Archive 2024

JPMorgan Chase’s third-quarter profit beat expectations as strong investment banking performance and rising interest payments offset a hit from bigger loan loss provisions, sending its shares up before the ...

The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said early on Monday that the drone attack which was carried out by Hezbollah on an army base adjacent to Binyamina in northern Israel killed ...

Oil prices softened on Friday but were set for a second weekly gain as investors weighed the impact of hurricane damage on U.S. demand against any broad supply disruption ...

Monday will start off clear after dissipation of local fog and low cloud, later turning partly cloudy, with light rain expected in the mountains and the north. Temperatures will rise ...

The pound was pinned around a one month low on the dollar on Friday, getting little support from data that showed Britain’s economy returned to growth in August. Sterling ...

The endemic and unique mouflon or “wild sheep” of Cyprus, with the male’s distinctive heart-shaped horns, has become a much-loved and photographed icon for the island. The breeding programme ...

England enjoyed a 3-1 victory over Finland thanks to goals from Jack Grealish, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Declan Rice at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on Sunday to get their Nations League ...

The United Nations said Israeli tanks had burst into its base in southern Lebanon on Sunday, the latest accusation of Israeli violations against peacekeeping forces, as Hezbollah unleashed a deadly “...

The United States said on Sunday it will send to Israel an advanced anti-missile system – and U.S. troops to operate it – in a bid to bolster the country’s ...

Cyprus’ first natural gas extraction will most likely be from the Kronos reservoir in block 6, which may be in 2027, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said in an interview to Kathimerini published ...

This is based on my presentation at Atlantic Council’s ‘Regional Conference on Clean and Secure Energy’ that took place earlier this week. Every international meeting, be it the COPs, ...

Alassa residents cut off the Limassol – Platres road on Sunday as a sign of protest against a court decision to nullifying the election of Savvas Savva as community leader. The ...

SpaceX in its fifth Starship test flight on Sunday returned the rocket’s towering first stage booster back to its Texas launch pad for the first time using giant metal ...

Amid a continuous flow of news reports on hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, wildfires and even war, it is only natural for people to wonder what they can do to protect themselves ...

I was quite excited when I read “Buildings amnesty approved, thousands to receive title deeds”, which was published in the Cyprus Mail Friday, September 13. At last, I thought, the government’...

Iran said on Sunday that it has “no red lines” in defending itself, as the Middle East anxiously braced for Israel’s response to missile attacks from its arch-foe two ...

President Nikos Christodoulides pledged on Sunday he was headed to the tripartite meeting in New York with the sole goal of resuming negotiations. “I will honour the mandate I received ...

With big international names and top-level speakers from the business, health and wellness industry, an innovative event later this month will revolutionise what wellbeing means. Masterclasses, conferences, talks and a ...

October is the start of the Cyprus gardening year for me as well as many other serious gardeners. If this has been your first taste of how hot a Cyprus ...

I went to Larnaca airport very recently to pick someone up. The flight was delayed by about 20 minutes so I had a bit of standing around to do in the ...

Tom Cleaver in Saturday, September 28 edition of the Cyprus Mail wrote an informative and accurate account of the problems faced by pensioners with regard to car insurance. HIs report also ...

Russia’s defence ministry said on Sunday that its forces had taken control of the village of Mykhailivka in eastern Ukraine, where they have been advancing towards the important logistics ...

It is high time to improve Cyprus’ primary sector’s contribution to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. “It is not possible for ...

As the war between Hezbollah, Hamas and Israel rages on, Cyprus is playing an important role for evacuees from Lebanon. Positioned strategically close to the conflict zone, the island is ...