1847: Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government 1865: New York Stock Exchange opens its 1st permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad St, near Wall Street in New York City 1959: USSR’s Luna 1 (Mechta) becomes the 1st spacecraft to leave Earth’s gravity 1961: Longest recorded strike ends as the Danish barbers’ assistants end a 33 […]
Headstones were toppled, iconography destroyed, and graves smashed, in an incident at around 3.20pm on Sunday afternoon.
Cristiano Ronaldo declared “in Europe, my work is done” as he embraced a new frontier after being unveiled by Al Nassr on Tuesday evening.
Address by the General Secretary of the Central Committee of AKEL, Stefanos Stefanou, on the renaming of Geri Avenue to Demetris Christofias Avenue. 28 December 2022, Municipality of Geri, Nicosia We express our gratitude to the Mayor of the Municipality of Geri and the members of the Municipal Council who took the decision to rename […]
As demand for critical raw materials to fuel the green transition surges, the German government announced on Tuesday (3 January) that it will revamp its raw materials strategy to reduce dependencies and avoid supply shortages.
1496: Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine 1521: Martin Luther is Excommunicated by Pope Leo X from the Roman Catholic Church for failing to recant parts of his Ninety-five Theses which started the Protestant Reformation 1977: Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs incorporate Apple Computer, Inc 1777: General George Washington’s revolutionary army defeats British forces at Battle of Princeton, New Jersey 1925: Benito Mussolini dissolves the Italian parliament and […]
Israel’s military fired missiles toward the international airport of the capital Damascus early Monday, putting it out of service and killing two soldiers and wounding two others, the Syrian army said.
By Eleni Patsalides & Chris Spyrou. Crystal blue waters, a constant 28-degree heat radiating from the sun, emus walking the streets and swimming with turtles.
The Cyprus problem needs seriousness in its assertion
To tackle the problem of food waste, German Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir is looking to decriminalise the practice of rescuing food from rubbish containers, including outside supermarkets, called dumpster diving.
