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Americans living in poorer counties died during the pandemic at almost twice the rate of those in rich counties, a study released Monday by the Poor People’s Campaign showed. ...

Local films are included in this year’s annual Cyprus Film Days festival, opening on Friday. THEO PANAYIDES speaks to the people behind them We’re surrounded by a glut ...

A team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been released after being held in the Ukrainian town of Manhush while trying to reach the Russian-besieged city ...

A fire which gutted a restaurant in Nicosia’s Laiki Yitonia on Monday started from the kitchen and may have been caused by the overheating of cooking oil, fire service ...

A three-day workshop taking place at ARTos Cultural and Research House is inspired by the art of Butoh dance – a form of Japanese dance theatre that encompasses a diverse range ...

Cyprus will not provide weapons to Ukraine as it would create gaps in the Republic’s deterrence capabilities, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Tuesday. Speaking after the House foreign ...

Kuwait’s government submitted its resignation on Tuesday, state news agency KUNA reported, ahead of a no-confidence vote against the prime minister in parliament, amid a lengthy political feud that ...

The fallout of the Russia and Ukraine war has just helped tip two of world’s poorest countries into full-blown crises, and the list of those at risk – and the ...

YGIA Polyclinic is the latest hospital to adopt the award-winning Aria blockchain app, in order to offer their patients unprecedented access and management of their medical records. The ‘Aria Patient’ ...

The United States stopped the Russian government on Monday from paying holders of its sovereign debt more than $600 million from reserves held at US banks, in a move meant to ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has made a tremendous shift in terms of the way we go about our daily lives. The recurring lockdowns have prompted digital solutions to cater to the ...

‘All Stars Basketball Camp’ returns for a second year, with the support of main sponsor Alphamega Hypermarkets, who have joined this initiative within the framework of their special CSR programme, ...

British shoppers are increasingly choosing own-label products to help counter surging inflation, according to research by NielsenIQ that showed overall supermarket spending down on a year ago when COVID lockdown ...

Satellite images taken weeks ago of the town of Bucha in Ukraine show bodies of civilians on a street, a private U.S. company said, undercutting the Russian government’s ...

Cyprus is one of eight countries from four continents that have jointly applied for the inclusion of midwifery in the category of ‘intangible cultural heritage’ of humanity. The application was ...

Denmark and Italy announced on Tuesday that in total 45 Russian diplomats would be expelled from their respective countries. Denmark said on Tuesday it would expel 15 Russian diplomats, in line with ...

Developments are expected in the case against 15 police officers over alleged failings in investigating the reports of missing women who were later discovered to have been murdered by Nicos Metaxas. ...

Lebanon Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh on Monday denied that the institution he has led for 30 years was bankrupt and said it was still going about its legally-mandated role despite ...

The second batch of humanitarian aid for Ukraine will be dispatched later on Tuesday, commissioner for the citizen Panayiotis Sentonas said. Speaking to Trito, he said the shipment concerns 70 tonnes ...

Turkey and the United States announced the culmination of months of talks to set up a procedure for improving their strained ties, eyeing cooperation in the areas of economy and ...

Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzor said on Tuesday it wanted Wikipedia to remove “material with inaccurate information of public interest” about the situation in Ukraine. The regulator accused Wikipedia of hosting ...

AS TESLA kicks off production at its new German plant this month, Volkswagen is weeks away from finalising plans for a 2 billion euro ($2.2 billion) electric vehicle (EV) factory that it ...

Travel abroad and it’s almost like time travelling to a period prior to the pandemic: many countries in Europe, and elsewhere, no longer have any Covid-19 restrictions at all. ...

Like all good crime fiction, Colson Whitehead’s eighth novel is concerned with things that are hidden in more or less plain sight. But where the crime fiction that defined ...