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Facing sharp criticism over the tumultuous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden said it was the best available option to end both the United States’ longest war and ...

South Louisiana braced for a month without electricity and reliable water supplies in the wake of Hurricane Ida, one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S. ...

Experts fear that Lebanon’s social stability will further deteriorate and violence increase in the near future in light of the shortage of basic commodities in the country and the ...

Novak Djokovic took a first unsteady step toward completing the calendar-year Grand Slam on Tuesday as the Serb laboured into the second round of the U.S. Open with a 6...

Latest news and highlights from Europe’s top football leagues on transfer deadline day (times GMT): 0130 BARCELONA SIGN DE JONG ON LOAN FROM SEVILLA Dutch forward Luuk de Jong has ...

By Pavlos Loizou, Managing Director, WiRE-FS Demographic and social changes are impacting the international housing market, and of course that of Cyprus. In the US, large companies and high-net-worth individuals ...

A study by the European statistical service (Eurostat) has shown that 71 per cent of Cypriots have a generally favourable view of the quality of life in Cyprus. The study takes ...

Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry Natasa Pilides has reiterated that the only way to improve the competitiveness of the Cypriot economy is through the liberalisation of the energy market ...

September will account for more than one third of all remaining British travel for 2021, a survey released on Wednesday shows. A large percentage of these travellers will be seeking a ...

A recycling programme has yet to be implemented there: it is burying almost all its solid waste Recycling in Paphos is falling dismally short of what is expected in Europe ...

“It is an oxymoron making statements about the development of the economy, while the only concern of many officials is the securing of the interests of the banks.” If we ...

An ancient and natural carbon-capture technology that simply has no downside One of my favourites from among the rich variety of names sometimes flung at nature conservationists, is that of ‘...

Highlights of the second day at the U.S. Open, the last Grand Slam tournament of the year, at Flushing Meadows on Tuesday (times GMT): 0447 ANDREESCU ADVANCES AFTER THREE-SETTER Canadian ...

Final preparations are underway on the part of the government for the restart of natural gas exploration activities offshore Cyprus, with the Exxon Mobil/Qatar Petroleum set to begin work ...

In the last call between U.S. President Joe Biden and his Afghanistan counterpart before the Taliban seized control of the country, the leaders discussed military aid, political strategy and ...

Akel MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek took to social media on Tuesday to decry what he said was discriminatory behaviour faced by Turkish Cypriots at Larnaca airport. He said that he witnessed ...

Two people are in critical condition after they crashed into a wall while driving on a moped in Dheryneia on Tuesday evening. A young man and woman were rushed by ...

Alphabet Inc-owned Google is extending its voluntary return-to-office policy through January next year, CEO Sundar Pichai said on Tuesday, citing uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in many parts of ...

Brazilian researchers have found that a molecule in the venom of a type of snake inhibited coronavirus reproduction in monkey cells, a possible first step toward a drug to combat ...

Two deaths from coronavirus and 287 new cases were announced on Tuesday out of 50,341 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.57 per cent. The death of a woman, aged 59, who ...

Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday migrants who settle in Germany are German even if they have foreign-sounding names, making a subtle dig at a widespread habit among white Germans ...

The Summer Nights 2021 series of events has been providing weekly theatre, music and art performances in the capital for yet another summer thanks to the Nicosia municipality. And we all ...

A case filed against the state by a group of 67 people seeking an interim order against core measures enforced by the coronavirus restrictions was rejected by the Nicosia district court ...

By Gabriela Baczynska European Union countries on Tuesday proposed to step up aid to Afghanistan and its neighbours but could not agree a common policy on accepting asylum-seekers fleeing Taliban ...