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Lawmakers from the governing Conservative Party railed against Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s cut to foreign aid spending on Tuesday, a show of defiance just days before their leader hopes ...

In the past week alone, checks on the state of vehicles on the road found that over one third had defective headlights, indicators or brake lights, and over 17 per cent ...

By David Shepardson The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has eased travel recommendations for more than 110 countries and territories, including Japan just ahead of the Olympics. ...

One death and 60 new coronavirus cases were announced on Tuesday, with a positivity rate of 0.16 per cent. The death is a 66-year-old man. This brings the number of deaths from ...

Ten years after reaching her first grand slam quarter-final, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova made it through to the last four for the first time to set up a clash with Tamara Zidansek ...

By Moira Warburton and Anna Mehler Paperny Relatives of a Canadian Muslim family killed in London, Ontario, when a man rammed them with his pick-up truck this week are urging ...

The race for the House presidency has blended with talk of an impending cabinet reshuffle, with reports that President Nicos Anastasiades is considering outgoing House President Adamos Adamou for the ...

The supreme court has declared null and void the appointment of tax commissioner Yiannis Tsangaris – a development that could impact any acts taken by the official during his time in ...

A new book presentation is added to this month’s events calendar as journalist, writer and volunteer Melissa Hekkers will introduce her book What Would the Mediterranean Say? by Armida ...

More than 5,000 people aged 23 to 27 booked an appointment for a Covid vaccine on Tuesday, the health ministry said. In total 5,450 appointments were booked of the 10,250 available. On Wednesday, the vaccination ...

Debbie Hewitt is set to become the Football Association’s first chairwoman after receiving a unanimous nomination from the FA Board. A seven-member selection panel led by independent non-executive FA ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides has asked that former police chief Kypros Michaelides recuse himself from a panel currently investigating the activities of a slaughterhouse business and whether it received favourable treatment ...

Towering over Cape Town, Table Mountain offers hikers of all abilities both breathtaking views and several trekking options. The flat-topped peak forms part of the Table Mountain National Park, and ...

The EU’s Director-General for Structural Reform Support Mario Nava on Tuesday met the three members of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) at its anthropological laboratory. Nava, who was ...

Divers on Monday collected more 103 kilos of rubbish from the seabed in the Psarolimano area of Larnaca, including glass and plastic bottles, cans and two tyres. The clean-up was organised ...

The Cyprus Institute (CyI) will hold its second International Conference on Climate Change in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East on October 13 and 14 just ahead of the next global climate ...

Lakatamia municipality announced on Tuesday another playground that includes toys for children with disabilities has been completed and is ready for use. The playground is located at the Ayios Georgios ...

New study shows how vultures reduce carbon footprint and promote tourism Helping the island’s Griffon vulture population to recover not only cleans up nature from dead carrion and saves ...

In this video, writer, historian and broadcaster, Dr. Tessa Dunlop introduces us to the extraordinary Romanian sculptor, painter and photographer Constantin Brâncuși. Brâncuși (1876-1957) considered one ...

One in ten Cypriots say they were misled into buying counterfeits, according to an EU-wide survey released as part of an awareness campaign by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (...

Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun approved an exceptional loan of up to 300 billion Lebanese pounds ($200 million) on Monday for the state electricity company to import fuel for generation before supplies ...

Britain urged the European Union on Tuesday to help find an urgent solution to trade difficulties with Northern Ireland before the end of this month, saying there was no case ...

The health ministry announced a total of 70 rapid Covid testing sites will operate around the island on Wednesday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the ...

French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped in the face on Tuesday by a man in a crowd of onlookers while on a walkabout in southern France, video of the incident ...