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A Tesla Cybertruck exploded in flames outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on Wednesday, killing the driver and injuring seven others, and the FBI was investigating whether the blast ...

Casino revenues in Macau, the world’s biggest gambling hub, soared by nearly a quarter in 2024 but still came in short of pre-pandemic levels, underlining the need for the former ...

Investors are expecting more gains for the US stock market in 2025 after two straight standout years, fueled by a solid economy supporting corporate profits, moderating interest rates and pro-growth policies ...

US planemaker Boeing (BA.N) is on track to be the biggest loser of 2024 in the Dow Jones Index, tumbling 32 per cent as it bounced from one crisis to another. ...

Bitcoin more than doubled in 2024 driven by the US markets regulator’s approval for exchange-traded funds tied to its spot price, and optimism over easing regulatory hurdles with Donald Trump ...

Arsenal showed they can cope without the injured Bukayo Saka as they began the year in style by recovering from an early sucker-punch to beat Brentford 3-1 away and move ...

The popular, bizarre and magical tale of Alice in Wonderland will be brought to life this January through a captivating circus show that will tour the island. Children and adults ...

A U.S. Army veteran flying an ISIS flag from his truck swerved around makeshift barriers and plowed into New Orleans’ crowded French Quarter on New Year’s Day, killing 15 ...

A Congolese military tribunal has sentenced 13 soldiers to death on charges including murder, looting, and cowardice in what military authorities said was a drive to improve army discipline after territorial ...

‘I’ll never forget the New Year I was 15,’ an Irish friend told me. It was near lunchtime, the extended family in the living room. There was a bang on ...

A 26-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Tuesday night after police found him to be in possession of a total of 17 grams of cannabis, as well as “small amounts” ...

A 40-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday night after taking out a pistol and firing shots into the air at a petrol station on the road between Morphou and the ...

A 30-year-old man from Kyrenia was arrested on Tuesday night after having stolen his girlfriend’s mobile phone. The man had become irate at around 1pm when, while spending time ...

Russian gas exports via Soviet-era pipelines running through Ukraine came to a halt on New Year’s Day, marking the end of decades of Moscow’s dominance over Europe’s ...

Romania and Bulgaria scrapped land border controls to become full members of the European Union’s Schengen free-travel area on Wednesday, joining an expanded bloc of countries whose residents can ...

Driving through Minthis Resort, it would be easy to miss Amaracus Restaurant as it is set back and hidden from the road opposite the clubhouse. Even within the development, which ...

January will be a “very busy period” with regard to the Cyprus problem, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Wednesday. Making his first statements of the year, he said ...

Paphos’ “Vrysouthkia Kelpetri” winter swimmers’ club took its first dip in the sea of the year at the town’s municipal baths on Wednesday morning. The occasion was marked with ...

Puerto Ricans were without electricity on New Year’s Eve after a grid failure left nearly all of the island without power, although energy was slowly being restored. Around 58 per ...

The breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria cut heating and hot water supplies to households on Wednesday after Russia stopped supplying gas via Ukraine. “There is no heating or hot water,” ...

By Despina Nicola Maria and Jack had always fought, and the arguments often left them feeling hurt, distant, and misunderstood. Maria would think, If Jack truly loved me, he’d ...

Oil prices are likely to be constrained near $70 a barrel in 2025 as weak demand from China and rising global supplies are expected to cast a shadow on OPEC+-led efforts ...

The award of this year’s Nobel Prize in economics to Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson highlights a fundamental aspect of the global economy, notably inequality between countries. The three scientists ...

Kicking off January’s performances at the 5th Nicosia International Festival are two concerts by Cypriot artists. The first, on January 10, falls under the festival’s #Under30 programme which highlights ...