Archive August 2022

BP’s (BP.L) second quarter profit soared to $8.45 billion, its highest in 14 years, as strong refining margins and trading prompted it to boost its dividend and spending on new ...

Cypriot Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) powerhouse Andreas Tricomitis has been making history since his first steps into the octagon. After becoming the first Cypriot to win in Cage Warriors UFC ...

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. strike in Afghanistan over the weekend, the biggest blow to the militant group since its founder Osama bin Laden ...

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that any talks on a possible prisoner exchange involving U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner needed to be discreet and that “megaphone diplomacy” ...

Summer evenings take on a new spin as festivals will be held around the island next month. ELENI PHILIPPOU takes her pick Hello August, hello festivals! As the new month ...

It is a fact that, compared to winter, summer’s variety of fruits and vegetables is much greater. There is so much seasonal produce we miss and cannot enjoy all ...

Oil prices dropped again on Tuesday as investors absorbed a bleak outlook for fuel demand with data pointing to a global manufacturing downturn just as major crude producers meet this ...

Hundreds of Indonesian tourism workers were on strike on Tuesday over a hefty hike in ticket prices to see the country’s famous Komodo dragons, a move the government insists ...

OPAP Cyprus has provided the younger generation the chance to speak with local role models face-to-face, to chat to them, ask them questions, and to learn from their efforts and ...

Wolt is expanding even further with the addition of its new Wolt at Work service. The recent innovation is already available to millions of users in many countries worldwide, now ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday it charged 11 people for their roles in creating and promoting a fraudulent crypto pyramid and Ponzi scheme that raised over $300 million from ...

The demolition of two buildings, located on either side of the historic entrance facade of Dianellio Technical School in Larnaca, began last week but there is no information as yet ...

Amid escalating protests over the planned relocation of an asphalt plant to Mitsero, two community leaders were on Tuesday arrested for obstruction, while residents blocked off the Kato Moni to ...

Three fire trucks have been donated by the company Exness to the forestry department’s firefighting unit. The agriculture minister and head of the forestry department attended the handover ceremony, ...

Turkey expects roughly one grain ship to leave Ukrainian ports each day as long as an agreement that ensures safe passage holds, a senior Turkish official said on Tuesday after ...

Shares of Taiwan chipmaker TSMC (2330.TW) fell as much as 2.98 per cent on Tuesday, as investors closely watch a possible trip to Taiwan by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy ...

As U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi headed to Taipei on Tuesday amid intensifying warnings from China, four U.S. warships, including an aircraft carrier, were positioned in ...

The embattled traffic camera system is to finally move up a gear and exit its extended pilot phase, as now another 20 stationary cameras are to be installed within six months, ...

Dame Laura Kenny delivered Commonwealth gold for England in Monday’s scratch race and then revealed she had gone to bed on Sunday wondering if it would be her last ...

Venus Williams was disappointed not to give the crowd the win they wanted on Monday after the former world number one suffered an opening round defeat at the WTA 250 Citi ...

About 12 years after the events of Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch, Simon, the neighbour tasked with writing down Katharina Kepler’s account of the events leading up to ...

Apple Inc is dropping its mask mandate for corporate employees at most locations, the Verge reported on Monday, citing an internal memo. This comes even as COVID-19 infections in the ...

A man wanted for police for aiding illegal entry was arrested on Monday night during a spot check along a Nicosia road, with the ID provided to officers proving false. ...

Paphos police busted a suspected burglar with assistance from a member of the public, but two others at the flat escaped through a window. Despite his attempts to flee and ...