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Christa Pike is the 50-year-old American woman who was executed in the state of Tennessee and lived to tell the tale after her execution did not result in her death ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting October 12: The Cyprus economy is forecast to grow next year despite the economic headwinds due to ongoing crises ...

THE PUBLIC works department was always notorious for its legendary inefficiency. It was traditionally the employer of a special type of public parasite – the type that is less productive than ...

It is quite astonishing that there has been a shortage of some 600 nurses at hospitals and clinics for some time now and nursing unions are preventing every government attempt to ...

Private equity buyouts can boost suppliers’ sales and employment but also intensify cost-cutting during economic downturns, with wider consequences for competition and the effects of interest rate changes, according to ...

Global shipments of OLED monitor panels are forecast to rise by 79 per cent in 2026 to 6.1 million units, as falling prices, expanding production capacity and growing competition drive wider adoption, according ...

Satellites from different makers can’t easily connect or be repaired in orbit. EU-funded researchers have built and tested a universal, USB-like standard that could change that. By Jonathan O’...

Technology and software companies face growing challenges from electronic invoicing requirements as countries introduce differing tax reporting rules, deadlines and data standards, according to professional services firm EY. The firm ...

In recent months, too many families in Cyprus have had to face what no parent should ever experience, the death of a child, the grief of knowing that life will ...

Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian civilians, European diplomats and a French mayor in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, Belgium’s foreign minister said, a day after settlers beat an American ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman jointly attended the annual bicommunal festival in the Larnaca district village of Pyla on Saturday evening, with the former declaring upon ...

Workers at Cyprus Turkish Petroleum (K-Pet) on Saturday brought to an end their strike after the company reversed its decision to lay off nine workers, the Turkish Cypriot federation of ...

Direct Democracy Cyprus leader Fidias Panayiotou on Saturday led a march to the presidential palace to demonstrate against high and rising electricity prices, with the protesters submitting a letter to ...

Customs officers seized over six kilograms of cannabis which had been shipped to Larnaca airport, the department said on Saturday. The cannabis was found on Friday, when officers inspected a ...

The police on Saturday announced that they had arrested a ninth individual, a 17-year-old boy, as investigations into an assault on a 16-year-old boy in the Nicosia suburb of Latsia ...

One of the most distinctive musical creators of his generation, virtuoso oud player and profound connoisseur of Eastern Mediterranean musical traditions, presents his album at the Cyprus Museum this October ...

Russia said on Saturday it had carried out a large-scale overnight attack on Ukrainian and infrastructure targets including the country’s largest steelworks in the city of Kryvyi Rih, and ...

Police in Albania fired what appeared to be rubber bullets at protesters on Saturday, the fifth day of mass student demonstrations demanding Prime Minister Edi Rama step down. Reuters video ...

Kenya confirmed four new cases of the Ebola Bundibugyo virus on Saturday, including three health workers who treated the country’s first patient, bringing the total number of confirmed cases ...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Saturday Egypt would take any measures necessary to defend Saudi Arabia if asked, amid escalating Houthi attacks on the kingdom, and parliament announced ...

A left-leg injury derailed Iga Swiatek as she went down fighting to Polish compatriot and childhood friend Maja Chwalinska 7-5 6-1 in the Wuhan Open semi-finals on Saturday. French Open ...

Hurricane Trudy maintained its strength as it moved toward Mexico’s western coast on Saturday, with forecasters warning it could strengthen further before beginning to weaken on Sunday. The US ...

Chelsea beat Everton 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday thanks to a double from Pedro Neto as the London club provisionally moved up to fourth in a game overshadowed ...

Pope Leo left hospital in Rome on Saturday afternoon to return to the Vatican following surgery for lung cancer four days ago. The 71-year-old walked unaided to his waiting car, ...