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Google’s parent Alphabet Inc is cutting about 12,000 jobs, or 6% of its workforce, it said in a staff memo Friday, as the technology sector reels from layoffs and companies stake ...

Church of England bishops apologised to LGBTQI+ people on Friday for the rejection and hostility they have faced, with the Archbishop of Canterbury acknowledging that the religious body was still “...

Lebanon will pay arrears to the United Nations to regain its rights at the world body, its foreign ministry said on Friday, after the country, which is in deep financial ...

The case file over the allegedly homophobic rant posted by a non-commissioned officer (NCO) to TikTok is expected to be handed to the legal service early next week. The suspect ...

Cyprus and Austria will submit proposals next week on their cooperation on illegal migration and relocation matters, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris stated on Friday after meeting his counterpart Gerhard Karner ...

Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) governor Constantinos Herodotou on Friday stressed the need to maintain fiscal space in the midst of increased risks due to the war in Ukraine, something ...

Renewable energy consumption in Cyprus has been steadily increasing since the country’s 2004 accession to the EU, and in 2021 stood at 18.4 per cent, up from 16.9 per cent in 2020, and 13.8 per ...

A 35-year-old driver, who was speeding while drunk and ran a red light, crashing into and killing a 62-year-old mother of two last month, has been sentenced to 22 months in ...

American young gun Sebastian Korda stunned former world number one Daniil Medvedev 7-6(7) 6-3 7-6(4) in a thrilling contest to evict the losing finalist of the last two years from ...

An Italian soccer prosecutor has requested that Juventus be docked nine points in Serie A this season because of the way it accounted for player transfers. The request was made ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela inaugurated the ambulance station in Pedoulas on Friday, stating that it marks an important step in boosting mountain communities. Speaking during the event, Hadjipantela stated that ...

Where do you live? I live in Nicosia with my husband and my beloved 5-year-old son What did you have for breakfast? Nowadays, I try to embrace healthy habits, so ...

Turkish Cypriot businessman Asil Nadir said on Friday that he would be taking the ‘government’ in the north to ‘court’ over their decision to cancel his company’s contract at ...

The Research and Innovation Foundation (Idek) on Friday announced that it will be allocating €10 million to innovative businesses as part of its DISRUPT programme, with the ultimate aim being to ...

A much-needed break from gritty crime series led me to give Anatomy Of A Scandal a chance. I jumped on the bandwagon relatively late, as the show was released in ...

The north will not be bystanders to Unficyp’s placement of barbed wiring to the entrance of Cetinkaya field, Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar said on Friday, as a spat ...

A parent has complained about another Modern Greek exam leak in high school, the same week as a teacher allegedly leaked the topics of the exam to seniors. The head ...

Inflation-pinched British consumers cut their shopping by the most in the key month of December in at least 25 years, official data showed on Friday, dashing hopes for a Christmas boost ...

The three-hour strike over the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) taking place next Thursday will be held between noon and 3pm, the participating unions said on Friday. The nationwide strike seeks the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades inaugurated several multi-million-euro projects in the Polis Chrysochous and Peyia areas on Friday, saying the developments increase prospects for greater economic, cultural and communal development. “The construction ...

People who want to know where to vote in the upcoming presidential elections can find out online and through phone calls and text messages, chief returning officer Costas Constantinou announced ...

The government seems set on expanding the controversial barbed wire being erected along stretches of the buffer zone with works set to begin in Athienou. Wire fencing and metal gates ...

The Kremlin said on Friday that Western countries supplying additional tanks to Ukraine would not change the course of the conflict and the West would regret its “delusion” that Ukraine ...

Following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, world’s largest oilfield firm SLB (SLB.N) has boosted its business in Russia by cherry-picking service and equipment contracts from rivals who left, ...