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Two government measures for helping people cope with inflation are in the pipeline – reduction of VAT on basic consumer goods and the creation of a shopping basket app that will ...

Harry Belafonte, a singer, songwriter and groundbreaking actor who started his entertainment career belting “Day O” in his 1950s hit song “Banana Boat” before turning to political activism, has died ...

The world’s top central banks are cutting the frequency of their dollar liquidity operations with the US Federal Reserve from May, sending the clearest signal yet that last month’...

The death toll among followers of a Kenyan cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves has risen to 89, Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki said on Tuesday, ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva criticized the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Tuesday, but said no one is talking about peace in what he called an “insane war.” ...

Ed Sheeran appeared in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday as a copyright trial began which alleges the British pop star ripped off the classic Marvin Gaye tune “Let’s Get ...

Britain launched a large-scale evacuation of its citizens from Sudan on Tuesday, joining other nations racing to get their people out of the North African country after its warring factions ...

The judge in former President Donald Trump’s rape case ordered lawyers at the start of a civil trial on Tuesday to keep their clients and witnesses from making public ...

Lawmakers on Tuesday indicated they would reject the president’s referral of a bill they passed in late March which provides that Turkish Cypriot properties in the south must undergo ...

Parliamentarians on Tuesday censured the state for refusing to provide financial assistance to nurses who also happen to be designated as displaced persons, apparently on the grounds that they became ...

Japanese startup ispace 9348.T assumed failure in its attempt to make the first private moon landing on Tuesday as engineers struggled to regain contact with the company’s Hakuto-R Mission 1 (...

Communities hosting large numbers of migrants and asylum seekers gave out another ‘SOS’ on Tuesday, complaining of rising crime, squatting and general nuisance. At the House ad hoc committee on ...

The ‘Movement Against Foreclosures’ on Tuesday expressed its disappointment at the outcome of the House finance committee the previous day, requesting the protection of borrowers within a specific framework. Deputies ...

Trade union Isotita has called on Tuesday for a freeze on raises and for stipends given for working shifts to be given to civil service employees. As the union stated ...

Cyprus and Greece have important roles to play in ensuring there are adequate energy reserves, House Speaker Annita Demetriou said on Tuesday, at the conference of EU parliament speakers (EUSC) ...

A 19-year-old man was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Tuesday for assisting migrants enter Cyprus illegally. In a written statement from the police said that the man had helped ...

South Africa’s governing African National Congress will aim to repeal the country’s membership of the International Criminal Court (ICC), President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday, the second time ...

‘There are Eyes at the Tips of My Fingers’ is the title of the new exhibition at Exhibit8 gallery which will open in Limassol on April 28. This is the first ...

Close to two thirds of children in Cyprus face material deprivation in some demographics, with the island’s average standing at one in five, according to data released by Eurostat ...

A climber was rescued after falling in a ravine in Pissouri, Limassol, the fire service spokesperson said on Tuesday. According to Andreas Kettis, the individual was climbing a cliff in ...

By Iole Damaskinos and Nick Theodoulou The blockade of Larnaca’s marina by disgruntled boat owners over a dispute of the site’s operations has been lifted, but the union ...

The head of Russia’s powerful Orthodox Church on Tuesday branded Russians who fail to serve their country as “internal enemies” and described patriotism as the “greatest virtue”, the RIA ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is to host on Wednesday Jordan’s Ayman Safadi, who serves as deputy prime minister and foreign minister. The foreign ministry detailed on Tuesday that Safadi will ...

Turkish police on Tuesday detained 110 people over alleged militant ties, security sources said, with a pro-Kurdish lawmaker saying politicians, lawyers and journalists were among those held in raids that he ...