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Amazon confirmed that it was shuffling leadership in its Alexa division, a day after ​the company announced its first tablet computers featuring the voice ‌assistant. Daniel Rausch, a 17-year Amazon ...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called for stronger integration of people, technology and global standards to improve aviation safety, as its director of safety, Mark Searle, outlined priorities ...

Larnaca’s self-government district organisation (EOA) has completed almost 92 per cent of backlogged permit applications received from the previous authorities, while at the same time processing all new applications, which ...

New Transport Minister Evie Tsolaki, confirmed on Friday that the resumption of work on the construction of the Paphos-Polis highway, which stopped two years ago after the public works department ...

Cyprus’ dietitians and nutritionists joined the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Friday in calling for innovation, cooperation and policies that secure adequate, safe, nutritious and affordable food for ...

Irish public sector trade unions suspended a second day of widespread strikes planned for next week after they agreed on Friday to begin mediated discussions with the government this weekend ...

White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia was “let go” from the role, a White House official said on Friday, after President Donald Trump said he had told her to reconsider ...

All 24 Indian seafarers are safe after two tankers came under attack in recent days in the Strait of Hormuz and Romania, India’s shipping minister said on Friday. A crude ...

Kenya reported its third Ebola infection on Friday in a woman it said was closely related to the first two patients. The 65-year-old had been in quarantine since October 6, the ...

President Vladimir Putin told Pope Leo he had agreed to cooperate after the pontiff asked him on Friday to help get vital supplies into the Russian-controlled Ukrainian town of Oleshky, ...

Police in Bend, Oregon, were investigating on Friday why a 16-year-old boy shot dead three children and a teacher at the Silver Rail Elementary School, and how he got hold ...

Russia is establishing a “security zone” inside Ukraine along their border, which will be non-negotiable in any future talks with Kyiv, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. Putin, wearing military ...

Novak Djokovic on Friday received a wildcard entry into the Swiss Indoors Basel, setting up his first appearance at the tournament since 2011 as the 24-times Grand Slam champion pursues a ...

Stadium authorities have submitted comparative tables of their CCTV systems, the Cyprus Sports Organisation said on Friday. The stadium licencing authority will now examine the information to determine and agree ...

The health ministry has approved the distribution of 10,000 anti-flu vaccines for the private sector from the total secured by the ministry. The decision follows a request submitted this month to ...

A full-scale field exercise at the Central Bank on Friday evaluated the operational readiness and coordination of authorities in addressing a terrorist attack, which could impact the security of crucial ...

The Goethe-Institut Cyprus presents its fourth edition of GoetheKino this fall titled Questions of What Remains. In this series of film screenings and discussions, questions around the passage of time ...

The transport ministry assured on Friday that works on the Paphos-Polis Chrysochous highway would continue, based on legal procedures, realistic planning and financially substantiated positions. Responding to criticism, the ministry ...

The Cyprus problem was “all caused by Turkey” and its President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, United States Senator Rick Scott said on Friday, as he paid a visit to the island ...

Farmers are set to receive emergency support from the EU to help cover the rising cost of fertiliser and ‘coloured’ fuel used in farming, the agriculture ministry said on Friday. ...

Five people have been arrested this week – three in Cyprus – during an investigation by the European public prosecutor’s office into cross-border VAT fraud amounting to €114 million. The arrests were ...

Energy Minister Michael Damianos on Friday told United States Senator Rick Scott of Cyprus’ need for electrical interconnection, with Scott having travelled to the island for meetings with Cypriot officials. “...

Police arrested two men, aged 40 and 56, on Friday after they were allegedly spotted collecting metal scrap following a National Guard exercise held at the firing range in Kalo Chorio. In ...

Mental health services head nurse Kyriaki Ioannou told the court on Friday that everyone was aware of the conditions in which 14-year-old Stylianos Constantinou – who took his own life – was ...