Four in Limassol arrested for GBH after fracturing man’s skull

Three men and a woman were arrested in Limassol in the early hours of Saturday after a man was left with a fractured skull following an attack, police said. Police were informed of the incident at around 12.20am, and arrived on the scene to find a 33-year-old man “injured on the ground”. He was take

Finland rejects reported Russian demand to leave NATO as part of peace talks

"This is absolutely outrageous to even suggest such a thing," Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen said.

New awards show celebrates AI music and its creators

By Lisa Richwine and Rollo Ross And the award goes to … AI music. The first AI Music Awards ceremony in the US on Friday celebrated the people who created songs at least partly with AI, a field that has sparked criticism and lawsuits while also gaining millions of streams and landing on music charts

Saaremaa residents could lose beachfront property development exemptions

Saaremaa Municipality has spent years developing a comprehensive plan for the island but fears some previously approved reductions to coastal construction restrictions may not carry over.

Poll finds over half of voters in Northern Ireland think UK should rejoin EU

Support for the UK rejoining the EU is highest among SDLP (88%), Sinn Féin (86%) and Alliance (83%) voters.

River cleanup struggles despite billions invested

India’s $4.5 billion programme to clean the Ganges River has struggled to reduce pollution, according to a Bloomberg investigation.

Man arrested with almost 19kg of cocaine at Larnaca airport

A 20-year-old man has been arrested after attempting to smuggle almost 19kg of cocaine through Larnaca airport, the police said on Saturday. The man was stopped by customs department officers after arriving in Larnaca aboard an inbound flight at around 6.20pm on Friday. In his luggage, they found 16

Tolerance, prejudice and the importance of keeping an open mind

We all know a gasbag, a hardwall or a sponge head. In a shop, an elderly woman asked help to read a label. ‘You speak Greek, you must be here a long time.’ I said yes, adding a Cypriot expression that usually raises a smile – from the time of Noah. No smile, instead a […]

Estonia beat Luxembourg 1:0 away to seal UEFA Nations League play-off spot

Estonia's senior men's national football team beat Luxembourg 1:0 away on Friday, defender Maksim Paskotši (KAA Gent) scoring in the 42nd minute, to secure at least a place in the UEFA Nations League B-division play-offs.

Some Irish flights affected by US cancellations, delays

Dublin Airport has warned that flights between Ireland and the US could be affected by the overnight grounding of flights in the US.

Scholars: Language of Southeast Estonia's Poluverniki more unique than previously thought

The so-called Poluverniki, who lived near Iisaku on the northern shore of Lake Peipus, were not Russified Votes but may have descended from a distinct Finnic tribe.

Inside Sweden: Snow, snow, and more snow

The Local's Mandy Pipher writes about experiencing Umeå moving from autumn to full-on winter overnight, and rounds up the week's biggest stories.

How much fruit is actually in beauty products?

And do they really work?

Trump, Xi and Putin to meet in China, White House says

Trump is set to depart Washington on Monday for the Philippines, where he is due to attend a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations before making his way to Shenzhen in China.

Immersive show brings Kyffin Williams’ rugged Welsh landscapes to life

Paintings by one of country’s most important artists have been animated and set to music at National Library of Wales The paintings of artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne and David Hockney have been brought to life in all-singing, all-dancing immersive shows in recent years. Now one of Wa

Dublin's European summit gave us sentences that have never been uttered before

In all the madness of the EPC, we almost missed Spider-Man.

Peak Reacher in a high-octane thriller

It’s Reacher time again. Last year, I said that Exit Strategy was enjoyable but also left me hoping for more. This year, I got more. Indeed, as the first novel that Lee Child has avowed was wholly written by Andrew, Chain Reaction marks something of a coming of age by the younger Child sibling. Beca

The 9 at 9: Saturday

US flights resume after communications outage, Ireland buys equipment from Israeli company, and 32 in hospital after Mississippi River cruise crash.

Microsoft restores service to Outlook and Teams after global outage

Microsoft said on Saturday that services had fully recovered across Teams, Outlook and its other products, ending a global outage that crippled online communications for businesses and governments for over 24 hours. “We have completed our efforts to address the underlying issue of the incident and r

As smog hangs over Lahore, Pakistan’s new pollution squad races to douse stubble fires

By Mubasher Bukhari As smog again settles over large parts of South Asia, Pakistani authorities are widening a crackdown on illegal stubble burning they say is fuelling the region’s annual pollution crisis. On Thursday, officers of a new quick-response unit swung off their vehicles at a paddy field