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Africa’s newest financial institution had a September target: a board, a headquarters address in Abuja, and a mandate to coordinate monetary policy across the continent. Coordinating policy, not yet ...

Jean Chalopin has been asked, more than once, where his relentless hopefulness comes from. His answer tends to disarm people, because it isn’t lofty at all. It’s practical. “...

By Fanos Costa Two women from the administrative team in our Hong Kong office were arguing about stocks.  They were not traders or bankers, but ordinary employees comparing what they ...

Paella – the emblematic rice dish of Spain – originates in the wetlands of Valencia, where rice cultivation was introduced by the Moors between the eighth and thirteenth centuries. Early versions were ...

By Sonya J Thissen, Harriet E Berg and Vladyslav Lomako Every morning at 9:00am, Ukraine stops. Across cities in Ukraine, loudspeakers normally used to warn of incoming Russian air strikes ...

Two years ago, Little Gems Montessori Nursery received its second ECO School Award – an achievement of which we are very proud. But receiving an award does not mean that the ...

Grilled Peach & Chicken Salad with Honey Mustard Dressing If you are tired of the same old, typical salads, this one is for you! The grilled chicken keeps this firmly ...

The decline is usually the tell. Somewhere between a casual $200 deposit and a serious five-figure one, a high-volume bettor discovers that the payment method they have leaned on for years ...

A search rarely ends because the answer was found. More often it ends because the searcher ran out of patience first, settled for something plausible, and moved on without checking ...

When a drone appears near a correctional facility, security teams can see where the aircraft is flying, but that does not necessarily reveal where it is being operated from. The ...

Institutional capital is turning its attention to Ethereum, further reinforcing the trend of ETF inflows. Recent data shows that U.S. spot ETH ETFs recorded a combined net inflow of ...

An emergency fund can feel like money sitting idle. But if your income stopped tomorrow, how long could you cover your rent, bills and groceries without borrowing? An OECD survey ...

By Nicolas Netien On July 2 and 3, growers, millers, doctors and researchers from across the olive world met in Lisbon for the second Olive Oil World Congress. The two days produced ...

By Karen Taylor Theatre has always linked peoples, even when the language on stage is unfamiliar. In both China and Cyprus, this is taking on new energy as theatres offer ...

When people use AI search, generate images, or ask an AI assistant to handle a task, they usually see only the result on a screen. Behind those services is a ...

By Hakan Karahasan Just as elsewhere in the world, not a day goes by in Cyprus without far-right populism making its presence felt. The most recent ‘development’ took place during ...

Imagine discovering that your partner has been talking to an AI companion most evenings. Not occasionally, and not as a joke. They tell it about their day, confide in it ...

Hundreds of schoolchildren discovered the excitement of cricket while a packed weekend of fast-paced competition delivered big scores, sixes and standout individual performances across Cyprus. Cyprus Cricket celebrated the European ...

EU-funded researchers have pored over centuries-old sailing manuals and ship logbooks to trace how sailors’ hard-won knowledge slowly built our modern view of a connected planet. By Gareth Willmer In ...

Dr Thomas James Phillips Writing in the 19th century literary feuilleton Vremya (Time), the Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky chastised the intelligentsia of his day for its revolutionary impatience. Having been ...

Researchers, farmers and tech companies are developing open-source tools to tackle crop disease, irrigation and patchy internet, making digital farming cheaper, more practical and easier for farmers to trust. By ...

Microwave Mochi with Sweet Bean Paste 100g glutinous rice flour (mochiko)260ml cold water50g white sugarPinch of salt1-2 drops food colouring50g cornflour10-12 tbsp (250-300g) sweet ...

The croissant, the buttery laminated pastry now closely associated with French breakfast culture, has a history that does not start in France but instead in Austria, going through many centuries ...

By Dina-Perla Portnaar The summer continued to be a parade of hidden defects within my home. A man with a detective device had to be summoned to trace the invisible ...