Archive 2023

The met office has issued a new yellow warning for Friday, for “extreme high temperatures”. Maximum temperatures expected to reach 41C inland and 33C in the higher mountains. The alert ...

A Ukrainian drone smashed into a building in central Moscow on Friday after Russian air defences shot it down, disrupting air traffic at all the civilian airports of the Russian ...

Cyprus is one of six countries identified as facing the greatest water scarcity in the world, according to a report by the World Resources Institute. It found that Cyprus, along ...

The latest economic data released by the statistical service on Wednesday were rather disappointing and although some negative trends were recorded, they did not justify the doom and gloom scenarios ...

A Brazilian hacker told a congressional inquiry on Thursday that former President Jair Bolsonaro asked him to tamper with an electronic voting machine to show Brazil’s electoral system was ...

Swiss lender Credit Suisse did not review all available records when it conducted an internal probe into the historical servicing of Nazi clients and Nazi-linked accounts, according to an investigation ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is not trying to push Belarus into joining the war in Ukraine, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said in an online interview published on Thursday. “To involve ...

Nigeria has approved a total of 180 billion naira ($235 mln) for its 36 states to procure rice and maize to cushion the effects of food shortages across the country and hardship caused ...

One public school teacher was sacked last year after repeatedly not showing up for work, while three other educators received reprimands or fines. The sanctions against educators are listed in ...

A Republican U.S. lawmaker heading a congressional probe into Hunter Biden’s business dealings asked the National Archives on Thursday for emails between President Joe Biden and his 53-year-old ...

Ukraine’s defence ministry urged military-age citizens to update their data at army enlistment offices and “overcome their fear” in a campaign launched on Thursday as a summer counter-offensive grinds ...

A strong earthquake struck the Colombian capital Bogota on Thursday, reaching a 6.3 magnitude according to the U.S. Geological Survey, prompting frightened residents to flee homes, offices and restaurants. The ...

North Korea may launch an intercontinental ballistic missile or take other military action to protest a summit of the United States, South Korea and Japan, a South Korean lawmaker said ...

Police in Nicosia on Thursday arrested a 29-year-old man after catching him red-handed in possession of almost 5kg of cannabis. According to a statement, officers of the Drug Squad flagged ...

Disy called for “immediate and drastic measures” related to the large influx of migrants in Chlorakas to ensure residents safety following a visit to the village on Friday. A delegation ...

Summertime and the living is… by the sea! As the crowds flock to the coasts to cool off, local bars are ready to entertain holidaymakers with a great choice of ...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed meeting in person as soon as possible during a call on Thursday as Western countries court the ...

Tourist arrivals reached 523,718 in July 2023 compared with 454,657 in July 2022, an increase of 15.2 per cent, the statistical service announced on Thursday. For the period of January – July 2023, arrivals totalled 2.137 million compared ...

The forestry department on Thursday appealed to hunters, ahead of the season on August 20, to be especially careful not to spark forest fires. The hunters are called on not to ...

The Ukrainian military on Thursday claimed gains in its counter-offensive against Russian forces on the southeastern front, pushing forward from a newly-liberated village in an attempted drive towards the Sea ...

The price of a litre of petrol in the north has gone above 30TL for the first time since the currency was revalued in 2005, with the equivalent value now also ...

By Karrin Vasby Anderson As the Barbie movie’s worldwide box office passes the billion-dollar mark, and some conservative pundits push back against its popularity with negative hot takes, the ...

China’s Lenovo Group (0992.HK) on Thursday posted a worse-than-expected 24 per cent fall in revenue for the April-June quarter, hit by a prolonged slump in global demand for personal computers. ...

A look at the day ahead in US and global markets from Mike Dolan Far from the recession forecasts of earlier this year, US economic growth may actually be accelerating ...