Archive 2024

Israeli tank fire hit six areas in southern Lebanon on Thursday and the Israeli military said its ceasefire with Hezbollah was breached after what it called suspects, some in vehicles, ...

Oil prices drifted lower on Thursday after a surprise jump in US gasoline inventories, with investors focusing on this weekend’s OPEC+ meeting to discuss oil output policy. Brent crude ...

“Bus number seven was not running this morning,” Olga Slatina wrote on social media from the Sverdlovsk region in Russia’s Ural Mountains. “The dispatcher said it wouldn’t be ...

Manchester City’s Rodri said he is aiming to return from a serious knee injury before the end of the current campaign despite the Spanish midfielder being ruled out for ...

A large amount of contraband items, including banned pesticides, were intercepted and seized by authorities in a coordinated operation, police reported on Thursday. The seizure happened on November 20 when police ...

Three people were arrested in the Famagusta district after it was found that they were living in Cyprus without a residence permit, the police announced on Thursday. The arrests were ...

Manchester United coach Ruben Amorim has vowed to help struggling striker Marcus Rashford rediscover the form that resulted in him scoring 30 goals across all competitions in the 2022-23 season, but ...

Police in Larnaca were on “high alert” on Thursday morning, with Polish football fans arriving in the town en route to their club Legia Warsaw’s Europa Conference League fixture ...

By Simon Demetriou As Alexandra Petri clearly states in her introduction, this is a book for that order of person who examines US History textbooks and exclaims, “Oh no! We ...

Tottenham Hotspur boss Ange Postecoglou praised Guglielmo Vicario for playing with a broken ankle in their 4-0 win over Manchester City before he underwent surgery but said on Wednesday that ...

Police in Paphos on Wednesday arrested a 34-year-old man for an investigated case of residential burglary and theft. According to the police, the theft was reported on September 21 to the ...

Israeli military strikes killed at least 17 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, medics said, as forces stepped up bombardments on central areas and pushed tanks deeper in the north ...

A 29-year-old man arrested in connection with an explosion in a house garage, in Yermasogia, Limassol, has been released. Limassol district court dismissed a police request for the detention of ...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico would retaliate if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump followed through with his proposed 25% across-the-board tariff, a move her government warned could kill 400,000 U.S. ...

An exciting weekend lies ahead hosting a variety of artsy markets, festive ballet performances and events. From now until the end of December, there will be more Christmas events than ...

Thursday will be mostly clear with locally increased clouds at times. Temperatures will rise to 18C in the interior, 20C on the coasts, and 10C in the higher mountains. Winds ...

Liverpool regained top spot in the Champions League table and registered a first victory over Real Madrid in 15 years on Wednesday with a dominant 2-0 win courtesy of goals from ...

Russia carried out its second big attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure this month on Thursday, with national and local officials reporting blasts and emergency power cuts across the country ...

Petroleum product sales in Cyprus saw a 3.5 per cent increase in October 2024 compared to the same month in 2023, reaching 135,250 tonnes, according to a report released by the Cyprus Statistical Service. ...

European authorities this week confirmed Cyprus’ financial and economic stability in their 17th post-programme surveillance mission. The latest report, released on Tuesday from the European Commission, European Central Bank (ECB), ...

The spirits industry plans to lobby for an exemption from any universal tariffs on US imports proposed by the incoming Trump administration, according to a trade body representing leading spirits ...

The US economy grew at a solid clip in the third quarter, the government confirmed on Wednesday, amid robust consumer spending. Gross domestic product increased at an unrevised 2.8 per cent ...

A total of 5,282 people have been checked for HIV in the last ten years at the Cyprus Checkpoint operated by the Support Movement for AIDS, it said on Wednesday. In ...

Disy leader Annita Demetriou was careful in her wording on Tuesday when she said her party was looking into a way around the decades-old contentious issue of strikes in essential ...