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Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned against playing with fire over Taiwan in a call with U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday, highlighting Beijing’s concerns about a possible visit ...

The U.S. economy unexpectedly contracted in the second quarter, with consumer spending growing at its slowest pace in two years and business spending declining, raising the risk that the ...

A call for electoral registration and participation in the coming elections was extended to the youth by presidential candidate Achilleas Demetriades on Thursday during the inauguration of his electoral headquarters ...

Shell (SHEL.L) posted record results on Thursday, with an $11.5 billion second-quarter profit smashing the mark it set only three months ago, lifted by strong gas trading and a tripling ...

The Ukraine war will not provide a free pass for drug cheats, the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) told Reuters, adding that testing of Russian athletes would continue ...

Greece and Cyprus accused rival Turkey on Thursday of stoking tensions as Ankara prepared to dispatch a drill ship to the Mediterranean next month in a search for natural gas. ...

Expat organisations that participate in the World Conference of Cyprus Diaspora on Thursday referred to the new difficulties they face in promoting aspects of the Cyprus issue because of changing ...

For a weekend escape that entails nothing more adventurous than what is on offer inside the confines of the hotel, PAUL LAMBIS finds the perfect spot There is a resort ...

Archbishop Chrysostomos is in Israel for specialised medical examinations it was announced on Thursday. The Bishop of Karpasia, following speculative media reports told CNA that the health of the Church ...

A Russian court on Thursday fined Meta Platforms Inc’s META.O WhatsApp messenger, Snapchat owner Snap Inc SNAP.Nand other foreign firms for their alleged refusal to store the ...

Lidl Cyprus’ newest store in Limassol opened its doors to the wider public on July 28, and will serve shoppers from 7am to 9pm on a daily basis. The new outlet ...

European shares came off session highs on Thursday, as a slew of downbeat earnings including from Santander took the shine off a global rally driven by easing worries about the ...

The value and scale of losses across cryptocurrencies and NFTs in 2022 are staggering. One notable record set was the largest aggregate loss of net wealth for any individual in history, ...

Cyprus ranks 20th among 27 EU member states in the 2022 edition of the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), faring particularly well as regards connectivity where it came in 12th according ...

By Benjamin Kaveladze, Jonathan Schooler and Oliver Sng In this age of science, many people see supernatural forces as illusions rooted in wishful thinking. But love remains a profound exception ...

Turkey’s lira weakened further on Wednesday to near 18.0 against the dollar and the record lows it hit late last year as worries about the government’s foreign exchange policy ...

Four times world champion Sebastian Vettel announced his retirement from Formula One at the end of the season, saying on Thursday his goals had changed and he wanted to focus ...

Egypt has cancelled contracts for a total of 240,000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat that were booked by its state grains buyer for February and March delivery but never loaded due to ...

Oil rose more than $1 a barrel on Thursday, extending gains from the previous session, buoyed by improved risk appetite among investors as lower crude inventories and a rebound in gasoline ...

Cyprus said on Thursday the state would absorb a sizeable chunk of cost increases in energy to buffer anticipated rises of up to 25 per cent in bills for households and ...

Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard was clearly moved as he was celebrated by thousands of jubilant Danes on Wednesday in Copenhagen where the world’s biggest cycling race kicked ...

The cabinet on Thursday announced they were terminating the appointment of Dr Petros Agathangelou, president of the Cyprus Medical Association (PIS), as a board member of the Health Insurance Organisation. ...

The Central Bank of Qatar said on Wednesday it raised its main deposit rate by 75 basis points (bps) to 3 per cent, moving in tandem with the US Federal Reserve’s ...

Central prisons director Anna Aristotelous and the unit’s senior officer Athina Demetriou have asked to be transferred from their positions – a day after the deputy attorney general announced an ...