Author: CYPRUS EYE

ADVERTISEMENT During a visit to Scotland this week, Donald Trump urged Europe to “stop the windmills”, branding wind energy as ineffective and harmful. Speaking to reporters at Prestwick Airport upon arriving in the country last Friday, he said, “You see these windmills all over the place, ruining your beautiful fields and valleys and killing your birds, and if they’re stuck in the ocean, ruining your oceans.” The US President then launched into a tirade about wind energy during a press conference on Sunday with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to announce a new trade dealcalling it a “con…

Europe’s economy barely grew in the second quarter of the year, official data showed on Wednesday, as the rush to ship goods before new U.S. tariffs eased and output in Germany, the region’s largest economy, unexpectedly declined. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew an anemic 0.1% compared to the previous quarter in the 20 countries that use the euro currency, the EU statistics agency Eurostat reported. And prospects are mediocre for the coming months, given the 15% tariff, or import tax, imposed on European goods in the U.S. under the EU-U.S. trade deal announced Sunday. The higher tariff will burden European…

Oscar Piastri heads back to the Hungarian Grand Prix – the site of his maiden Formula One victory – this weekend with eyes set on widening his lead over McLaren teammate Lando Norris in a tense title fight. The 24-year-old Australian has racked up six wins in 13 races this season and holds a 16-point edge over Norris, though he’s under no illusions about the challenges ahead. “I’m excited to return to where I got my first win,” Piastri said. “It’s a great city, a fun track and always an enjoyable weekend – but once we’re in the cars, the…

Victor Osimhen is back in Istanbul, and this time, it’s permanent. The Nigerian striker, who captured Galatasaray hearts last season with his golden boot-winning loan spell, touched down at Atatürk Airport late Wednesday night to a thunderous reception. Thousands of fans flooded the General Aviation Terminal, waving flags, chanting and igniting flares in a celebration worthy of a league title. “I’m home,” Osimhen told reporters after stepping off the jet. “Look at the crowd, look at the love. This is where I want to be.” Osimhen’s return caps off weeks of high-stakes negotiations between Galatasaray and Italian side Napoli, where…

The magnitude-8.8 earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula sent a wave of water racing at the speed of a jetliner toward Hawaii, California and Washington state, spurring warnings and alarm overnight Wednesday. But when the tsunami waves arrived, they didn’t cause devastation or deaths in the United States, and the inundation might not have appeared threatening in some locations where warnings were issued. That doesn’t mean the tsunami was a “bust,” that it was poorly forecast or that it didn’t pose a risk, earthquake and tsunami researchers said. “You start to hear ‘tsunami warning,’ and everyone immediately thinks of the last…

Brown University has reached an agreement with the federal government to restore funding, including for research grants, the prestigious college said. The “voluntary agreement” reached Wednesday restores federal funding for medical and science research, the school said in a release. The deal also resolves three reviews of Brown’s “compliance with federal nondiscrimination obligations.” Brown President Christina H. Paxson said in a letter that the federal funding freeze, which began in April, put strain on the university, that, “if left unaddressed, would have undermined our ability to conduct life-saving research and to offer our students a world-class education.” A deal was…

During the forest fire that broke out between Bursa’s Gürsu and Kestel districts in northwestern Türkiye, the residents of Karahıdır, a rural neighborhood surrounded by forest and coming within meters of the advancing flames, say they believe the area will eventually return to its former state. The fire, which started on July 26 in the area between TOKI housing in Gürsu’s Ipekyolu neighborhood and Kestel’s Ağlaşan neighborhood, was brought under control yesterday after spreading across a wide area. Cooling efforts continue in the region, while residents of rural Karahıdır, part of Gürsu district, who were evacuated as a precaution during…

Türkiye will start providing Syria with natural gas as of Saturday to help the war-torn country generate electricity, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar announced on Wednesday, adding that Azerbaijan would also be involved in the export. Ankara, which supported opposition forces in Syria throughout the 13-year civil war that ended in December with the ousting of longtime dictator Bashar Assad, has now become one of the new government’s main foreign allies while positioning itself to be a major player in the country’s reconstruction. During a visit to Damascus in May, Bayraktar had said Türkiye would provide Syria with…

The US froze Judge de Moraes’s assets, citing his role in arbitrary detentions, censorship, and cases against Bolsonaro. Brazil has criticised the United States Department of the Treasury’s decision to impose sanctions on Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes over alleged suppression of freedom of expression and the ongoing trial of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva also released a statement on Wednesday condemning what he called the “US government’s interference in the Brazilian justice system”. “The Brazilian government stands in solidarity with [de Moraes]who is the target of sanctions motivated by the actions…

Democrats in the United States have moved to force President Donald Trump to release files from the investigation into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, invoking an obscure law to keep up the pressure on an issue that has roiled Trump’s administration and base. The White House has been facing increasingly intense demands to be more transparent about the disgraced financier, who died in federal prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges. The president raised further questions about his past relationship with Epstein on Tuesday when he told reporters he fell out with his former friend after Epstein “stole” employees…