El Paso, Texas ‘at a breaking point’ amid jump in migration, mayor says
The dramatic increase in migrants crossing the U.S. border from Mexico has pushed the city of El Paso, Texas, to “a breaking point,” with more than 2,000 people per day ...
Russia’s Lavrov doesn’t reject UN bid to revive Black Sea deal, but says unrealistic
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday portrayed the United States and Europe as “looking down” on the rest of the world amid a battle to win over developing ...
Two Palestinians killed in Israeli forces’ incursion in West Bank (Update 1)
Israeli forces killed two Palestinians, including a fighter from the Islamist group Hamas, during a raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank early on Sunday, emergency workers ...
Our View: Another pointless exercise in empty rhetoric
After a week of wall-to-wall Cyprob contacts on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, President Nikos Christodoulides is coming home with another pocket full of wishes ...
OpenAI unveils Dall-E 3, latest version of its text-to-image tool
OpenAI on Wednesday unveiled Dall-E 3, the latest version of its text-to-image tool that uses its wildly popular AI chatbot ChatGPT to help fill in prompts.
Dall-E 3 will be available to ...
Cisco beefs up cybersecurity play with $28 bln Splunk deal
Cisco Systems (CSCO.O) has agreed to buy cybersecurity firm Splunk (SPLK.O) for about $28 billion in its biggest-ever deal to beef up its software business and capitalize on the ...
UK’s softening labour market ‘must weaken’ consumer demand, Next boss says
A softening employment market in Britain “must weaken” consumer demand in 2024/25, the boss of clothing retailer Next (NXT.L), said on Thursday.
“I’m not going to try and predict ...
President fails to deliver in New York
President Christodoulides will return from New York empty-handed, despite the expectations he raised about a breakthrough on the Cyprus issue, because of his refusal to put his positive agenda into ...
Next week at Uni cultural festival
The Nicosia festival continues with more cultural productions this September and October. Coming up on Monday is a performance by The Contemporary Piano Trio. Musicians Miranda Papaneokleus, Nikos Pittas and ...
Man City beat Nottingham Forest 2-0 despite Rodri red card
Manchester City maintained their perfect start to the Premier League season with a 2-0 home win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday, making it six wins out of six despite losing ...
Bicommunal group runs for peace
Around 200 runners, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, took part in an 8km run in Nicosia’s old town on Saturday for International Peace Day 2023.
Funded by the European Union, the ...
Ukrainian heavy artillery inflicts ‘hell’ on Russian lines near Bakhmut
The use of heavy weapons supplied by the West in the fierce battle raging on the outskirts of Bakhmut, which was captured by Russia in May, is inflicting a significant ...
Pope Francis moved as Reuters photographer shows him child migrant picture
Pope Francis was moved as he was shown a picture of a migrant child by Reuters photographer Yara Nardi during his flight to a Church conference on Mediterranean issues in ...
Last-gasp penalty miss denies Portugal first win
Nuno Sousa Guedes missed a last-minute penalty as Portugal agonisingly failed to secure a first-ever World Cup victory on Saturday as Georgia scored a 78th-minute try – then missed the conversion – ...
Kanari orders study into rural health services
Health Minister Popi Kanari instructed the national health insurance organisation (HIO) on Saturday to present her with a study on the basic national health scheme (Gesy) services to be offered ...
Lebanese army says it exchanged tear gas, smoke bomb fire with Israel
Lebanon’s army said it fired tear gas at Israeli forces over the border on Saturday in response to smoke bombs fired at its troops, though Israel said Lebanon started ...
Metsola says EP position on Cyprus ‘unwavering’
European Parliament (EP) President Roberta Metsola on Saturday sent a message to Famagustians that the EP’s position on the reunification of Cyprus remained unwavering.
According to an announcement by ...
The scent of the ancient Egyptian afterlife has been recreated
CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR reveals what it smelled like
To be human is to wonder what happens after we die. Is there an afterlife? If so, what does it look like? ...
NASA’s first asteroid sample on track for Sunday parachute landing in Utah
A NASA space capsule carrying a sample of rocky material plucked from the surface of an asteroid three years ago hurtled toward Earth this weekend headed for a fiery plunge ...
President to host fire and flood prevention meeting in October
President Nikos Christodoulides will host a meeting aimed at making decisions to prevent and deal with fires and floods in October, according to fire brigade chief Nikos Logginos.
The meeting ...
Bitfinex sheds light on $55B Crypto exit, investors eye Polkadot (DOT) and InQubeta (QUBE)
Bitfinex recently hit the headlines after it announced that capital outflows in the crypto market for August had reached $55 billion. The figure was calculated after taking into account the capital ...
Federer vows not to be a stranger to tour in retirement
Swiss maestro Roger Federer said he had missed everything about tennis following his retirement last year and vowed to not be a stranger to the tour despite his off-court commitments ...
Landslide causes large chunk of Swedish motorway to collapse
A large chunk of a motorway in southwest Sweden collapsed overnight, causing three people to be taken to hospital with light injuries, police said on Saturday.
The landslide damaged the ...
Solana price prediction: SOL gains; QUBE eyes huge jump
In the crypto ecosystem, where change is the only constant, two top crypto coins, Solana (SOL) and InQubeta (QUBE) are making considerable strides. With the former threatening a fresh breakout ...