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The top policymaker picks of Turkey’s re-elected president Tayyip Erdogan are taking centre stage as markets try to gauge whether he will change course towards economic orthodoxy or double ...

Having navigated the financial crisis of 2008, Neel Kashkari worries about systemic risks. But now, as a US monetary policymaker, he worries even more about inflation. “I think if I had ...

Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O) said on Monday it was building Israel’s most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputer to meet soaring customer demand for AI applications. Nvidia, the world’s ...

Boeing Co (BA.N) is working on a deal to sell at least 150 737 Max jetliners to Saudi Arabian startup Riyadh Air, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday. The new carrier, wholly ...

A parliamentary committee will on Thursday convene to examine a complaint against independent MP Andreas Themistocleous, alleged to have made ‘abusive remarks’ against Greens MP Alexandra Attalidou, in a case ...

The European Commission has informed the government that it does not accept the formula put together by the parliamentary parties for VAT on the construction or purchase of a primary ...

The COVID-19 pandemic created conditions that threatened children’s healthy development. Scientists and physicians raised concerns early in the pandemic, pointing out that increased parental stress, COVID infections, reduced interactions ...

Novak Djokovic launched his quest for a record 23rd men’s Grand Slam singles title with a 6-3 6-2 7-6(1) victory over Aleksandar Kovacevic in the French Open first round ...

Israeli forces killed a Palestinian security officer during clashes in the occupied West Bank flashpoint city of Jenin on Monday, the Palestinian Fatah faction said in a statement. The Israeli ...

OPAP’s overall social action strengthens the State’s plans and programmes, said President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday. The president was speaking at the event to report on OPAP’s ...

More students smoke electronic cigarettes in Cyprus than the European average according to a survey, the president of the Cyprus National Addictions Authority Dr Christos Mina said on Monday. In ...

Japan put its ballistic missile defences on alert on Monday and vowed to shoot down any projectile that threatens its territory, after North Korea notified it of a planned satellite ...

President Nikos Christodoulides congratulated Greece’s caretaker prime minister Ioannis Sarmas for his appointment during a telephone conversation on Monday. The two country leaders agreed to be in contact on ...

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been reelected as president, ensuring that his term as leader of Turkey will extend to a quarter century. The electorate returned Erdoğan to power ...

Around 25 NATO peacekeeping soldiers defending three town halls in northern Kosovo were injured in clashes with Serb protesters on Monday, while Serbia’s president put the army on the highest ...

House President, Annita Demetriou, on Monday received students from primary schools participating in a European programme against school bullying. The pupils were welcomed as ambassadors of the programme SAFER (SociAl ...

The British government said on Monday it was “appalled” at the Ugandan government’s new anti-homosexuality law, adding that it was firmly opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances. “...

A court in El Salvador sentenced former President Mauricio Funes and his justice minister to over a decade behind bars for their ties with criminal groups and failure to comply ...

Total sales of petroleum products in April registered a year-on-year drop of more than 5 per cent, according to data released by the Statistical Service on Monday. In April 2023 total sales ...

Deputy Minister of Tourism of Cyprus, Costas Koumis, and Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism of China, Li Qun exchanged on Monday ideas, views and suggestions in a bid to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will lay the foundation stone for the new campus of the American University of Beirut in Paphos next week, the municipality said on Monday. The event will ...

The European Commission disagreed with parliament’s compromise proposal over reduced VAT on homes, deputies at the House finance committee heard on Monday, amid an impending deadline just over a ...

Sudan’s warring military factions agreed on Monday to a five-day extension of a ceasefire agreement, after renewed heavy clashes and air strikes in parts of the capital threw fresh ...

A fire that broke out in the Ineia Paphos community on Tuesday afternoon was brought under control, the forestry department announced. It destroyed 500 square metres of wild vegetation. According to ...