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Kıbrıs 01.03.2026 08:00

Net zero investment group drops 2050 target after US political backlash

The Net Zero Asset Managers initiative re-launched this week with more than 250 members after a year-long suspension and with looser rules after a US political backlash prompted BlackRock (BLK.N) to leave the climate group. The group’s new membership statement, created following a six-month review, no longer has an explicit requirement for members to align […]

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Kıbrıs 01.03.2026 07:40

Experts warn human intervention remains vital despite new AI capabilities

Artificial intelligence lab Anthropic has unveiled 10 new ways for business customers to plug in its technology to key areas of their work, weeks after other releases sparked an aggressive selloff of traditional software company shares. The San Francisco-based startup said its plug-ins could now help with investment banking tasks, such as reviewing deals, wealth-management […]

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Kıbrıs 01.03.2026 07:00

Meta to take potential 10 per cent stake in AMD under new chip pact

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O) announced this week that it has agreed to sell up to $60 billion worth of artificial intelligence chips to Meta Platforms (META.O) over five years. The deal includes a provision allowing the Facebook owner to eventually purchase as much as 10 per cent of the chip firm. AMD shares rose more […]

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Kıbrıs 01.03.2026 06:00

Santander targets 20 billion euro profit boost by 2028

Santander (SAN.MC) aims to boost its profit to more than 20 billion euros by 2028, helped by growth in its US and UK markets, a rise in customer numbers and cost savings from its IT transformation, Spain’s number one bank said earlier this week. Santander, which reported a record net profit of 14.1 billion euros […]

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Kıbrıs 01.03.2026 04:25

Mediaeval heroines of Cyprus come to life

Three heroines of Mediaeval Nicosia – Elena Denores, Lucretia Lasse and Katerina Flangi – have been brought back to life in an exhibition showcasing the life of women who shaped the capital as we know it today. And at the centre of this fascinating display are the poems about these three women by historian and […]

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Kıbrıs 01.03.2026 00:19

Trump’s Iran strikes mark his biggest foreign policy gamble

With his large-scale attack on Iran, Donald Trump has seized a legacy-defining moment to demonstrate his readiness to exercise raw U.S. military power. But in doing so, he is also taking the biggest foreign policy gamble of his presidency, one fraught with risks and unknowns. Trump joined with Israel to plunge into war against Iran, […]

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Kıbrıs 01.03.2026 00:05

Trump warns some Americans may die amid US strikes in Iran

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday there could be U.S. casualties after he announced the United States conducted “major combat operations” in Iran. The strikes, which Trump said were aimed at destroying Iranian missiles and annihilating its navy, follow repeated U.S.-Israeli warnings that they would strike Iran again if it pressed ahead with its […]

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Kıbrıs 28.02.2026 23:58

Ayatollah Khamenei embodied fearsome anti-Western rule

Saturday, 28th February 2026, 22:16 REUTERSVersion Newest Update (28/02/2026 22:16) Newest Update (28/02/2026 22:16)Khamenei a lifelong adversary of both US and Israel Supreme leader wove web of alliances to challenge US Rivals sidelined and popular opposition crushed Rise to power cemented by guile and Revolutionary Guards Updates with Israeli report of death By Parisa Hafezi […]

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Kıbrıs 28.02.2026 22:04

Iranian leader Khamenei killed in strikes, Israel says

The United States and Israel launched the most ambitious attack on Iran in decades on Saturday, and Israel said Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had been killed in the operation. Khamenei’s body has been found, a senior Israeli official told Reuters. Iran called the strikes unprovoked and illegal and responded with missiles fired at Israel and […]

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Kıbrıs 28.02.2026 21:56

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei killed, senior Israeli official says

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who turned the country into a powerful anti-U.S. force and extended its military influence across the Middle East while crushing repeated domestic unrest, was killed in Israeli and U.S. strikes, a senior Israeli official told Reuters on Saturday. There was no immediate Iranian confirmation of his fate. The United […]

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Kıbrıs 28.02.2026 19:31

Liverpool leverage set-piece dominance in win over West Ham

Liverpool exploited West Ham United’s weakness at set pieces to secure a 5-2 win in their Premier League clash at Anfield on Saturday but the hosts did not have it all their own way as they struggled to shake off the relegation-threatened Londoners. The win takes the Merseysiders up to fifth, level on 48 points […]

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Kıbrıs 28.02.2026 19:24

A Thousand Hands come to Nicosia stage

A Thousand Hands (Chilia Cheria in Greek) are about to premiere in Nicosia as a new theatrical performance by Stella Voskaridou comes to the Cyprus Theatre Organisation stage. Directed by Fotis Nikolaou, the performance is a production of Thok’s Experimental Stage, and it lifts the curtain on Saturday March 7. The play plunges into the […]

