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Shell shareholders increase pressure for further climate action

Royal Dutch Shell shareholders overwhelmingly backed the company’s energy transition strategy on Tuesday, but increased support for a second climate resolution filed by an activist group ...

15 years after his tragic murder, Prince makes debut on video game

Had a cruel twist of fate not intervened, Kiyan Prince might have graced the Premier League, earned England caps and shared pitches with the biggest names in soccer. Sadly we will never know as in ...

Man jailed for 45 days for drug driving

Larnaca district court on Tuesday sentenced a 36-year-old man to 45 days in jail and suspended his licence for six months after he was involved in a traffic collision while driving under the ...

Tastes of the future: the maverick couture of Balenciaga

In this video, we explore the world of Balenciaga, the luxury fashion house founded in 1919 by Spanish designer Cristóbal Balenciaga in San Sebastián, and currently based in Paris. ...

Fossil fuel giants behind single-use plastic increase

By Megan Rowling Production of single-use plastics is set to grow 30 per cent in the next five years, fuelling their contribution to global warming and ocean pollution, researchers said on Tuesday as ...

Cyprus and France wrap up military air exercise

Cyprus and France successfully carried out a joint air-defence exercise across the Republic, simulating military installations of the National Guard being attacked by figher jets, the defence ...

Crypto crime down in 2021 through April, but ‘DeFi’ fraud at record

Losses from cryptocurrency theft, hacks and fraud fell sharply in the first four months of the year, but crime in the booming “decentralized finance” space hit an all-time high, a report ...

Base for firefighting aircraft unveiled

A €1.2m base for firefighting aircraft was inaugurated in Mammari in the Nicosia district on Tuesday by Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis, who pledged the government’s commitment to ...

Paraplegics give Kyriacou Matsi Ave the thumbs up

The paraplegics association (Opak) gave the thumbs up to Nicosia’s revamped Kyriacou Matsi Avenue on Tuesday, which, unlike many other areas, has been designed to be accessible to people with ...