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Leonid Onyshchenko, a gruff-voiced 63-year-old Ukrainian soldier with a thick moustache, has spent many a Christmas away from his family, but hearing his little grandson Petro’s voice over the ...

By Annette Chrysostomou Santa has for years been known as the jolly fat man who brings holiday cheer. His white beard, rosy cheeks and suit are symbols of the season. ...

A former Maoist guerrilla who led a decade-long insurgency against Nepal’s Hindu monarchy was on Sunday appointed prime minister for a third time, in alliance with the main opposition ...

By Gwynne Dyer Some lucky boys and girls are going to find micro-suicide drones in their stockings this Christmas! Get your orders in now! I was idly scanning the website ...

Six people died and two were injured after a passenger bus careened off a bridge and plunged into anoverflowing river in northwestern Spain, emergency services said on Sunday. Two survivors – ...

Wrap up the year with music in Larnaca suggests ELENI PHILIPPOU With just a week until we bid farewell to 2022, the island’s entertainment venues are in their final stretch ...

The suspect detained over the killing of three Kurdish people in Paris told investigators of his “hatred of foreigners”, the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday. The 69-year-old man was arrested ...

According to recent research, there are 10 gifts we give and receive each Christmas. ALIX NORMAN finds out whether her 2022 presents make the list! The Christmas research is in! The Top 10 ...

Recently, the promised details on the Cyprus problem of Nikos Christodoulides’ election manifesto were made public with great fanfare. I have carefully read the relevant text of some 2,000 words three ...

Pope Francis called for an end to the war in Ukraine and other conflicts in his Christmas message on Sunday, saying the world was suffering from a “famine of peace”. ...

Cyprus’ Kurdish community is set to organise a march to the French embassy today. The march comes as a response to Friday’s shooting in Paris which left three dead ...

In a former preacher and biker, THEO PANAYIDES finds a cheerful free spirit who combines chaotic good with a joy for living The café in Tseri, just outside Nicosia, isn’...

Russia is ready to negotiate with all parties involved in the war in Ukraine but Kyiv and its Western backers have refused to engage in talks, President Vladimir Putin said ...

The eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang is battling around 1 million new daily COVID-19 infections, a number expected to double in the days ahead, the provincial government said on Sunday. Despite ...

The European Central Bank must be prepared to take the heat and raise interest rates further, including by more than the market expects, if that is needed to bring down ...

Arsenal continue their push for a first title in 19 years when they host West Ham United in the late game on Monday as the Premier League season resumes after the ...

Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) has agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the social media giant of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to ...

Sam Bankman-Fried and other FTX executives received billions of dollars in secret loans from the crypto mogul’s Alameda Research, the hedge fund’s former chief told a judge when ...

By Ioannis Tirkides Central banks have been tightening for the most part of the year and will likely continue for a little longer into the early part of the new ...

This Christmas season, the noose around pocket strings has become incredibly tight as inflation soars and prices skyrocket. Though special offers appear to be some sort of saving grace, it ...

Cyprus was given another Christmas present this week, but alas it is a present it cannot unwrap and make use of any time soon. The news of another gas find ...

ON THIS Christmas Day, all Christians of Kyproulla, including the non-believers, have been given the best possible present they could have prayed for, even though they would not have found ...

Can a party featuring signature contemporary cocktails also bring characteristic elements of a traditional Cypriot tavern? In their upcoming fiesta on December 30, that is what High&Wet promises. Held ...

Historians will judge 2022 a momentous year. If when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 it heralded the end of history, by that logic Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 ushered in ...