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At least 22 people died and 16 others were in critical condition in hospital after consuming bootleg alcohol in Istanbul, the local governor’s office said on Friday, adding that four people ...

Russia said on Friday it wanted a legally binding guarantee that NATO would give up any military activity in Eastern Europe and Ukraine, part of a wish list of security ...

Health authorities said Friday they have detected 28 additional cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. In a statement, the ministry said 20 of those were primary and secondary contacts of ...

A group of migrants from refugee camps in Cyprus who are being resettled in Italy at Pope Francis’ expense helped the pontiff celebrate his 85th birthday on Friday. “You saved ...

Amazon.com Inc was marketing a collection of President Xi Jinping’s speeches and writings on its Chinese website about two years ago, when Beijing delivered an edict, according to ...

Turkey’s currency crisis accelerated on Friday as the lira plunged 8%, gripped by fears of an inflationary spiral brought on by President Tayyip Erdogan’s unorthodox plan to slash interest ...

Ghislaine Maxwell’s defense lawyers on Friday said they had withdrawn plans to call a witness who they anticipated would help undermine the testimony of one of the British socialite’...

Disgruntled Geroskipou residents held a protest on Friday in front of the municipality’s office to demonstrate against local government reforms – which would see Geroskipou municipality absorbed by Paphos. Dozens ...

A federal judge overturned a roughly $4.5 billion settlement that legally shielded members of the Sackler family who stand accused of helping fuel the US opioid epidemic, a decision that threatened ...

A giant straw Yule goat in the Swedish town of Gavle was set ablaze on Friday for the first time in five years, reviving a long-running tradition of locals illegally ...

Inter Milan have terminated midfielder Christian Eriksen’s contract, the Italian Serie A club said on Friday, after the Denmark international was suspended from playing in Italy because of his ...

Civil defence on Friday warned the public to take the appropriate measures as heavy rain, thunderstorms, near gale force winds and high seas are forecast for the weekend. The met ...

California’s civil rights regulator is investigating Google’s treatment of Black female workers following alleged incidents of harassment and discrimination, according to two people familiar with the matter and ...

British retail sales rose faster than expected last month, helped by Black Friday discounts, early Christmas shopping and no lockdown restrictions that closed many shops last year, official figures showed ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un marked the 10th anniversary of the death of his father and predecessor on Friday, attending a ceremony with top officials at a palace where ...

Lebanon’s central bank said on Thursday it would sell US dollars to commercial banks at the rate on its Sayrafa foreign exchange platform, but analysts said offering more hard ...

Pasykaf have announced the sale of their 2022 string bracelet with a silver amulet on its online store. The bracelet, available in red and black string, is also sold through telephone ...

The health ministry on Friday confirmed reports that a lab in Paphos was using cotton swabs for rapid tests. According to the health minister’s spokesperson, Konstantinos Athanasiou, they were ...

The European Council has acknowledged the magnitude of the problem facing the Republic of Cyprus due to the extremely high migration flows it receives, government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said on ...

Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is up to four times more likely to cause inflammation of the heart muscle, a very rare side effect, than its rival vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech , according ...

A total of 45 free rapid test mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Saturday, for eligible groups, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has ...

European Union governments have agreed to exercise an option to buy more than 180 million doses of a version of the COVID-19 vaccine adapted for the Omicron variant developed by BioNTech ...

A Greek Cypriot man who was arrested last week while trying to wrap a Greek flag around a monument just outside the fenced area of Varosha was sentenced to 10 days ...

By Paul Lambis With the holiday season upon us, and as the year draws to a close, festive feelings of love, generosity and sentimental sharing often translate to irrational consumer-buying ...