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39 per cent of all work deaths are in the building trade A study into workplace accidents during the period of 1999 to 2020 has found that 96 per cent of all such fatalities ...

French President Emmanuel Macron and Pope Francis held talks on Monday, with the crisis in Ukraine and prospects for peace there expected to have been their main topic of discussion. ...

Elected for the first time to parliament in 2015, Rishi Sunak became Britain’s youngest prime minister in more than 200 years on Monday, tasked with steering the country through an economic ...

Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr believes that fans found guilty of racist abuse should be banned for life from attending games. The 22-year-old Brazilian was a victim of abuse in ...

Argentina’s self-styled “first fan” Marcelo Martinez is so keen to see Lionel Messi and team mates at the World Cup that he arrived in Qatar six months early. The ...

The Limassol municipality will tackle the problem caused by the appearance of the Asian tiger mosquito that causes yellow fever, the health ministry, the municipality, and Cyprus University of Technology (...

North and South Korea exchanged warning shots off the west coast on Monday, accusing each other of breaching their maritime borders amid heightened military tension. The South’s Joint Chiefs ...

At the nights draw in, it is time to look for some comfort in nature says MIRANDA TRINGIS The shorter days and cooler evenings, and even some rain, invite us ...

The European Court of Auditors’ annual meeting got underway in Paphos on Monday as Cyprus hosted the event, with top officials praising the challenges which have been overcome. Attendees heard ...

Israeli missiles hit targets near the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday in a rare daytime attack, a Syrian military source said. Israel has conducted strikes for years against what it ...

The euro zone is likely entering a recession with business activity contracting at the fastest pace in nearly two years this month as the cost-of-living crisis keeps consumers cautious and ...

Bone and tooth remnants from two Siberian caves are helping scientists for the first time decipher the social organization of our cousins the Neanderthals through genetic sleuthing, including on the ...

Gamers are going analogue. And across the island, hundreds of people are meeting to enjoy this fascinating, and extremely varied, pastime finds ALIX NORMAN You’ve played Monopoly and chess. ...

Police arrested two women attempting to bring over €14,500 worth of tobacco products from the north, the customs department said on Monday. According to police, the two women were discovered at ...

President Nicos Anastasiades met Pope Francis at the Vatican on Monday, telling reporters afterwards that it was a very fruitful meeting. The president detailed that he is thankful for the ...

If horror is your thing, one of the masters of the craft is back with something new says CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES If there’s one thing to say about director/writer ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Monday defended the 2023 state budget as being a “responsible” one, with substantially augmented spending on social assistance as well as growth-oriented projects. He was speaking ...

Around two months ago I wrote an article about the traffic problem that exists coming into Nicosia from the highway, which is getting worse over time. In addition to the ...

The education ministry announced on Monday that free afternoon Greek language courses will be made available to Turkish Cypriots that hold a valid ID card of the Republic of Cyprus. ...

The weekend’s cricket produced a number of close matches in both competitions, a century by Abid Ali for Sri Lankan CC, and a change in leadership of the 40-over ...

The deputy tourism ministry said on Monday that renters operating on platforms such as Airbnb have registered about 2,000 units with the government, ahead of the February deadline to do so. ...

At a dead-end road in a crime-hit town in central Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu stands on a mobile stage enclosed by a glass wall, pledging through a window to restore law ...

Rainfall so far this month is already almost three times the average for October – 282 per cent – the met office said on Monday. Preliminary data from the department showed that the ...

Labour union Peo is holding a march to demand for the right for every employee to return home able-bodied and healthy. The event will take place on Wednesday at 5pm ...