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The former rulers of Ethiopia’s Tigray region said on Monday they were back in control of the regional capital Mekelle after nearly eight months of fighting, and the government ...

Mexico’s Supreme Court said on Monday the government and Congress should legalize recreational marijuana use, bringing the country a step closer to creating one of the world’s largest ...

A US judge on Monday dismissed federal and state antitrust complaints against Facebook Inc (FB.O) that sought to force the social media company to sell Instagram and WhatsApp, saying ...

Greek police have recovered a work of art by Pablo Picasso and another one by Dutch painter Piet Mondrian, both stolen from Greece’s National Gallery in 2012, they said on ...

Vietnam recorded a year-on-year GDP growth of 5.64 percent in the first half of this year, three times higher than the growth rate of 1.82 per cent posted in the same period ...

By Pavlos Loizou, Managing Director, WiRE FS It is a paradox that currently only a handful of people in Cyprus are still concerned with the matter of NPLs. Maybe they ...

The Paphos community is rallying around those families that were affected by the fire that raged in Tala on Saturday that saw them lose all of their belongings. Three houses ...

Last summer with the lull in the pandemic, and no movement on the Cyprus issue, Varosha became the main talking point for months with visits and tours organised by the ...

Switzerland’s Yann Sommer saved France striker Kylian Mbappe’s penalty to secure a 5-4 shootout win over the world champions following a thrilling 3-3 draw after extra time on ...

Two-time champion Andy Murray survived a third-set meltdown to beat Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-4 6-3 5-7 6-3 on Monday in his first singles match at Wimbledon for four years. Back ...

Cyprus’ tourism industry has much more to offer than just the sun and the sea, deputy minister Savvas Perdios said at an event to rebrand the island’s tourism profile. “...

Search-and-rescue teams pulled two more bodies from the concrete and steel rubble of a partially collapsed Florida condominium tower on Monday, bringing the death toll to 11 with 150 people still listed ...

Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates will only allow vaccinated people in some public spaces, including schools, universities and nurseries, from August 20, the emirate’s media office said in ...

Spain held off a remarkable Croatian fightback to win 5-3 in a pulsating Euro 2020 last 16 knockout match on Monday thanks to goals from Alvaro Morata and Mikel Oyarzabal in extra ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said a return to strict measures is not currently on the cards but gave an unambiguous message to get vaccinated. The president said any incentives for the ...

American Sloane Stephens won the battle of former Grand Slam winners against twice Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova on Monday, ousting the Czech 10th seed from the All England Club with ...

New positive cases of the coronavirus spiralled to 314 on Monday, reflecting a positivity rate of 0.84 per cent. No deaths were announced, but 53 people were in hospital with the virus, of ...

Britain will lift most of its remaining COVID-19 restrictions on July 19 in what has been dubbed “Freedom Day”, the government said on Monday despite fears that an increase in coronavirus ...

Hoteliers on Monday said they were thinking of hiring only vaccinated staff citing reluctance by some of their employees to take the jab. Head of hoteliers’ association Pasyxe, Haris Loizides, ...

French Open runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas crashed out of Wimbledon after a shock first-round loss to Frances Tiafoe. The third seeded Greek was blown away by the world number 57, who won 6...

No reason why a game about acquiring prime real estate can’t have its own Midas moment. In this video, we learn of the world’s most extravagant Monopoly set, ...

Education minister Prodromos Prodromou on Monday said that the Pancyprian examination results were not as bad as had been expected, with results for core subjects for the 7,155 candidates just grazing ...

Jack Draper had Centre Court on its feet by taking a set off Novak Djokovic before the defending champion hit back to reach round two. Nineteen-year-old Draper has long been ...

The new House finance committee held its first session on Monday after May’s parliamentary elections, where among others it discussed setting a deadline for passing yet another extension to ...