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The number of newly created Twitter accounts almost tripled on the day Russia invaded Ukraine, according to a new report by the University of Indiana’s Observatory of Social Media (...

By Danielle Desouza ‘Sleep teas’ are all the rage right now, with many swapping their cappuccinos for chamomiles and their hot chocolates for a steaming lavender brew. We’re talking ...

Wednesday’s free testing sites for eligible groups. District Location of testing units Operating hours Telephone Lefkosia (23 units) Nicosia Mall 9 am – 6 pm 77774400 Agios Georgios Church, Latsia 9 am – 6 pm 96625766 Dali Community ...

Greece will speed up gas exploration as it looks to cut its reliance on Russian energy, aiming at its first test drilling in more than two decades by the end ...

The government could consider subsidising Cypriot families to host Ukrainian refugees, currently being offered accommodation at local hotels, Disy president Averof Neophytou suggested on Tuesday. He was speaking to reporters ...

Frigid and far-flung Neptune, our solar system’s outermost planet, is adding to its reputation as an enigmatic world, with astronomers puzzled by a surprising drop in its atmospheric temperatures ...

By Victor Ongoma Climate change is a threat to all aspects of our lives. Every degree of global warming is likely to increase the intensity and frequency of climate extremes, ...

A senior UN official held talks with President Nicos Anastasiades in Nicosia on Tuesday, telling reporters that the world body remains committed to supporting efforts for a Cyprus settlement. For ...

Sri Lanka’s central bank said on Tuesday it had become “challenging and impossible” to repay external debt, as it tries to use its dwindling foreign exchange reserves to import ...

Rescue teams in the Philippines faced a race against time on Tuesday in the search for 28 people missing and feared dead, after tropical storm Megi unleashed heavy rains and deadly ...

As part of an international week to look at the sustainability of the fashion industry, an upcoming one-day festival looks at what is happening on the island. ELENI PHILIPPOU finds ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the European Union on Tuesday to impose sanctions on all Russian banks and Russian oil and to set a deadline for ending imports of Russian ...

A second team of Cypriot health professionals have travelled to the Romanian town of Siret, close to the Ukrainian border to provide medical assistance to refugees fleeing Russia’s invasion ...

Four people, three men and one woman are under arrest as Paphos police investigate a case of burglary and car theft. Two men are being held for conspiracy to commit ...

Featuring video art and photography, Yiannos Economou’s new exhibition is coming to Nicosia to present collaborative, imaginative work. Titled Therianthropes, the exhibition will open at the A+ Multipurpose Event ...

By Kiki Kallis The Great Resignation phenomenon is one of the biggest employment challenges of our time. Thousands of workers around the world have left their jobs in pursuit of ...

Ypsonas Municipality has become the first local authority in Cyprus to sign a pledge to become a zero waste town, it said on Tuesday. This follows a signing ceremony on ...

Cyprus ranked sixth among the most popular countries in the world where Britons are likely to travel to in 2022, according to a survey carried out by UK search engine for ...

President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Tuesday that attempts to isolate Moscow would fail, citing the success of the Soviet space programme as evidence that Russia could achieve spectacular ...

A crypto platform’s pledge to amass $10 billion worth of bitcoin to back its own “stablecoin” is firing up the market. It’s part of a wider movement to crown ...

Indian military rescuers with helicopters lifted to safety on Tuesday the last of almost 50 passengers who had been trapped mid-air since a fatal cable-car collision two days earlier, police said. ...

Britain’s jobless rate slipped further below its level immediately before the coronavirus pandemic, underscoring the risk of inflation pressure in the labour market that has the Bank of England ...

Archbishop Chrysostomos called the Russian invasion of Ukraine “unjustified” and said the scenes the world witnesses every day cannot be explained in any way. Speaking to state broadcaster CyBC on ...

Russia’s economy is on track to contract by more than 10% in 2022, the biggest fall in gross domestic product since the years following the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union, former ...