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A South African study offered Christmas glad tidings about the severity of Omicron and the trend of COVID-19 infections on Wednesday as the fast-spreading coronavirus variant forced countries across the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has decided for “reasons of public interest” not to veto a House decision to dismiss four presidential associates — previously contract workers – who had been granted permanent civil ...

Disy leader Averof Neophytou said on Wednesday that he would seek his party’s nomination for the presidential elections of February 2023. His written announcement and video followed a party decision ...

The United States on Wednesday barred two former Malta government officials and their immediate families from entry, citing suspicions of involvement in significant corruption. The move targets Maltese ex-premier Joseph ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday received a letter of thanks from Pope Francis, who expressed his gratitude for the welcome he received in Cyprus during December 2 to 4. In his letter, ...

The Larnaca criminal court jailed a 39-year-old man for nine years on Wednesday after he was found guilty of trafficking one kilo of cocaine. The man was arrested in June, ...

As expected, President Nicos Anastasiades has vetoed a bill passed by opposition parties to cut VAT on electricity bills from 19 per cent to 9 per cent across the board for an ...

The Galactic Empire! Jumpships. Spacers. Starbridge. A cloned dynasty that’s ruled for 1,000 years. A scheming robot masquerading as a loyal henchwoman. A lone voice of reason in a galaxy ...

Turkey’s economy grew 7.4 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter, meeting expectations on the strength of retail demand, manufacturing and exports, official data showed on Tuesday, though it did ...

U.S. authorities have taken issue with Turkey over its sales of armed drones to Ethiopia, where two sources familiar with the matter said there was mounting evidence the government ...

Britain’s economy grew more slowly than previously thought in the July-September period, before the Omicron variant of the coronavirus posed a further threat to the recovery later in the ...

The level of snow in the Troodos mountains area reached 22 centimetres on Wednesday, the met office said, adding that further snowfall was expected in the coming days. Due to adverse ...

German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said on Wednesday that a fourth vaccination will be necessary in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic due to the more contagious Omicron variant. He ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday welcomed the announcement on the €121.3m tender for the construction of the new archaeological museum, dubbed as “the biggest cultural project in the country”. The ...

Jose Castillo pulled his $60,000 worth of GameStop Corp (GME.N) shares from his brokerage last summer, even though he had no intention of selling them. The 26-year-old information technology worker, ...

For many of us, long gone are the days of our college dorm rooms being covered in posters that are thumbtacked to the walls. It’s understandable, as adults, to ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he had sold “enough stock” to reach his plan to sell 10 per cent of his shares in the world’s most valuable car company, according ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou Maari spent some not unpleasant years at boarding school. Her parents, serving the Crown in far flung places, wanted her to have ...

Australian Open chief Craig Tiley is confident Rafa Nadal will be at Melbourne Park for next month’s Grand Slam despite testing positive for COVID-19, but he is still uncertain ...

Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy will spend Christmas in prison after he appeared in court accused of rape by a fourth woman. Mendy, 27, is already facing serious sex offence allegations ...

The Avakas gorge nature trail in Peyia, Paphos is now closed to visitors due to increased flow of water in the gorge, the forestry department said on Wednesday. The forestry ...

Cabinet has amended a plan for Renewable Energy Sources (RES) so as to facilitate the installation of photovoltaic systems (PVs) for citizens. According to the deputy government spokesperson Niovi Parisinou, ...

A South African study suggests reduced risks of hospitalisation and severe disease in people infected with the Omicron coronavirus variant versus the Delta one, though the authors say some of ...

The European Commission announced on Wednesday it has signed a new agreement to support the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) to the tune of €2.6 million. The Commission said that the ...