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2 weeks ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Antoni Slodkowski |Theo Panayides |Jean Christou |Rebekah Gregoriades
By Antoni SlodkowskiChina said on Saturday “the market has spoken” in rejecting US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, and called on Washington for “equal-footed consultation” after global markets’ dramatic reaction to the trade levies, which drew Chinese retaliation.
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2 weeks ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Gareth Willmer |Theo Panayides |Jean Christou |Rebekah Gregoriades
EU-funded researchers are working to reduce the health risks associated with Down syndrome and improve long-term quality of life. By Gareth WillmerDavid Clarke has a busy life juggling two jobs. He works three days a week recycling waste at a supermarket in Drogheda, his home town in eastern Ireland. On other days, he takes the hour-long bus ride to the capital Dublin to work in a gift hamper warehouse. Aged 44 and living with Down syndrome, David is flourishing.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
cyprus-mail.com | Iole Damaskinos |Tom Cleaver |Jean Christou |Kyriacos Nicolaou
Antony Barnett, Chief Executive Officer of Limassol-based Network Financial Services (NFS), is no stranger to the delicate balancing act of financial planning. With a career that spans years of experience, Barnett is at the helm of a company known for offering tailored investment advice across the European Union.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
cyprus-mail.com | Iole Damaskinos |Tom Cleaver |Jean Christou |Souzana Psara
The European Union’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), taking effect on January 17, 2025, will impose tougher cybersecurity rules on financial entities, with the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) urging compliance to safeguard against operational disruptions. The CBC has reminded all financial entities under Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 that they must fully comply with DORA’s provisions by the implementation date.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
cyprus-mail.com | Jean Christou |Tom Cleaver |Theo Panayides |Rebekah Gregoriades
Monday will start off mainly clear gradually turning overcast with high clouds. Temperatures will rise to 21C inland and on the coast, and 13C in the higher mountains. Winds will be variable and weak, 3 Beaufort, and the sea will be calm to slightly rough. Overnight will continue cloudy with light fog expected, mainly inland and in the east. Temperatures will drop to 9C degrees inland, 11C on the coast, and 4C in the higher mountains, where frost will form.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
cyprus-mail.com | Jean Christou |Tom Cleaver |Theo Panayides |Rebekah Gregoriades
Syrians awakened on Monday to a hopeful if uncertain future, after rebels seized the capital Damascus and President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia, ending a 13-year civil war and more than 50 years of his family’s brutal rule. The lightning advance of a militia alliance spearheaded by Hayat al-Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a former al-Qaeda affiliate, marked one of the biggest turning points for the Middle East in generations.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
cyprus-mail.com | Alicia Garcia-Herrero |Juan Lopez |Juan López |Jean Christou |Tom Cleaver
By Alicia García-Herrero and Juan Mejino Lopez The European Union needs to adapt its emergency funding mechanisms to the increasing number and severity of climate catastrophes. Devastating flooding in Valencia, Spain, in October 2024 was a symptom of climate change and may be repeated elsewhere – to increasingly disastrous effect. More funding will be needed to react and adapt to such events as their economic costs are substantial and increasing.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
cyprus-mail.com | Jean Christou |Tom Cleaver |Theo Panayides |Rebekah Gregoriades
Amazon (AMZN.O), announced a new slate of artificial intelligence platforms, known as foundation models, at its annual AWS conference, allowing for text, image and video generation, among other things. The new offerings pit it against rivals like Adobe (ADBE.O), and Meta (META.O), which are racing to serve customers who want to automate more of their services. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced the new “Nova” models at a conference in Las Vegas.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
cyprus-mail.com | Jean Christou |Tom Cleaver |Theo Panayides |Rebekah Gregoriades
Google Cloud (GOOGL.O) announced that it had partnered with Air France-KLM (AIRF.PA), to deploy generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology on the airline group’s data.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
cyprus-mail.com | Jean Christou |Tom Cleaver |Theo Panayides |Rebekah Gregoriades
Meta (META.O) has announced that it is seeking proposals from nuclear power developers to help meet its artificial intelligence and environment goals, becoming the latest big tech company to take interest in atomic power amid an expected boom in electricity demand. The company wants to add 1 to 4 gigawatts of new US nuclear generation capacity starting in the early 2030s, it said in a release. A typical US nuclear plant has a capacity of about 1 gigawatt.
