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Two members of the National Guard were shot on Wednesday in a busy area near the White House in downtown Washington, officials said, putting the building into lockdown with President ...

Cyprus champions Pafos FC went toe-to-toe with French giants Monaco in the Champions League on Wednesday night, with the match ending in a 2-2 draw at the Alphamega stadium in ...

Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in three decades has spotlighted its risky use of flammable bamboo scaffolding and mesh for building work in a tradition dating back centuries to mainland ...

Lawyer Leto Kariolou, defending former deputy director of the central prisons Athena Demetriou, on Wednesday said that newly leaked allegations were part of continuous “attempts to undermine her client’s ...

The European Parliament on Wednesday approved a non-binding resolution which calls for a default minimum age of 16 to access social media and AI chatbots to ensure “age-appropriate online engagement”. Regulated ...

The effects of artificial intelligence (AI) on democracy, the rule of law and its potential influence on future elections were at the core of the discussion at the House institutions ...

Members of the House environment committee sharply criticised the government’s waste management planning on Wednesday. They warned of uncontrolled landfills, dangerous unrecycled materials and systemic gaps in collection systems. ...

France’s highest court on Wednesday upheld former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s conviction for illegal campaign financing in his failed 2012 re-election bid, his latest legal setback after recently being jailed ...

A new exhibition opens its doors this weekend at Garage Art Space in old Nicosia, organised by The Lefteris Economou Foundation. Titled SIMONIS, SIMONIS, the exhibition presents archive material of ...

A British man who injured more than 130 people by ploughing his car into a crowd of Liverpool football fans during May’s Premier League victory parade pleaded guilty on Wednesday ...

The two-year Gaza war and economic restrictions in the Israeli-occupied West Bank have triggered the worst collapse in the Palestinian economy on record, wiping out decades of growth, a United ...

Bitcoin (BTC) continues to dominate headlines, with a solid recovery as market conditions stabilize and investor confidence gradually returns. While BTC remains the benchmark for digital assets and a bellwether ...

In an effort to respond to natural disasters in the region more efficiently, Cyprus and Greece have set up the joint “Epicentre” project, which was officially launched by Justice Minister ...

Five people will appear before the Limassol criminal court in connection with the murder of 30-year-old Victory Osarumen Thompson, who was found dead in a flat in the early hours ...

President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Moscow next week with other senior U.S. officials for talks with Russian leaders about a possible peace plan for ...

Thailand airlifted patients and flew critical supplies, including oxygen tanks, into a submerged southern city on Wednesday, as the death toll from some of the region’s worst floods in ...

Prestige VIP Services, Cyprus’ leading provider of bespoke luxury lifestyle and concierge services, and Swissmed Health, the country’s only clinical longevity centre and one of only few of its ...

Four new bills aimed at tightening alcohol consumption regulations for new drivers will be discussed by the House transport committee on Thursday, proposing to reduce the current tolerance from 9mg ...

The European Parliament has approved the EU budget for 2026, securing additional funding that benefits Cyprus.  MEP Michalis Hadjipantela played a central role in the negotiations, ensuring that the country’s ...

Free Bitcoin and Dogecoin cloud mining is becoming one of the easiest ways for beginners to earn passive crypto income in 2025. With the rise of mobile-friendly platforms, regulated providers, and ...

If I had the time and word-count limits didn’t exist, I’d tell you how this restaurant review veered into film-noir territory. I’d tell you how I combed ...

Greek Cypriot negotiator Menelaos Menelaou and Mehmet Dana, representative of the Turkish Cypriot side, will meet this Friday, ahead of the upcoming visit of the UN secretary-general’s personal envoy, ...

Deputy director-general of the European anti-fraud office (Olaf) Salla Saastamoinen on Wednesday urged Cyprus to seek support from the EU’s anti-fraud programme. Olaf is the EU body responsible for ...

ERB ASFALISTIKI, the largest General Insurance Company in Cyprus and a member of the Eurobank Group, recently organised a training seminar titled: “Knowledge, Experience, Technology: The Forces of Fire Safety”. ...