Archive 2024

Britain’s economy grew more slowly than previously thought in the second quarter, but there were positive signs from household finances and business investment that could encourage finance minister Rachel ...

Western nations are ramping up contingency plans to evacuate citizens from Lebanon after a sharp escalation in the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese armed movement Hezbollah, coupled with Iran’...

Danish police said on Wednesday they were investigating two blasts in the immediate vicinity of Israel’s embassy in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen. There were no injuries reported and ...

Arsenal’s Kai Havertz maintained his impressive start to the season with the opening goal in a 2-0 home victory against Paris St Germain which kick-started the London club’s ...

Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance clashed late Tuesday at a vice presidential debate that was surprisingly civil in the final stretch of an ugly election campaign marred by ...

Wednesday will be mostly clear with localised clouds and afternoon rains expected in the mountains. Temperatures will rise to 31C inland, 30C on the coast, and 25C in the higher ...

British house prices rose by a higher-than-expected 0.7 per cent in September from August, with the annual growth rate hitting 3.2 per cent, the fastest pace since November 2022, figures from Nationwide Building ...

Iran said on Wednesday its missile attack on Israel, its biggest military assault on the country, was over, barring further provocation, while Israel and the United States promised to hit ...

Oil prices climbed about 3 per cent on Tuesday after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel in retaliation for Israel’s campaign against Tehran’s Hezbollah allies in ...

International flights with destinations in the Middle East were diverted to Cyprus on Tuesday evening as Iran launched a series of missile strikes on the Israeli Mediterranean city of Tel ...

At least six people were killed and nine wounded in a suspected shooting and stabbing terror attack in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, Israeli police said. They said that two “terrorists” ...

Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday in retaliation for Israel’s campaign against Tehran’s Hezbollah allies in Lebanon, drawing vows of a sharp response ...

Here to entice the French-speaking and cinema-loving community of Paphos is an event coming up next Wednesday screening the feature film Frantz. Perhaps what is even more special about the ...

Nobel laureate Jimmy Carter, who has lived longer than any US president in history, celebrates his 100th birthday on Tuesday. Carter, a Democrat, served a single term as president from ...

Humanitarian aid packages were delivered to migrant workers living on 10 different sites near Morphou, the north’s Refugee Rights Association (MHD) announced on Tuesday. The MHD described the aid recipients ...

The kitchen of a hotel room in Ayia Napa was damaged in a fire which broke out on Monday evening, fire brigade spokesman Andreas Kettis said. In a post on ...

The Cyprus Turkish nurses and midwives union on Tuesday announced that an interim order had been issued in their favour regarding a lawsuit they had filed against the north’s ‘...

Nato’s new chief Mark Rutte voiced strong support for Ukraine on Tuesday and said he was not worried about the upcoming US election as he could work with former ...

The trial of the man who killed 16-year-old Zehie Helin Reessur is set to conclude on October 24. Her killer, Sefer Bugra Altundag, will learn his sentence, having been charged with ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s new official residence in Ayios Dhometios will be ready “by the end of the year”, Tatar said on Tuesday. Speaking after the ceremonial opening ...

By Sinead Kelly  The word ‘narcissist’ is so frequently bandied about nowadays to describe exes or romantic partners that every second person is a “narc”. But this isn’t helpful ...

The government aims to create a protocol to review all the procedures regarding allowing prisoners on day release, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Tuesday. He said the aim of ...

Lumière Contemporary Art Gallery will present Marcelo Daldoce’s first solo presentation at the Limassol venue this October, new artworks under the title Plants. On view from October 11 to ...

The government is waiting for official information regarding the date of the planned informal dinner to be attended by President Nikos Christodoulides, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, and Turkish Cypriot ...