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56+ min ago (629+ words) The storm that swept through Greece has now made its way to Cyprus leaving devastation in its wake FIERCE weather has battered several areas across the holiday island of Cyprus, with dams overflowing and landslides triggered. Severe flooding in the north of the island has swamped roads turning them into rivers. Cars were spotted nearly covered by the flooding caused by Storm Byron and people could be seen struggling as the water rose to waist height. Residents living in Nicosia, were urged by mayor Mehmet Harmanci to exercise extreme caution as streams in the capital began to overflow. The flooding horror has forced the closure of a central road connecting the general hospital and a school. Harmanci said the water levels were dangerously high and could not be reduced at this time. Read more on storms Greek holiday hotspot swamped…...

1+ hour, 24+ min ago (188+ words) A multi-agency search has been launched to find a pensioner who has gone missing from Dundee. Police and HM Coastguard Search and Rescue in Tayside say they are "concerned" for Alan Woodcock, 76, who went missing on Monday. Alan was last seen around mid-morning in the Osborne Place area of the city. Officers believe he may have travelled towards Arbroath, possibly via Barry Buddon, Barry and Carnoustie. He is described as being around 5ft 9in tall, of slim build, with grey thinning hair and wearing glasses. He is likely to be dressed in a grey woollen hat, a green Barbour-style jacket, blue jeans, and grey trainers. Inspector Ahmad, from Lochee Police Station, said: "We, along with Alan's family, are concerned for his well-being and are seeking the public's assistance to check their gardens, garages and sheds as Alan may have taken shelter within....

1+ hour, 36+ min ago (114+ words) A body has been found by the Arbroath cliffs during the search for a missing Dundee man. Alan Woodcock was last seen around mid-morning on Monday in the Osborne Place area of the city. Detectives believed that the 76-year-old man travelled to Arbroath via Barry Buddon, Barry, and Carnoustie. A multi-agency search operation involving the coastguard was launched in a bid to trace him. Officers discovered a body at around 12pm by the Arbroath cliffs on Tuesday. Formal identification has yet to take place, but the family of Mr Woodcock has been informed. The death is being treated as unexplained, but there are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances....

1+ hour, 49+ min ago (479+ words) Appointment of Dr. Richard J. Goldfarb, one of the world's foremost orogenic gold experts, to strengthen targeting and district-scale modelling at Treasure Island His advisory roles span work with numerous major and junior gold producers and explorers, as well as with governments. He currently serves as a Research Professor at the Colorado School of Mines and the China University of Geosciences in Beijing. "Orogenic systems are responsible for many of the world's largest and most continuous gold deposits," said Dr. Goldfarb. "Treasure Island sits in a highly prospective accretionary belt with the right structures, the right chemistry, and the right scale. The opportunity here is significant and I look forward to supporting the team as they develop this emerging district." "Having Dr. Goldfarb join Pirate Gold as a strategic advisor is a major milestone," said Denis Laviolette, Executive Chairman and CEO....

1+ hour, 53+ min ago (402+ words) British Airways is set to add new routes to its roster to let Britons explore more from next summer. The airline has announced plans to add two new destinations from 2026 which will see it expand its short-haul network leaving from London Heathrow. From next summer it will launch two new routes, adding Tivat in Montenegro and Guernsey in the Channel Islands to its schedule. Seasonal flights to Tivat in Montenegro will begin from May 14 2026, setting off from Terminal 3 and will run three times every week. Those wanting to visit Guernsey will also be able to all year round with the arrival of a service which is set to launch on April 19 2026. The service will run from Terminal 5 and is set to become the first and only direct connection between Heathrow and the island. The additions mean that BA now operates…...

2+ hour, 57+ min ago (866+ words) Christmas travellers hoping to use Luton Airport this December have been warned that they could face some serious delays. Disruption is expected over the festive season as workers have agreed to strike. Unite said easyJet check-in and baggage handling staff will walk out in the coming weeks as an ongoing row continues over working conditions. Around 200 staff will take action over one of the busiest times of the year in rows over pay, a union has said. But when is it happening and will you be affected? Here is all we know on dates, times and what to do if you are due to be flying out in the coming weeks. About 200 workers who are employed by the DHL Group for easyJet are due to take the action on certain days between 3am on December 19 and 3am on December 29. The strike is…...

3+ hour ago (767+ words) Hello! It's escalating rapidly at the Bernabeu. And if Real Madrid lose tomorrow, it could be curtains for Xabi Alonso. "U.S. duo sellWrexham stake Xavi, the exquisite midfielder who coached Barcelona for as long as he could stand it, used to speak about the entornoat Camp Nou "the whirlwind of pressure that exists there. It wore him down as manager to such an extent thathe tried to resignbefore he was sacked. Don't make the mistake of thinking Real Madrid are any different. The heights of Spanish football are merciless for head coaches, and at the Bernabeu, Madrid's version of the same frenetic noise is close to consuming Xabi Alonso. There is even a chanceAlonso could be out on his ear by Thursday morning. The ice beneath him is really that thin. But all the same, life has come at Alonso with…...

3+ hour, 33+ min ago (317+ words) BERLIN, Dec 9 (Reuters) " A senior German lawmaker on Tuesday urged Germany and France to salvage a 100 billion euro ($116 billion) defence project by developing "a shared combat system while allowing each country to use its own fighter jets. Time is ticking for Berlin and Paris to agree a way forward on the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), an ambitious next-generation fighter jet programme launched eight years ago but stalled by disputes. Failure "to break the deadlock risks exposing Europe's "inability to forge defence unity at a time when war has returned to the continent and the U.S. under President Donald Trump wants Europe to take more responsibility for its own security. Defence ministers of "Germany, France and Spain are expected to meet this week, followed by talks between German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and "French President Emmanuel Macron next week. Siemtje "Moeller, a…...

4+ hour, 2+ min ago (246+ words) German renewables developer Blue Elephant Energy has signed two long-term power purchase agreements (PPA) with the German railway network operator Deutsche Bahn for utility-scale solar PV power projects. The 53MW Aulendorf project in Baden-W'rttemberg is also contracted under a separate PPA. Deutsche Bahn said the PPAs " signed with its energy infrastructure subsidiary DB Energie " "would power"14 million ICE train kilometres each year. The operator said it covers around 70% of its traction power with renewable energy, with a fleet of solar PV, wind and BESS assets across Germany. Blue Elephant operates over 1.7GW of renewables across nine countries, over 90% of which is solar PV capacity. Earlier this year, Blue Elephant secured US$214 million in funding from European asset management company Infranity to support the development and construction of its European project pipeline. Various European railway operators are seeking to either build or buy…...

4+ hour, 32+ min ago (190+ words) THE Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) has launched Ginto, a 200-plus-page publication commemorating the 50th anniversary of Philippines'China diplomatic relations, during a reception at the Goldenberg Mansion on December 1. The launch was attended by First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos, Foreign Affairs Secretary Theresa Lazaro, Education Secretary Sonny Angara, and Chinese Embassy Charg" d'Affaires Zhou Zhiyong. Speakers included Zhou, FFCCCII president Victor Lim, honorary president Dr. Cecilio Pedro, and board member Wilson Lee Flores, who co-chaired the publication's development with Eduardo Cobankiat. They cited the book as a reference documenting diplomatic milestones, expanding bilateral trade, cultural linkages, and people-to-people cooperation over the past five decades. Ginto contains archival images, analytical essays, and accounts of economic and community engagement between the two countries since relations were formalized in 1975. FFCCCII said the volume was produced over nearly a…...