Archive 2024

Teenage sensation Gout Gout ran the 200 metres in 20.04 seconds at the Australian schools championships in Brisbane on Saturday to break the national record Peter Norman set at the 1968 Olympics. The ...

One person died, three were injured and an unknown number of people were missing after a building in The Hague collapsed on Saturday following explosions and a fire, the mayor ...

Lando Norris led a McLaren front row sweep in qualifying for the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Saturday with the team perfectly placed to win their first Formula One ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday said he does not accept the term “Cypriot” to refer to people from the island of Cyprus. Addressing the north’s Ataturk teachers’ ...

By Rosemary Trout The holidays are full of delicious and indulgent food and drinks. It’s hard to resist dreaming about cookies, specialty cakes, rich meats and super saucy side ...

The customs department on Saturday found a total of 1,395 litres of petrol which had been smuggled into the Republic from the north in a house. The petrol was stored in ...

A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday upheld a law requiring Chinese-based ByteDance to divest its popular short video app TikTok in the United States by early next year ...

An ancient Cypriot zoomorphic urn dating from the bronze age was on Saturday formally handed back to the Cyprus government in London. The urn was handed over by the director ...

Milan’s famed La Scala opera house kicks off its new season on Saturday with a Giuseppe Verdi drama adapted to the modern day to tell the tragedy of war, ...

A series of plans aimed at bolstering the environmental credentials of the Tillyria region were announced by President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday. He was visiting the region as part of ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol survived an impeachment motion in the opposition-led parliament on Saturday that was prompted by his short-lived attempt to impose martial law this week, after ...

Earth is an ocean world, with water covering about 71 per cent of its surface. Venus, our closest planetary neighbor, is sometimes called Earth’s twin based on their similar size ...

By Paula M Carbone Fast fashion is everywhere – in just about every mall, in the feeds of influencers on social media promoting overconsumption, and in ads constantly popping up online. ...

Potatoes were thrown at the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel’s office on Friday evening as trade unions protested the north’s high cost of living and a bill ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday said he is “ready” to discuss the matter of crossing points with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar. Speaking during a tour of the Tillyria area, ...

Another exhibition joins the Limassol cultural scene this December. Kaleidoscope is set to open next week at Lumiere Contemporary Art Gallery presenting works by Irina Pakhmutova, a distinguished Russian artist ...

The government “will do everything possible” to ensure the continued supply of water to the Paphos district, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday after a desalination plant between the villages ...

Paris’ Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens its doors on Saturday, five-and-a-half years after it was ravaged by a devastating fire that destroyed its spire and roof and brought the entire Gothic masterpiece ...

Syrian rebels readied to press their lightning advance on Saturday as government forces buttressed collapsing frontlines and bombarded the insurgents’ positions around Homs, in a bid to save President Bashar ...

New York City police believe the man who fatally shot a UnitedHealth UNH.N top executive has left the city, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on Friday, as the hunt ...

The only scary thing about Max Verstappen is his speed, according to McLaren’s Lando Norris. Mercedes rival George Russell has accused Red Bull’s quadruple world champion of bullying ...

The Premier League clash between Everton and Liverpool has been postponed due to adverse weather conditions, hosts Everton said on Saturday. The Merseyside derby, scheduled later on Saturday at Goodison ...

Credit rating agency Fitch on Saturday upgraded Cyprus’ credit rating from BBB+ to A-, becoming the second such agency in the space of three weeks to give the island an ‘...

Jerk chicken, with its smoky, spicy and aromatic appeal, is one of Jamaica’s most iconic dishes, beloved worldwide for its bold flavours and rich history. This method of seasoning ...