing the submarine cable for connecting Greece and Cyprus to the grid. The decision was taken due to the uncertainty looming over the project, mainly caused by geopolitical […]

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9 d. ago JD Vance denies disrespecting UK and France over Ukraine peacekeeping force

U.S. Vice President JD Vance denied on Tuesday disrespecting Britain and France by describing a planned peacekeeping force in Ukraine as 20,000 troops from some “random country that has not fought a war in 30 or 40 years”. Vance’s comments about the planned British- and French-led European peacekeeping force caused politicians and veterans in both […]

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1 week ago Car drives into crowd in German city of Mannheim, local media reports

A car has driven into a crowd of people in the western German city of Mannheim, causing casualties, the Mannheimer Morgen newspaper reported on Monday, citing witnesses. Local police said a police operation was under way in the city centre, without giving further details. The incident occurred as crowds gathered in cities across regions including Germany’s Rhineland for […]

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2 w. ago Greek inquiry finds gaps in rail safety, two years after deadly crash

Greece’s worst rail disaster in 2023 was due to chronic safety gaps that still need to be addressed to prevent a repeat, Greek investigators said on Thursday. On February 28, 2023, a passenger train coming from Athens and a freight train coming from Thessaloniki collided head-on near Larissa in the Tempi area, killing 57 people, […]

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2 w. ago Cause of death of Egyptians found in Limassol office to be determined by autopsy

An autopsy on Thursday is expected to reveal the exact cause of death of two men whose bodies were found in an office space being used as a living area in Episkopi, Limassol. Authorities are investigating whether the men died from inhalation of carbon dioxide from a charcoal grill that had been lit inside the […]

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2 w. ago Cause of death of Egyptians found in office to be determined by autopsy

An autopsy on Thursday is expected to reveal the exact cause of death of two men whose bodies were found in an office space being used as a makeshift living area in Episkopi, Limassol. Authorities are investigating whether the men died from inhalation of carbon dioxide from a charcoal grill that had been lit inside […]

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2 w. ago Mortar shell discovery briefly closes Ayios Dhometios crossing point

The finding of an unexploded mortar shell on the grounds of what will soon be Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s official residence in Ayios Dhometios caused the adjacent crossing point to close for 20 minutes on Tuesday afternoon. Reports began to surface at around 2pm that the crossing point had been closed by the Turkish […]

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2 w. ago Victim died of smoke inhalation in second fatal Limassol housefire

An autopsy on Monday indicated that the 33-year-old man who was found dead at his home in Limassol, not far from the apartment in which a five-member family died in a fire last week, died of asphyxiation after inhaling smoke, pending laboratory confirmation. Investigations are continuing into the cause of the fire, focusing on electrical […]

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