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In a memorable image from the 1977 film “Star Wars,” the young hero Luke Skywalker gazes at two suns setting above the horizon on his desert planet Tatooine. Astronomers since then ...

A chilling performance about the reality of war as seen through the eyes of children is coming to the capital as part of the Nicosia International Festival. _Bam_Boom_ is ...

Two men were arrested in Limassol on Friday afternoon for residing illegally in Cyprus and the possession of a weapon, police said on Saturday. The men were stopped by two ...

By Thomas Gift, UCL A few days ago, in a move that attracted international attention, the White House threatened to strip Harvard University of US$2 billion (£1.5 billion) in federal funding, ...

Think of the longest-lasting relationship in your life. Who’s always been there, through triumph and disaster, laughter and loss? Who’s seen you at your best and worst, your ...

Writing an opinion piece makes you realise that actual change does not come about from well-meaning people analysing problems and coming up with good ideas. Change, rather, is usually the ...

More than 100,000 mourners filed into St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday to pay their respects to Pope Francis, viewing his open coffin in the final visiting hours ahead of his ...

Virginia Giuffre, one of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers, has committed suicide, her family said on Friday. Giuffre, 41, died on Friday in Western Australia state, ...

The Cyprus property market has recorded a robust performance in the first quarter of 2025, with both transaction volumes and sales values reflecting strong momentum, according to a report by the ...

US President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin for three hours in Moscow on Friday to discuss the US plan to end the war in ...

The final day of the second week of protests in the north against the ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs by children at public schools saw ...

British companies buckled in April under the strain of an escalating global trade war that threatens to tip the economy into a new downturn, a survey has shown. The S&...

OpenAI would be interested in buying Google’s Chrome if antitrust enforcers are successful in forcing the Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit to sell the popular web browser as part of ...

A US appeals court has revived a proposed data privacy class action against Shopify (SHOP.TO), a decision that could make it easier for American courts to assert jurisdiction over ...

Wall Street brokerages earlier this week began coverage of Nvidia-backed CoreWeave (CRWV.O) with broadly bullish views, although the stock has failed to gain traction with investors following a lackluster ...

One piece of legislation will not be enough to solve the issue of crimes surrounding Easter bonfires, known as lambradjies, and other explosives, which were reported around Cyprus over the ...

Is there any country in the world apart from Cyprus in which employees do not allow their employer to assess their job performance? And is there any country in the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday lambasted President Nikos Christodoulides for “provocative” statements the latter had made about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Cyprus problem. “I regret ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has appointed a former member of his Senate staff who primarily has experience as a business consultant as the U.S. State Department’s top ...

A new bilingual publication highlighting Cyprus’ living heritage has been unveiled by the Cyprus national commission for Unesco, marking a milestone in efforts to preserve the island’s cultural identity. ...

Officials from the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and key countries met with Syrian authorities this week on efforts to rebuild the war-torn country, emphasizing the need for credible data, ...

China’s central bank governor on Friday criticized the U.S. for threatening global financial stability with its “recent abuse” of tariffs, in the wake of recent moves seen by ...

Friday marked 21 years since Greek Cypriots rejected the United Nations’ Annan plan in a landmark referendum held on April 24, 2004. In a statement issued on the anniversary, the group Adouloti Keryneia ...

A day after the 21st anniversary of the 2004 referendum on the Annan plan – a referendum which ended with the Greek Cypriots rejecting the plan, while the Turkish Cypriots accepted it – ...