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The election of Colombia’s first leftist president, Gustavo Petro, is indicative of widespread yearning for a more equal and inclusive society, analysts and business leaders said, but the former ...

Travellers are braced for major disruptions this week in their commuting as the biggest rail strikes in almost 30 years is due to start on Monday night. British transport secretary Grant ...

After light fog and dust were observed in the island over the weekend, the weather on Monday will be mostly clear, with isolated clouds on the southern coast. Temperatures will ...

A 37-year-old man who was in critical condition after being injured in a road collision while driving a motorcycle in Paphos on Saturday, died on Sunday, police said. The accident ...

The European Central Bank should limit the rise in borrowing costs of more indebted euro zone members but will not solve their debt issues or let budget concerns dictate monetary ...

President Emmanuel Macron on Monday was faced with trying to salvage a ruling majority and with it his economic reform agenda after voters punished his centrist ‘Ensemble’ alliance in France’...

BitOasis, a Middle East-focused cryptocurrency exchange based in the United Arab Emirates, said on Sunday it laid off nine of its staff, the latest company in the sector to cut ...

French President Emmanuel Macron lost control of the National Assembly in legislative elections on Sunday, a major setback that could throw the country into political paralysis unless he is able ...

Nigeria is withholding $450 million in revenue international carriers operating in the country have earned, an executive at the world’s largest airlines association said on Sunday. Africa’s largest economy ...

Bitcoin tumbled more than 13 per cent at one point on Saturday, crashing below the closely watched $20,000 level to its weakest level in 18 months, as it extended a slide on investor ...

The National Council was meeting on Monday morning to discuss proposed reforms related to the Recovery and Resilience Plan, and if there were no electoral expediencies brought into play, parties ...

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen celebrated his 150th Formula One race on Sunday with a victory in the Canadian Grand Prix that extended his world championship lead. The 24-year-old Dutch ...

President Emmanuel Macron is on course to lose his absolute majority in the National Assembly and control of his reform agenda after the first projections by four pollsters showed Sunday’...

The once common practice of marking buildings of significance provides all sorts of insights into the past A unique gift given to Pope Francis by head of the Cyprus Institute ...

On June 18, around 750 people protested in Nicosia, calling for the peninsula of Akamas – a national park, and the last pristine coastal area left in the Republic of Cyprus – to remain ...

Russia has promised to continue gas shipments to Hungary and that Gazprom will fulfil its contractual obligations to the country, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in an interview on public ...

Russia said on Sunday it seized a village near Ukraine‘s industrial city of Sievierodonetsk, a prime target in Moscow’s campaign to control the country’s east, as the ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Sunday some tariffs on China inherited from the administration of former President Donald Trump served “no strategic purpose” and added that President ...

Botched-up policies in the implementation of renewables are not helping Cyprus electricity prices have been escalating since last year and there does not appear to be an end in sight. ...

As Athalassa wildlife centre gets upgraded, its supervisor tells Nick Theodoulou about a peculiar threat these birds face You wouldn’t expect to meet the ‘harbinger of death’ while on ...

Dear Mr Mavroyiannis, I have very carefully read your speech from last Tuesday, in which you announced your candidacy for the presidency of the Republic of Cyprus. I confess that, ...

At least 25 people were killed by lightning or landslides over the weekend in Bangladesh while millions were left marooned or homeless in low-lying northeastern parts hit by the worst monsoon ...

We cannot allow rule of law our democracies purport to hold dear to be undermined in imposing sanctions By Emily Yiolitis It is not going to be a short war ...

Britain must have a military capable of fighting in Europe and defeating Russia, the new head of the British army was quoted as telling troops by local media. British Prime ...