Archive 2022

A Ukrainian court has seized assets of Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman worth 12.4 billion hryvnia ($420 million), Ukrainian Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said on Monday. She wrote on Facebook that the assets ...

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan dissolved five key departments of the former US-backed government, including the country’s Human Rights Commission, deeming them unnecessary in the face of a financial crunch, ...

“Aquaman” actor Amber Heard told jurors in a defamation case on Monday that she filed for divorce from Johnny Depp in 2016 because she worried she would not survive physical abuse ...

EU foreign ministers failed on Monday in their effort to pressure Hungary to lift its veto of a proposed oil embargo on Russia, with Lithuania saying the bloc was being “...

Ukraine‘s military said on Tuesday it was working to evacuate all remaining troops from their last stronghold in the besieged port of Mariupol, ceding control of the city to ...

By Johan Ahlander and Simon Johnson Sweden will formally apply for Nato membership in the next few days, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Monday, but its accession process, and ...

Evripides Frangou, 20, has been discharged from the hospital where he was treated with burns to 45 per cent of his body following violent incidents involving football fans over two weeks ago, ...

An investigation into the shooting of more than a dozen people in Buffalo, New York, turned on Monday to whether early warning signs of the attack were missed, as public ...

The driver of a suburban passenger train died and dozens were lightly injured after two trains crashed outside Barcelona on Monday evening, Catalan regional authorities said. Some 85 people were injured ...

Vladimir Putin appeared to climb down on Monday from Russia’s objections to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, saying Moscow had no issues with them entering the U.S.-led ...

French President Emmanuel Macron picked Labour Minister Elisabeth Borne as his new prime minister on Monday as he prepares for legislative elections in June – only the second time in 30 years ...

Britain’s health authorities are investigating four more cases of rare viral monkeypox infection which have been diagnosed in England taking the total confirmed cases since May 6 to seven. The ...

A Greek man, who confessed to killing his young British wife in front of their 11-month-old child last year, was sentenced to life in prison on Monday in a case ...

A team of Australian researchers have identified a biochemical marker in the blood that could help identify newborn babies at risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), a breakthrough they ...

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she will release a new report this week on steps that international financial institutions are taking to address growing food insecurity brought on by ...

Russia said on Monday that it had agreed to evacuate wounded Ukrainian soldiers from the bunkers below the besieged Azovstal steel works in Mariupol to a medical facility in the ...

The face mask mandate continues to be implemented in private and public means of transport as the limit on the maximum capacity of passengers is lifted, the transport ministry said ...

The mansion of Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios and its unique microenvironment is the inspiration behind a new exhibition in Nicosia. Presented this May in the context of International Museum Day, the exhibition ...

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Limassol police on Monday arrested a 48-year-old man for animal cruelty after they found 27 dogs living in poor conditions at his house. Following a tip-off, officers conducted a search in ...

Bank employees’ union Etyk has issued a rallying cry, calling on all its members to show up and vote for strike action to deter Hellenic Bank from going ahead with ...

A 43-year-old man was arrested on Monday after police found drugs and firearms in his possession. The items were discovered during a police operation at the suspect’s house, as ...

Sri Lanka’s new prime minister said on Monday the crisis-hit nation was down to its last day of petrol, as the country’s power minister told citizens not to ...

Two people, both aged 17, were arrested on Monday in Paphos in connection with three separate robberies at different bakeries committed between March and May. The first case took place on ...