Australia's Qantas Airways said on Wednesday it had grounded one its flagship Airbus A380 aircraft for up to a week after engineers found dozens of cracks in its wings during detailed inspections following a flight hit by turbulence. The discovery of more instances of cracks on the wings of A380s has been expected after Airbus
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Breast cancer is often considered more deadly among younger women, but older women — particularly those over 75 — are actually more likely to die of the disease, according to an international study. Researchers, who tracked thousands of women and published their findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association, said that among women
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U.S. social media network Facebook has promised to release more information about the data it collects from millions of users, an Austrian group lobbying for respect of privacy laws said on Tuesday. Facebook had agreed in December to overhaul privacy protection for more than half a billion users outside North America after a three-month Irish
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The flow of natural gas from Azerbaijan to Turkey was halted on Tuesday due to technical problems which also hit the gas flow from Iran, Turkish officials told Reuters, curbing supply to Turkey as it faces pressure to meet high winter demand. The Iranian supply problem was expected to be resolved on Tuesday afternoon, while
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Greece sold 812.5 mln euros ($1.06 bln) of six-month T-bills on Tuesday to fund the rollover of a one billion euro issue that matures later this week at a slightly lower yield than at a previous auction in January. Monthly T-bill sales are Greece's sole source of market funding. Greek banks traditionally buy the bulk
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Cyprus will announce a second hydrocarbons licensing round for oil and gas offshore in mid-February, its energy minister said on Tuesday. The official announcement will be published in the European Union journal on February 13. Up to twelve blocks in the eastern Mediterranean off southern Cyprus will be included in the round, officials have previously
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Madonna will go on tour from May for the first time in three years, starting in Israel before moving on to Europe, with legs in South America and Australia, where she has not performed for 20 years, tour promotion company Live Nation said on Tuesday. The 2012 World Tour will be the first for the
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Government debt in Cyprus increased by 7.6% during the third quarter of 2011, compared to the third quarter of 2010. In Greece, Portugal and Ireland were recorded the highest increases of government debt. According to Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the EU, Cyprus debt to GDP ratio reached 67.5% in third quarter of 2011, compared
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The Cyprus Institute, with another nine partners, is carrying out research in solar energy. The kick-off meeting of the OPTS project (Optimization of a Thermal energy Storage system with integrated Steam Generator), funded by the 7th Framework Programme, has recently taken place in Brussels. The three-year project, which has an European Commission financial contribution of
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The pediatric clinic of the Archbishop Makarios III Hospital in Nicosia and King's College Hospital in London have signed a memorandum of cooperation in the sectors of liver and gastrointestinal diseases. Cypriot Minister of Health Stavros Malas, who was present at the ceremony, said Cyprus, as a small country, must have high quality medical treatment,
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