Archive April 2026

Vaccine makers Pfizer PFE.N and BioNTech 22UAy.DE halted a large U.S. trial of their updated COVID-19 vaccine in healthy adults aged 50 to 64, saying enrollment in the trials ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Russia had responded to Ukraine’s proposed Easter ceasefire by launching more strikes against his country’s energy infrastructure. “Russia responds with ‘Shaheds’ (...

Italian senators have proposed a plan to incentivise fishing companies that donate discarded nets to help shield Ukraine from Russian drone attacks, a document showed on Wednesday. Ukraine has this ...

Ecuador’s government said on Wednesday that intentional homicides fell 28% nationwide in March, attributing the decline to military operations carried out during a two-week nightly curfew in four provinces. President ...

A U.S. judge on Wednesday delayed by a few weeks the federal trial of Luigi Mangione on charges stemming from the killing of a health insurance executive in Manhattan, ...

Iran has asked the United States for a ceasefire, President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Wednesday, adding Washington would consider this once the Strait of Hormuz ...

Returning for the third consecutive year is the Palestinian Independent Film Festival which will take place simultaneously across five cities in Cyprus and Greece this spring. On May 8-10, the ...

Cuts to value added tax (VAT) on fuel would not comply with European Union law, the European Commission said on Wednesday, as governments across Europe attempt to combat spiking fuel ...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou was censured in a parliamentary report into the management of the wildfire which tore through the Limassol district and killed two people last summer, with the ...

A 68-year-old man is in critical condition after colliding with another car, driven by a 27-year-old in Paphos on Wednesday morning. According to the police, the incident occurred at around 7.30...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday used the anniversary of the start of the Eoka struggle to underline the importance of historical awareness in efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem, while ...

IIsrael’s military on Wednesday said it killed senior Hezbollah commander Haj Youssef Ismail Hashem in the biggest blow to the group since a fresh bout of fighting with Israel ...

The House legal committee will convene again on Thursday to discuss plans to change the framework regarding the authorities’ access to people’s private communications, with many MPs remaining dissatisfied ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday that “some Turkish Cypriots” had sought to prevent the traditional Eid al-Fitr pilgrimage to the Hala Sultan Tekkesi in Larnaca from taking place. “Apparently, ...

With President Donald Trumppresent for some of the arguments, Supreme Court justices posed tough questions about the legality of his directive to restrict birthright citizenship in the U.S., a ...

Tesla’s (TSLA.O) first-quarter deliveries are expected to be lower than in the December quarter as ​the electric-vehicle maker struggles with uneven demand ‌and intensifying competition in key markets. ...

Chelsea on Wednesday reported a pre-tax loss of 262.4 million pounds during the 2024-25 season, the biggest annual loss in English football, surpassing the previous record loss of 194.9 million pounds posted ...

A renewed threat to commercial shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden is adding to wider fears over a deepening global energy and trade shock, with separate assessments ...

Whereas its spiritual predecessor Yes, Minister offered a world of polished deceit and gentlemanly obstruction, The Thick of It proves rather more profane in its satire. Here, ministers are compromised, ...

Artificial intelligence is becoming more deeply embedded in both boardroom strategy and daily operations across shipping, and Island Oil Holdings chief technology officer Gregoris Gregoriou believes its real value lies ...

The United States will end its war on Iran fairly soon and could return for “spot hits” if needed, President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday, hours before he was ...

Cyprus’ efforts to strengthen its appeal as an international business and investment centre received backing from the Cyprus International Business Association (CIBA), whose board met President Nikos Christodoulides this week ...

NASA is set to launch four astronauts as soon as Wednesday evening on a 10-day flight around the moon, marking the most ambitious U.S. space mission in decades and ...

The Russian Defence Ministry said on Wednesday that its forces had taken full control of the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine, suggesting they had wrested control of a small sliver ...