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Firefighters were battling a blaze in an inaccessible area in Lagia in the Larnaca district on Sunday which burned around four hectares of dry grass and other vegetation in two ...

South Korea’s military said on Sunday it had detected the trajectories of what appeared to be shots fired by North Korea, possibly from multiple rocket launchers (MLRs). South Korea’...

Archaeologists in Spain said on Friday they had dug up an ancient jawbone that could help them look into the face of some of the earliest human ancestors in Europe. ...

There was nothing surprising about the decision to remove him; it was as ruthless as it was principled British premier Boris Johnson was overthrown last Thursday July 7, 2022 in a very ...

At least 15 people were killed and two dozen more are feared trapped after Russian Uragan rockets hit a five-storey apartment block in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, local officials said on ...

Alix Norman speaks to a local Nascar driver who has his eyes on the biggest of prizes It’s called ‘bumper to bumper’. Imagine yourself in rush hour: you’re ...

The contest to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gathered pace on Sunday as five more candidates declared their intention to run, with many pledging lower taxes and a clean ...

Be wary of listening to influencers in the election campaign I believe that the mission of an honest, competent columnist is to evaluate public figures and their actions and to ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides on Sunday attended a religious memorial service for the 13 men killed at the Evangelos Florakis naval base in Mari on July 11, 2011. Individual memorial services for each ...

The health ministry announced on Sunday that a specific batch of Häagen-Dazs ice cream was being withdrawn from the market because it contains ethylene oxide, which is prohibited in ...

Russia has restricted access to the website of Germany’s Die Welt newspaper at the request of prosecutors, according to the country’s communications regulator. Russian officials accuse the West ...

unmen killed 19 people in two apparently random shootings within hours of each other at taverns in South Africa, police said on Sunday, reinforcing the country’s bleak status as a ...

The government of Shanghai has called on citizens to share “heart-warming” photographs, videos and stories about a punishing two-month lockdown imposed in April by the authorities to curb China’s ...

The health ministry on Sunday issued advice for travellers due to the deteriorating situation as regards Covid-19. “The fact that the Covid-19 pandemic has not ended and that SARS-CoV-2 with ...

Fully solar powered AC does exist, but it’s pricey Consumers are facing a dual shock: soaring electricity bills and sweltering temperatures, both of which are only set to rise. ...

By Dorian Llywelyn Ever since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, analysts picking apart Vladimir Putin’s motives and messaging about the war have looked to religion for ...

THE PRESIDENTIAL candidate of post-truth politics is flying if the latest opinion poll, conducted for Alpha TV, is anything to go by. A staggering 33.1 per cent of respondents said they ...

Novak Djokovic has contested 31 Grand Slam finals and faced just about every scenario possible in collecting 20 titles but even he will not know what to expect in Sunday’s Wimbledon ...

Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos has hit back at the interior ministry which on Saturday called on the municipality to assume its responsibilities after balconies on two buildings collapsed in the ...

During the first day of roll-out on Saturday, 93 calls were made to on-duty clinics islandwide, according to health ministry data. Some 37 appointments for personal physicians and 21 for paediatricians were also ...

A 16th century church icon stolen from the Antifonitis church in the village of Kalograia in the Kyrenia district, which was discovered at an auction house in Switzerland in 2014 was ...

Russia’s dominant lender Sberbank (SBER.MM) on Saturday said it had carried out the first digital financial asset transaction on its own platform, with its subsidiary SberFactoring executing a 1...

The Bank of Spain has registered the local unit of the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance as a virtual currency platform with procedures in place against money laundering and ...

Ratings agency Fitch downgraded Turkey’s debt rating to “B” from “B+” on Friday, citing increasing inflation and broad concerns about the economy, from a widening current account deficit to ...