Turkish Cypriot health authorities are struggling to stem a surge of COVID-19 infections after reporting 177 new cases and one more death, the third in as many days. The latest death in the north was an 80-year-old woman, a resident at a nursing home in northern Nicosia. According to reports, the older woman was the
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After a meeting of Israeli, Greek, and Cypriot Foreign Ministers, the three countries agreed to deepen their alliance in regional security, defence, and energy. Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides met his counterparts Yair Lapid and Nikos Dendias in Israel to address regional issues and examine their cooperation. Sunday’s trilateral meeting was the first between the
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Cyprus recorded six more coronavirus deaths on Sunday, while new daily cases dropped below the 200 level to 193 and hospitalisations remained unchanged from the day before at 194. The Health Ministry said in its Covid bulletin that three men aged 76 to 96, and three women, 62 to 88, were the latest victims of
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Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides is in Israel for the Cyprus-Israel-Greece Trilateral Meeting, with his counterparts Yair Lapid and Nikos Dendias to address regional issues and examine their cooperation. It is the first meeting between the three countries at the level of Foreign Ministers since the new Israeli government took office. The summit will reaffirm the
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Cyprus recorded two more coronavirus deaths on Saturday, while new daily cases and hospitalisations remained at similar levels. The Health Ministry said in its Covid bulletin that a man aged 81 and a 57-year-old woman were the latest victims of the pandemic, raising the August death toll to 53 and 477 since the outbreak started.
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Scorching temperatures have returned to the island this weekend, with the Cyprus Met Office issuing a yellow alert for extreme heat on Saturday. A yellow warning was issued for maximum inland temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius from 1300-1600 on Saturday. It won’t be much cooler on the coast as temperatures range from 33-35°C and 32°C
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Cyprus counted five coronavirus deaths on Friday, up from the three daily reported throughout most of the week, while new daily cases and hospitalisations continued to fall to 311 and 201, respectively. The health ministry said in its Covid bulletin that five men, aged 53 to 88, were the latest victims of the Covid-19 pandemic,
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A total of 77.2% of the adult population has received a COVID-19 vaccination shot, and 71.8% are fully vaccinated, the Cyprus Health Ministry said. According to the ECDC, Cyprus is above the EU average of 74.4% for one shot and 64.8% fully jabbed. A total of 33.6% of those aged 16-17 have received the first
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Cyprus is among 50 countries that issued a joint statement raising fears of the erosion of women and girls’ rights in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover. The statement has been co-signed by Albania, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, European Union, Honduras, Guatemala, North Macedonia, New Zealand, Norway,
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American multinational semiconductor giant Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) recorded tremendous growth in the first half of 2021, with second quarter revenue experiencing a 99% YoY increase from Q2 2020 to $3.85 bln. AMD went through an important restructuring in 2014 which turned fortunes around for the company that saw its influence dwindle in the years
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