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Cyprus’ public debt declined to €24.18 billion at the end of June 2022, marking a 3.1 per cent reduction compared with the respective period of last year, according to the latest available data. ...

The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday issued detailed guidelines that will increase scrutiny and supervision over digital lending apps and lenders who engage with them, after several complaints of ...

BlackRock Inc (BLK.N), the world’s biggest asset manager, has launched a spot bitcoin private trust for institutional clients in the United States, according to a blog post on ...

U.S. actress Anne Heche, 53, died after her life support was turned off, a week after her fiery car crash in Los Angeles, the Daily Mail reported on Friday. The ...

An Iranian-flagged tanker is reloading oil confiscated in April by the United States after Greek authorities approved the release of the cargo, Iran’s embassy in Athens and sources familiar ...

Flows of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline to the Czech Republic resumed at 8 p.m. (1800 GMT) on Friday, Czech pipeline operator MERO said. Supplies via the pipeline were suspended ...

Twelve people including a gunman were killed in a mass shooting in Montenegro on Friday, according to local media reports, while another six were injured. Police at the scene in ...

Ukraine and Russia accused each other on Friday of risking catastrophe by shelling Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, occupied by Russian forces in a region expected to become one ...

Rival Iraqi factions took to the streets of Baghdad on Friday to call for a new government, with supporters of Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr demanding early elections and his ...

The first Africa-bound grain ship since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February docked in Pivdennyi port on Friday, Ukraine’s infrastructure minister said. “The cargo ship Brave Commander arrived ...

Thousands of Hungarians protested outside parliament on Friday against an easing of logging rules to meet increased demand for firewood as a result of surging gas and electricity prices. Prime ...

China’s foreign ministry said on Friday it had imposed sanctions on Lithuanian Deputy Transport and Communications Minister Agne Vaiciukeviciute for visiting Taiwan, the latest development in Beijing’s diplomatic ...

Decreases in fuel prices have been observed, with further price reductions expected in the coming days. According to a report aired on Cybc, from July 12 to date, the price of ...

Chinese officials are planning a possible trip by Xi Jinping to Southeast Asia in November for what could be the leader’s first foreign trip since the COVID-19 pandemic and ...

In the twelfth instalment of “Weekend Escapes,” we visit Pafos Zoo, the first established and biggest licensed zoo in Cyprus, set in a lush and unspoiled natural environment. As one ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has filed a petition to the Supreme Court related to two laws concerning the reduction of VAT on fuel and electricity, following the opinion of the Attorney-general ...

The number of irregular arrivals detected entering the EU via the eastern Mediterranean route remains high, with entry through Cyprus accounting for more than half of 22,601 arrivals—over 11,300 individuals, in ...

Health officials identified the virus that causes polio in New York City’s wastewater, suggesting local transmission of the virus, state authorities said on Friday, urging unvaccinated New Yorkers to ...

Exports of Russian wheat harvested this summer for the 2022/23 marketing season are unlikely to fulfil the potential offered by an expected record crop as banks, shippers and insurers are still ...

Sunday marks the 17th anniversary since the crash of the Helios airways passenger plane in the mountainous area of Grammatikos, Greece that claimed 121 lives, 22 of which were children, making it ...

An Erasmus+ research project aiming to enhance water security and socio-economic development in the Eastern Mediterranean under climate change comes to an end this month. WaSec (Innovations in Water Education: ...

The summer is undoubtedly Ayia Napa’s shining moment, welcoming tourists and vacationing locals alike. Beyond its bustling nightlife and packed beaches though, August has one more event that entices ...

A few cities in China’s tourism hub Hainan extended lockdowns on Friday, with some of the measures expected to last through the weekend, while Lhasa in Tibet also tightened ...

Thousands of people staged protests across parts of rebel-held northern Syria Friday after Turkey’s foreign minister called for reconciliation between Syrian opposition groups backed by Ankara and the government ...