Archive 2024

The House plenum on Friday unanimously rejected the president’s referral of the law giving the power to the chief of police to appoint a person of his/her choice ...

Rains returned to Rio Grande do Sul on Friday as the death toll from historic floods in Brazil’s southernmost state reached 113, with 146 people still unaccounted for, local authorities said. ...

OpenAI plans to announce its artificial intelligence-powered search product on Monday, according to two sources familiar with the matter, raising the stakes in its competition with search king Google. The ...

British opposition leader Keir Starmer pledged on Friday to “smash the gangs” who bring asylum seekers to Britain in boats, saying a Labour government would hire hundreds of enforcement officials ...

South Africa has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order Israel to withdraw from Rafah as part of additional emergency measures over the war in Gaza, the U....

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan were greeted with wild cheers, song and dance as they visited a school to talk about mental health in Nigeria’s capital Abuja on ...

A Greek appeals court has sentenced a man who worked for a Turkish consulate to five years in prison on spying charges, legal sources said on Friday, in a case ...

At least 60 people were injured on Friday when a seven-car passenger train collided with a locomotive and an empty train car in Buenos Aires, local authorities said, without giving details ...

Italy’s Health Ministry has updated its guidelines on medically assisted reproduction, allowing access for women who requested the procedure with their male partner but who have since become separated ...

By Robert Morgan Police on Friday are investigating an online fraud case, after a woman said she was scammed out of thousands of euros. The unknown persons told the woman, 56, ...

An Israeli strike on a village in south Lebanon killed a Lebanese technician contracted by a telecoms company to fix a phone tower, Lebanon’s telecoms minister told Reuters on ...

Professional soldiers received a pay rise after cabinet approved a proposal made by Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Friday. They will now be on the public sector A2-A5-A7 ...

Under the title Intended /Unattended, Cypriot artist Stelios Ermogenides presents his latest body of work at IsNotGallery. Set to open next week in the capital, the exhibition will run from ...

The future of the maritime industry is set to be a focal point at the Poseidonia 2024 World Expo, where a wide range of critical industry issues will be analysed by ...

Russian forces launched an armoured ground attack on Friday near Ukraine’s second city of Kharkiv in the northeast of the country and made limited gains, opening a new front ...

Cyprus has the highest rate of healthcare-associated infections of any country in the European Union, according to a report published by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). ...

By Andria Kades and Jean Christou The death of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou in 2005 was a crime and he died of strangulation, rather than suicide a judge ruled on Friday. ...

The cost of coffee fell in Cyprus between March 2023 and March 2024, according to the European Union’s statistical service Eurostat. On average, coffee cost 2.3 per cent less in March this ...

By Andria Kades and Jean Christou As the public waited the verdict as to whether national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou committed suicide or was murdered in 2005, the court reading painted a ...

Cyprus’ trade deficit narrowed sharply in the first quarter of this year annually, mainly reflecting the deceleration in prices and inflation, according to a report by the Cyprus Statistical Service (...

Two new electric vehicle charging points were opened in Nicosia on Friday. The charging points are both located in the city centre, with one in the car park atop the ...

Numerous brands are now working in the demanding marketplace where consumers are becoming more and more environmentally-conscious. Packing papers play a crucial role in making this happen. They also provide ...

A serious workforce shortage is rocking the healthcare industry worldwide, and it has been one of the biggest constraints to achieving future health and development goals. Pandemic and post-pandemic aftershocks ...

The Cyprus Anti-Cancer Society and German Oncology Center are strengthening their cooperation, having signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), focused on cancer patients’ needs. Through their closer cooperation, specialised services ...