Archive 2025

Cyprus will go dark for one hour on Saturday, joining millions across the globe in a symbolic act for the planet. From 8.30pm to 9.30pm on Saturday, cities, businesses and ...

President Nikos Christodoulides, on Saturday, confirmed the government’s readiness to engage in meaningful discussions on trust-building measures with the Turkish Cypriot leadership. He emphasised that the first meeting should ...

Turkish authorities have detained 343 people during overnight protests in several cities against the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday. Demonstrations took place in more ...

A new initiative to manage the growing number of stray dogs in Famagusta has taken a step forward. The commissioner for the environment and animal welfare, Antonia Theodosiou, met with ...

Israeli artillery and airstrikes hit south Lebanon on Saturday after Israel said it had intercepted rockets fired from across the border, endangering a shaky truce that ended a year-long war ...

When Mariia Pankova last exchanged messages with her close friend Pavlo in December, she had no idea that he was among the Ukrainian troops fighting in Russia’s Kursk region. ...

American George Foreman, who reclaimed the heavyweight boxing title at age 45 and became a celebrated product pitchman, died on Friday at age 76. “With profound sorrow, we announce the passing of ...

A 32-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an alleged fraud scheme involving car sales, with police investigating eight separate cases. The suspect appeared in Limassol District Court on ...

Thomas Tuchel finally ended his long wait to take the reins as England coach for the first time and duly began his tenure with a 2-0 victory over Albania on ...

Lewis Hamilton celebrated his first win for Ferrari on Saturday, answering his critics by leading the Chinese Grand Prix sprint from start to finish in only his second race for ...

If creating a calm, balanced and aesthetically pleasing home is your goal, then you probably already appreciate the power of indoor plants. More than just decorative additions, houseplants play a ...

Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard’s star – one of our closest stellar neighbors – though they concluded that all of them are too hot to ...

Authorities warned drivers on Saturday to exercise caution as icy conditions persist on roads in the Troodos mountains. While all routes remain open, the Kakopetria-Pedoulas, Pedoulas-Prodromos, and Prodromos-Troodos roads are ...

London’s Heathrow Airport resumed full operations on Saturday, a day after a fire knocked out its power supply and shut Europe’s busiest airport, causing global travel chaos. Some ...

By Tyrone Siu, Jessie Pang and Joyce Zhou Appealing to a younger audience, Rika Woo dons a white J-pop-style sleeveless top and a long white skirt embroidered with lace as ...

A unique and rather different event is coming up this March in Nicosia, dedicated to the women of Wikipedia. Or rather to the women featured or that deserve to be ...

The north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel and Turkey’s Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz signed the latest financial protocol covering forthcoming financial provisions from Turkey to the north, with the ...

By Ahmet T. Kuru, San Diego State University Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu had expected to become Turkey’s opposition presidential nominee on March 23, 2025; instead, he lost his freedom and college ...

Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) governor Christodoulos Patsalides on Friday highlighted the country’s economic transformation in recent years, while also outlining the challenges that lie ahead. Speaking at a ...

Intel’s incoming CEO Lip-Bu Tan has considered significant changes to its chip manufacturing methods and artificial intelligence strategies, two people familiar with Tan’s thinking told Reuters, in a ...

The light-based internet project Taara is departing Alphabet’s “moonshot” incubator X and spinning off into an independent company.  Taara’s technology uses lasers to transmit data and is seen ...

Tech companies must start putting in place measures to protect users from child sexual abuse images and other illegal content in Britain from Monday as enforcement of its online safety ...

The first witness in the trial of the two former MPs facing criminal charges over a report by news company Al Jazeera into the alleged illegal naturalisations of people as ...

Every year, deputies vote through an extension to the deadline for paying road tax for the year by two-and-a-half months. Instead of paying the following year’s road tax by ...