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Kıbrıs 28.02.2026 18:44

Cypriots advised against all travel to eight more Middle East countries

The foreign ministry on Saturday announced that Cypriot citizens are advised against all travel to a further eight countries in the Middle East. Cypriots are now advised to avoid all travel to the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Israel, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia. Advisories against all travel to Iran and Gaza were already […]

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Kıbrıs 28.02.2026 18:23

Christodoulides hopes for de-escalation of Middle East conflict

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday evening said he hopes for the ongoing conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran to de-escalate soon. “We are monitoring the situation very closely. We hope that the conditions for de-escalation will soon be created. You understand that the facts on the ground are difficult, and the Republic of […]

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Kıbrıs 28.02.2026 17:01

North cabinet called to emergency meeting over Middle East conflict

The Turkish Cypriot cabinet was called to an emergency meeting over the ongoing conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran by ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Saturday. Ustel’s office said that the meeting will see members “comprehensively assess the effects of the war and interventions launched against Iran on national and regional security balances, […]

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Kıbrıs 28.02.2026 16:44

Cypriots in Middle East told to ‘remain vigilant’ amid ongoing missile attacks

The foreign ministry on Saturday urged Cypriot citizens in the wider Middle East region to “remain vigilant” and to “closely monitor developments”, with the United States and Israel launching attacks on Iran, and Iran retaliating with attacks on US military infrastructure in the region. It advised them to remain aware of “information from the local […]

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Kıbrıs 28.02.2026 16:10

The quiet complexity of history

Mulligatawny soup carries with it the quiet complexity of history. Its name comes from the Tamil words milagu and thanni, meaning pepper water, a simple description of the spiced broths long prepared in southern India. Yet, in Britain today it tells a more layered story, shaped by colonial encounters and the blending of culinary habits. […]

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Kıbrıs 28.02.2026 16:04

Kombos calls British, Egyptian ministers amid Middle East conflict

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Saturday held telephone calls with his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty and the United Kingdom’s minister of state for Europe Stephen Doughty, as the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran, and Iran retaliated with strikes on US military infrastructure in the region. According to the foreign ministry, Kombos and […]

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Kıbrıs 28.02.2026 15:57

Iran defence minister, Guards commander killed in Israeli attacks

Iran’s Defence Minister Amir Nasirzadeh and Revolutionary Guards commander Mohammed Pakpour are believed to have been killed in Israeli attacks, two sources familiar with Israel’s military operations and one regional source said.

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Kıbrıs 28.02.2026 15:52

Fitiris, Papaconstantinou discuss tender procedures

Justice Minister Costas Fitiris and auditor-general Andreas Papaconstantinou on Saturday met to discuss the auditing of tender procedures. According to the justice ministry, the pair made “special reference” to “the need to ensure transparency and proper financial management of projects”. The meeting comes with President Nikos Christodoulides having sent a number of amendments to the […]

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Kıbrıs 28.02.2026 15:30

‘We all have (the same) hidden superpower’

Michael Friedrich recalls a journalist from German TV channel ZDF, who interviewed him and his wife Sabine while in the West Bank. The journalist (or at least his channel) took the usual ‘fair-minded’, rather mealy-mouthed approach of equating the two sides in the conflict – which he, Michael, doesn’t agree with. Still, he’s philosophical. “It’s […]

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Kıbrıs 28.02.2026 14:37

Greeks rally to mark anniversary of deadly 2023 train crash ahead of trial

Tens of thousands of Greeks rallied in Athens and other cities on Saturday to mark the anniversary of a 2023 train crash, the country’s deadliest rail disaster in history, demanding justice ahead of a criminal trial set to begin next month. Trains and ferries came to a halt and urban transport was disrupted as workers […]

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Kıbrıs 28.02.2026 14:00

Turkish combat drone circles over Cyprus

A Turkish combat drone, likely a Bayraktar TB2 or a Bayraktar Akinci, was circling in the skies above Cyprus on Saturday afternoon, east of Kyrenia, near the village of Ayios Epiktitos. The drone had earlier been flying off the coast of Dalaman, in the southwest of Turkey, before flying up Turkey’s southern coast and then […]

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Kıbrıs 28.02.2026 13:35

Iran fires missiles at Gulf Arab states, one killed in Abu Dhabi

Several Gulf Arab states said they were targeted by Iranian missiles on Saturday after Tehran pledged to retaliate against strikes by the United States and Israel, bringing conflict to a part of the Arab world that prides itself on relative safety. State media in the United Arab Emirates said one person had been killed in […]

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