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A planned increase in British social security contributions from workers and employers will go ahead in April, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and finance minister Rishi Sunak said, despite calls to ...

Europe needs to diversify its energy supplies, the head of NATO said on Sunday, as Britain warned it was “highly likely” that Russia, the continent’s biggest natural gas supplier, ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said he was ready for an informal dialogue with the Greek Cypriot side and suggests it take place in London, according to reports on Sunday. ...

The Famagusta district court has thrown out a case brought by watersports providers in Paralimni who challenged a tender process launched by the municipality for a renewal of services. Mayor ...

A 56-year-old man in Paphos suffered second and third degree burns all over his body on Saturday night after a leaky gas cylinder sparked a fire while he was cooking ...

North Korea conducted its largest missile test since 2017 on Sunday, sending a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile soaring into space, seen as taking the nuclear-armed country a step closer to resuming ...

In a mad world there are signs that the evident results of wayward economic policy may change the political weather By Andrew Shouler Unintended or not, the consequences of mistaken ...

Some mountain roads were closed on Sunday to vehicles other than 4X4 and those with snow chains, police said. These roads are: Prodromos-Troodos, Platres-Troodos, Karvouna-Troodos, Pedoulas -Pinewood- Kakopetria, Prodromos-Platres, Kakopetria-Karvouna. ...

Fines ranging from 500 euros to 8,000 euros were dished out to businesses islandwide over the past 24 hours in connection with SafePass violations, police said, one for illegal dancing. In all, 2,369 checks ...

Britain will this week begin offering vaccinations to children aged between five and 11 who are most at risk from coronavirus, the state-run National Health Service said on Sunday. Britain has ...

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern stayed in self-isolation on Sunday, as the country recorded 103 new COVID-19 infections and its tough border controls were highlighted by a pregnant journalist who ...

Those who cannot understand Russia’s security fears over Nato’s expansion into East Europe are either not fair minded or unhistorical By Alper Ali Riza Nato has absorbed every ...

President Tayyip Erdogan repeated his unorthodox economic policy on Saturday, saying interest rates would be lowered further and inflation would fall as a result, days before inflation data for January ...

Australia will seek to be included in consultations about a trade dispute between the European Union and China launched by the EU at the World Trade Organisation, the Australian trade ...

The European Union aims to invest tens of billions of euros to bolster its chip industry and double its share of global production to 20 per cent, the bloc’s industry ...

Almost five months after Rafa Nadal posted a photograph of himself on crutches after a medical procedure, the 35-year-old Spanish great is within range of his most improbable triumph. Nadal, ...

Apple’s shares rallied nearly 7 per cent on Friday in its biggest one-day percentage jump in a year and a half after the iPhone maker reported blockbuster results and teased ...

By Esra Aygin The crisis in the northern part of Cyprus has gone beyond an economic crisis and become a humanitarian one, according to one Turkish Cypriot economist. Between January 1 ...

Turkey’s president Tayyip Erdogan announced on Thursday that Israeli president Isaac Herzog will pay an official visit to Ankara next month. While Herzog’s spokesman declined to comment, The ...

FATHER of Gesy and independent presidential candidate hopeful Giorgos Pamborides suffered a couple of blows below the belt on Thursday thrown by his ungrateful former boss Prez Nik during an ...

Four people died from Covid on Saturday while 2,184 new cases were recorded, the ministry of health said. The four deaths all refer to men, two aged 92, one aged 83 and one ...

Covid vaccinations for children aged 5-11 have reached around 9 per cent, health ministry director-general Christina Yiannaki said on Saturday. She was visiting the walk-in vaccination centre operating at the State ...

The Supreme Court’s decision on whether to uphold or remove the conviction of a young British woman who was accused of lying about being gang-raped, will be important for ...

Jamaica’s bobsleigh team are determined to overcome financial issues and challenges thrown up by the COVID-19 pandemic as their four-man line-up returns to the Winter Games for the first ...