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North Korea reported its first COVID-19 outbreak on Thursday, calling it the “gravest national emergency” and ordering a national lockdown, with state media saying an Omicron variant had been detected ...

Former world darts champion Ted Hankey has been jailed for two years after he was caught on camera sexually assaulting a young woman. The 54-year-old, who had shown “more self-pity ...

Cryptocurrencies extended their sell-off on Thursday, with Bitcoin falling to its lowest levels in 16 months as a stampede out of so-called stablecoins sent shockwaves around broader markets. The latest blow ...

Without clear and significant progress in EU-related reforms, the European Parliament cannot envisage resuming accession negotiations with Turkey, MEPs warned in a report adopted on Thursday. The report was adopted ...

The United States has now recorded more than 1 million COVID-19 deaths, according to a Reuters tally, crossing a once-unthinkable milestone about two years after the first cases upended everyday life ...

The UN Human Rights Council will decide on Thursday whether to launch an investigation into alleged abuses by Russian troops in the Kyiv area that Ukraine says amount to war ...

Siemens (SIEGn.DE) will quit the Russian market due to the war in Ukraine, it said on Thursday, taking a 600 million euro ($630 million) hit to its business during the second ...

The Turkish lira eased a further 0.85 per cent against the dollar on Wednesday, weakening for a fifth session and bringing the currency back towards the lows it hit in late ...

By Sarah Marshall Seeking shelter from a tropical rain shower, I hunker – unsuccessfully – beneath a sprawling jucara palm. Although it provides refuge for up to 62 species, today its feather-thin fronds ...

It is not often that a writing workshop in English comes along but this May, this is exactly what is happening at the Home for Cooperation. A one-day event welcomes ...

The 25-year-old Briton allegedly involved in the fatal hit and run of a 46-year-old woman in Ayia Napa has been remanded until May 19 and is facing eight charges. Police on ...

Low-income pensioners can apply for free three-night stays in mountain resorts as of next week, the labour ministry announced on Thursday. The state-subsidised holiday scheme for low-income pensioners concerns hotels ...

Dubai’s main airport on Thursday reported its busiest quarter in two years as the rebound in international travel gains pace, with its chief executive predicting Dubai International could see ...

The occupancy rate of hotels in Paphos for the month of May will be 55 per cent, according to the president of the Paphos Hoteliers Association Thanos Michaelides. Speaking to the ...

Police in Paphos have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with a robbery committed at 4.30am on Sunday at a bakery in Yeroskippou. According to Paphos police spokesperson Michalis Nicolaou, ...

Nikos Christodoulides’ bid for the presidency drew swift reaction from Disy’s candidate Averof Neophytou who described the former as “a candidate of the opposition” who is seeking to alter ...

By Yiannis Seitanides A significant gap remains as to the way a reduction in staff can be achieved at Hellenic Bank, despite an agreement among stakeholders, including the bank’s ...

It is a matter of concern that nearly half of young Cypriot teenage students disguise being LGBTI at school, the European commissioner for equality Helena Dalli said on Thursday as ...

British police said on Thursday that they had recommended that more than 100 fines should be issued as part of their investigation into lockdown rule-breaking in gatherings held in Downing Street ...

One of President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies warned the West on Thursday that the increasing military support given to Ukraine by the United States and its allies risked triggering ...

Thirty children from Ukraine have arrived in Cyprus with the Bishop of Tamassos and Orini, Metropolitan Isaias, at their side Fifty-five Ukrainian refugees arrived in Cyprus on Wednesday night from ...

Germany’s economy ministry will provide details on alternatives to some Russian gas import volumes later on Thursday, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said, after subsidiaries of a large player, state-supervised ...

By Imy Brighty-Potts Skin cancer affects significantly more men than women – and men are almost twice as likely to die from the disease. Melanoma skin cancer kills more than 2,000 people ...

By Sarah Coyne I am not sure if everyone is the same at this time of year, but with the warmer weather, large-sized meals, especially at lunchtime, do not have ...