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The Bank of England looks on track to raise interest rates by three quarters of a percentage point to 3 per cent later on Thursday, its biggest rate rise since 1989 as ...

The European Commission will propose light-touch rules for Airbnb ABNB.O and other short-term home rental companies, people familiar with the matter said. Under the draft rules, short-term home rental ...

The mother of 41-year-old Turkish Cypriot Tansu Cidan, who died at the Nicosia prison last week, said she will seek justice for her son who was “tortured and murdered”. Ten ...

Tuberculosis and HIV positive cases at the Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers have been screened and there is ‘no cause of concern’, the interior ministry said on Thursday. The ...

Mark MacGann, the whistleblower behind the so-called Uber Files, said on Wednesday that the ride-hailing company seemed to be taking steps toward improving its work culture, but that its business ...

Disy leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou said whoever wins the elections will have to face the most difficult political conditions since the 1974 invasion. “The next president’s actions, beliefs ...

A near-final tally of votes on Thursday showed former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on track to re-election with a clear parliamentary majority boosted by ultranationalists who want tougher crackdowns ...

Close to 7,500 passengers travelled the Greece-Cyprus ferry link this past summer, surpassing the government’s expectations, as authorities vowed the service will be further improved for the coming season – along ...

Turkish annual inflation climbed to a new 24-year high of 85.51 per cent in October, official data showed on Thursday, slightly below forecast, after the central bank cut its policy rate ...

A large strawberry with a Christmas hat has been put up in a central area of Derynia municipality in light of the coming holidays. About a year after Cyprus went ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said Cyprus has solid institutional frameworks and laws in place to protect people from wiretapping, as well as experts and scientists preventing the issue from taking place. ...

Lionel Messi has won nearly 40 trophies for club and country in an illustrious career but the Argentine forward’s glittering resume has one major omission — a World Cup winner’s ...

Ecuador may be rank outsiders at the World Cup but their potent young team cannot wait for the world’s eyes to be on them when they face hosts Qatar ...

By Richa Naidu Fresh vegetables and fish are falling off the menu. Packaged pizzas and processed meat are the dishes of the day. Many British households are turning away from ...

The pressure is on for “Captain America” Christian Pulisic to put on a superhero performance on his World Cup debut in Qatar, building on years of sky-high expectations from his ...

The United Arab Emirates’ non-oil private sector picked up again in October, growing at a pace close to August’s three-year high, while employment expanded at its fastest in six ...

By Sarah Coyne It is impressive, and sometimes surprising, that after the last couple of difficult years so many new restaurants are opening in Paphos. One such new addition is ...

Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, during a raid that the Israeli military said elicited violent riots. Early ...

Meta Platforms (META.O) on Wednesday said it was adding a host of new features to Instagram, including a tool to trade digital collectibles, in a move that will help ...

England’s Ben Chilwell pulled up in stoppage time of Chelsea’s 2-1 Champions League win over Dinamo Zagreb on Wednesday with a hamstring injury, putting his participation in the ...

Police said on Thursday that they received warrants to exhume and conduct a further autopsy on the body of a 15-year-old, who was reported to have died from medical negligence ...

Manchester City teenager Rico Lewis marked his first senior start with his maiden goal for the club to spark a comeback in a 3-1 defeat of Sevilla to complete their ...

Dozens of cultural events are planned for the season as part of the Nicosia International Festival. Performances which started in late October will continue until December 27. This November music and ...

All three games involving Cypriot teams on Thursday will represent the final curtain on their European ambitions for this season. Despite a sense of veiled optimism at the start of ...