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The weather outlook for Thursday points towards generally fair conditions with scattered clouds making occasional appearances. Winds are forecasted to blow at a light and variable pace, registering around force 3 ...

The United States aims to have a floating pier in place off the Gaza Strip coast in the coming days to boost aid deliveries, but Washington is facing the same ...

Armed forces were protecting New Caledonia’s two airports and port after a third night of violent riots that have killed four people, the Pacific Island’s top French official ...

The Cypriot economy exhibited its highest growth rate in the last five quarters during the first quarter of 2024, with Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increasing by 3.5 per cent compared to the ...

President of the Cyprus Hotel Association (Pasyxe) Thanos Michaelides this week raised concerns about a slowdown in summer bookings, indicating that 2024 may see a downturn compared to previous years. Michaelides ...

At least one Mondelez (MDLZ.O) investor, Swedish pension fund AP7, will back a resolution calling for the Oreo cookie maker to conduct an independent study of the risks of ...

El Salvador has mined nearly 474 bitcoins since 2021 thanks to a volcano-fueled geothermal power plant, official data showed this week, bringing the government’s total bitcoin portfolio to nearly $354 million at ...

The UN secretary-general’s personal envoy, Maria Angela Holguin, left Cyprus after meeting the leaders on Monday, with nothing to show for her efforts. Monday’s meeting with Turkish Cypriot ...

The ‘shameful’ conditions at Tsirio stadium will be brought up to the President, the House education committee decided on Wednesday. MPs said that although the surrounding area could have huge ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos met on Wednesday with his counterpart in Uzbekistan, Bakhtiyor Saidov with whom he discussed bilateral cooperation. Posting on X, Kombos said that he had a substantive ...

A small crowd of people gathered in Nicosia’s central Eleftheria square on Wednesday evening to hold a vigil to mark the 76th anniversary of the Nakba – the ethnic cleansing ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was publicly challenged about post-war plans for the Gaza Strip on Wednesday by his own defence chief, who vowed to oppose any long-term military rule ...

EU ambassadors agreed in principle on Wednesday to place four Russian media outlets on its sanctions list, accusing them of propaganda, EU Commissioner for Values and Transparency Vera Jourova said ...

The Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency, commonly known as Invest Cyprus, and the Cyprus Fiduciary Association (CYFA) inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Wednesday, aiming to bolster their ties and ...

U.S. President Joe Biden and Republican rival Donald Trump on Wednesday accepted CNN’s invitation to face off on June 27 in the candidates’ first 2024 debate, setting up the highest ...

Jurors could be seated as soon as Wednesday to determine whether Democratic U.S. Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey broke the law in what prosecutors have called a years-long ...

A UK shipment of nearly 100 tonnes of aid has left Cyprus bound for a new temporary pier in Gaza, the British Foreign Office said in a statement on Wednesday. Meanwhile, ...

The inaugural Cyprus Forum London commenced on Wednesday morning, at the Cyprus High Commission’s premises in central London, organised by the non-governmental organisation ‘Oxygen for Democracy’, in collaboration with ...

Greek police have arrested a Turkish national, the suspected leader of a criminal group wanted by Ankara for a range of crimes including manslaughter, Greek police and intelligence sources said ...

Tennis great Serena Williams will host the 2024 ESPYs in July, ESPN announced on Tuesday. The 23-times Grand Slam champion, who retired after the 2022 U.S. Open and is widely regarded ...

Hundreds of police fanned out across northern France on a massive manhunt for a fugitive gangster known as “The Fly” on Wednesday, a day after he was sprung from a ...

Britain’s King Charles has unveiled the first official portrait of himself since his coronation last May. The portrait by artist Jonathan Yeo depicts Charles against a background of vivid ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday said he was “profoundly shocked” after Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot. “Profoundly shocked by the attempt against the life of the Slovak ...

MPs on Wednesday derided attorney-general George Savvides’ position regarding his decision to not prosecute former police drug squad chief Michalis Katsounotos for refusing to answer questions put to him by ...