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The Jan 6 US Capitol attack by a mob of then-President Donald Trump’s supporters trying to overturn his election loss featured harrowing violence resembling a medieval battlefield, a police officer ...

A new €90m national action plan aims to ease Cyprus’ transition to a less wasteful, eco-friendly circular economy, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said on Tuesday. She, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis ...

In a special plenary session on Tuesday, the House voted to reject President Nicos Anastasiades’ refusal to sign off on a bill that would renew a freeze on property foreclosures, ...

After two days of hitting flying clay objects at the Asaka Shooting Range, Naoko Ishihara’s trusted shotgun fell silent as she prepared to return to a 1,300-year-old shrine in ...

By Katie Wright Describing the last year and a half as an “emotional roller-coaster”, Alesha Dixon says that juggling work commitments and being mum to daughters Azura, 7, and Anaya, who ...

By Gavin Jones Climate campaigners voiced frustration a meeting of ministers from the world’s richest countries failed to deliver a deal to phase out coal, but said pledges in ...

Having launched against the backdrop of the 2020 Cyprus lockdowns, Good Living, the Cyprus Mail’s portal of daily curated video content from around the internet, is marking its first anniversary ...

Merck & Co Inc said on Tuesday that the US Food and Drug Administration approved its immunotherapy Keytruda as a treatment for an early form of a tough-to-treat breast cancer ...

The need for changes to legislation to eliminate linguistic sexism in official state documents and gender-based discrimination in the workplace was among the issues highlighted on Tuesday by acting president ...

By Camilo Cohecha and Javier Andres Rojas More than 1,900 turtles, reptiles and amphibians were released into lagoons and forests in Colombia’s Meta province over the weekend after being seized ...

Simone Biles’ bid for a record six gold medals at the Tokyo Games ended abruptly on Tuesday when she dropped out of the women’s team final after one vault ...

By Andrea Januta Cyprus. Cuba. Turkey. Canada. Northern Ireland. Antarctica. All recorded their hottest-ever temperatures in the last two years, and according to a new study, more such extremes are ...

Green Dot’s recycling programme should cover 90 per cent of the population by 2023 the environment service said on Tuesday as it announced that the service will be extended to Voroklini ...

Afghan authorities have arrested four journalists on propaganda charges after they tried to enter the contested area of Spin Boldak in southern Kandahar province, where security forces have been clashing ...

McDonald’s BTS celebrity meals and crispy chicken sandwiches are expected to fuel a US sales increase of 24 per cent when the company reports second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, but analysts ...

The health ministry announced a total of 63 locations islandwide that will provide free coronavirus rapid testing to residents on Wednesday. The sites aim to assist the mandatory testing of employees ...

Until a few months ago, 32-year-old Michelle Chaaya was a human resources professional at a multinational firm in Lebanon. Now she works as a bartender in Dubai, sending cash to ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened a shortage of white-collar workers in many countries, forcing companies to pay higher salaries to woo talent, a top London-based recruiter said on Tuesday. Robert ...

Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides discussed Turkey’s illegal actions in Varosha with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Tuesday. Christodoulides, who was in Israel on a working visit, was received ...

The end of the COVID-19 pandemic in Britain could be just months away as vaccines have so dramatically reduced the risk of severe disease and death, Imperial College epidemiologist Neil ...

The organisation’s strategy focuses on building trust and delivering sustained outcomes PwC unveiled The New Equation, PwC’s landmark global strategy which responds to fundamental changes in the world, ...

By Liz Connor The last decade has seen the stratospheric rise of boutique fitness studios – but with many gyms shuttered during the pandemic, home workouts have become the next frontier ...

South and North Korea have restored hotlines that Pyongyang severed a year ago when ties deteriorated sharply, and the two countries’ leaders are renewing efforts to rebuild relations, Seoul’s ...

It’s been an eventful summer at Rialto Theatre in between theatre performances, workshops and a vibrant festival with music from around the world. Concluding the 16th Rialto World Music ...