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The former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said he believes the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 likely escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China, embracing ...

Myanmar’s security forces shot and killed at least 50 protesters on Saturday, news reports and witnesses said, a brutal crackdown on dissent that came as the leader of the ruling ...

Ten people were arrested in the city of Bristol in southwest England on Friday after protests over a new policing bill turned violent with people throwing glass bottles and bricks ...

Stellantis NV and Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio became the latest carmakers to announce new production cuts as a result of a global semiconductor chip shortage. Stellantis said on Friday ...

Credit agency Fitch Ratings on Friday affirmed Cyprus’s ‘BBB-‘ credit rating in a note. A ‘BBB-‘ rating indicates a low indication of default, but some business or economic factors ...

Swiss bank EFG got a solid thumbs-up from credit rating agency Moody’s on Friday, in a review. Moody’s noted the the Zurich-headquartered banking group’s absolute and relative ...

Royal Caribbean International has revealed Jewel of the Seas will be sailing seven-night cruises from Limassol, Cyprus, this summer. Starting July 10th, the vessel will call Cyprus home for the ...

Works for the redevelopment of the Paphos Gate archaeological site in Nicosia with the aim of integrating the area into the rest of the city and people’s everyday lives, ...

Cynicism is high among the public if the latest opinion poll conducted for the CyBC is anything to go by. According to the poll conducted by IMR and the University ...

The EU’s decision on the protected designation of origin (PDO) status of halloumi is due on Monday, agriculture minister Costas Kadis tweeted on Friday, as cheesemakers opposed to the ...

Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes displayed audacious strokeplay during a 175-run stand against India in the second one-day international to help England chase down a steep 337-run target with ease ...

The health ministry announced 361 new cases of Covid-19 and no deaths on Friday. As there were no deaths, the total death toll remains 248, of whom 165 were men and 83 women with ...

The vaccination portal will open on Monday for insulin-dependent diabetics, diabetics with other serious conditions and the obese, the health ministry announced on Friday as it prioritises vaccination coverage among ...

Since its re-opening earlier this year, Rialto Theatre has been busy presenting a full agenda of events, bringing a bit of culture back to the local scene, while next month’...

The Turkish Cypriot community in the north received 75,000 rapid tests on Friday, technical committee on health Greek Cypriot chairman Leonidas Phylactou said. These are the first rapid antigen tests the ...

Government spokesman Kyriacos Koushos has tested positive for coronavirus, he announced on Friday. The news comes a week after Koushos received the AstraZeneca vaccine on March 19. In a written announcement, ...

In this video for ‘Marie Claire’, ‘Bling Empire’ star Kelly Mi Li takes us inside her personal jewellery collection… an eyewatering bijoux stash in keeping with her ties to the ...

Jiu Jitsu, the first Hollywood film to be shot entirely in Cyprus, has made its way into the top ten of the most watched films on Netflix USA and Canada. ...

The health ministry announced that 59 rapid test sites will operate nationwide on Saturday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and the obligatory weekly testing of employees. Self-employed ...

The Presidential Palace will be lit up in blue and green on Saturday from 6pm to 8.30pm on the occasion of ‘Earth Hour’, the office of Cyprus’ Environment Commissioner Clelia ...

In this video, we take a pre-Covid trip to Cartagena, Colombia’s historic Caribbean coastal city of preserved beauty, set within 13km of centuries-old colonial stone walls. Attesting to its ...

In online training every element is important: choosing the right platform, thinking about the structure of the training, preparing the listener to receive the knowledge, motivation and tracking the group ...

News of the relocation of the University of Cyprus’ architecture school in the historic Phaneromeni school was widely welcomed on Friday with optimism that it would help revive the area ...

Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond on Friday launched a new pro-independence political party to run in May elections for Scotland’s devolved parliament, seeking to help build a political ...