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U.S. officials will meet Taliban representatives and “technocratic professionals” from key Afghan ministries during a visit to Doha this week, the State Department said on Wednesday, adding they will ...

Six people were injured in New York on Wednesday when the top portion of a construction crane caught fire and crashed into a Manhattan street during the morning rush hour, ...

Ukraine’s domestic intelligence agency claimed responsibility for the first time on Wednesday for a sabotage operation that badly damaged the Russian-made Kerch Bridge linking occupied Crimea with Russia last ...

Another music project under the Cultural Decentralisation programme of the ministry of culture is getting ready to bring live music to the island’s rural villages. George Kalogerou’s musical ...

An accurate toe-poke by forward Adriana Leon coupled with a touch of fortune allowed Canada to secure a 2-1 victory against Ireland on Wednesday, their first of this year’s ...

A tearful Kevin Spacey was found not guilty on Wednesday by a jury at a London court of committing historical sex offences against four men After more than 12 hours of ...

The District Court of Nicosia dismissed a case brought against the Bank of Cyprus, the Central Bank and the Republic of Cyprus for the haircut on deposits during the financial ...

Depression and anxiety have been the biggest driver of the increase in Britons who say they are too ill to work, closely followed by a category which includes long-term COVID-19 ...

British billionaire Joe Lewis has surrendered to U.S. authorities in Manhattan and is expected to appear in court later on Wednesday to face insider trading charges, a spokesperson for ...

US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden arrived at a Delaware courthouse on Wednesday where he is expected to plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to ...

The Bishop of Karpasia Christophoros has denied reports that he had verbally agreed to the construction of a masjid, a Muslim place of worship, on the grounds of the Apostolos ...

Ukraine is still considering whether or not to stick with its decision to bar its athletes from competing against Russians or Belarusians, the sports minister said on Wednesday, a year ...

The upcoming meeting between President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is a significant step towards efforts to resume negotiations, the government spokesman said on Wednesday. “We consider ...

Flags will fly at half-mast at parliament in Nicosia during the three-day mourning period declared for the two Greek pilots who died fighting wildfires in Greece. Parliament said on Wednesday ...

A fire blazed on a ship off the Dutch coast with nearly 3,000 vehicles on board on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring several others, the coastguard said. The fire began ...

Cyprus Seeds aims to halt the ‘brain drain’ from Cyprus of talented, highly educated and highly skilled young researchers says Paul Lambis An old proverb teaches that every seed sown ...

Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) on Wednesday posted a 27 per cent fall in second-quarter profit as investment banking revenue slumped and warned of the need for cost cuts even though higher ...

The EU rights watchdog on Wednesday announced a probe into Europe’s deadliest shipwreck in years and whether the bloc’s Frontex border agency fulfilled its rescue duties when the ...

Chief firefighter Andreas Tziakouris received an award by the justice minister on Wednesday for his success at the 250km ultramarathon in Morocco. Tziakouris said the race “was an incredible experience, ...

Mple Rewards enables its users to discover unparalleled advantages from over 120 companies from almost all sectors of the island’s economic activity and get rewarded with cashback when using their ...

Medicine prices in the north have increased by over 30 per cent after Turkey updated its medicine pricing law. The law stipulates the retail price exchange rate for all medicinal products ...

NatWest CEO Alison Rose stepped down with immediate effect on Wednesday after she admitted to a “serious error of judgment” in discussing former Brexit party leader Nigel Farage’s relationship ...

Italy’s southern island of Sicily has been devastated by wildfires that have killed three elderly people, its regional president said, as a heatwave and severe storms further north took ...

Minister of Agriculture Petros Xenophontos on Wednesday said autonomous solar energy is the solution to the problem of exposed cables running through the Paphos forest. The minister’s announcement came ...