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World number one Ash Barty became the latest high-profile player to be ousted at the U.S. Open after the Australian suffered a third-round defeat to American Shelby Rogers on ...

A 38-year-old man was arrested on Sunday after 12 cannabis plants were found during a search in his house in Limassol. In the house, police found four greenhouses with lighting and ...

By Bill Trott Willard Scott, the ebullient former “Today” show weatherman, venerator of centenarians, pitchman extraordinaire and the original hamburger-hawking Ronald McDonald, died on Saturday, his successor on the morning ...

Police on Sunday called on members of the public to help identify a woman who is in critical condition at the Nicosia hospital after being hit by a car in ...

Police booked 40 individuals and 11 businesses during the last 24 hours, for breaching the measures taken to contain the spread of Covid-19. A police spokesperson told CNA that a total of 3,652 checks ...

A surfer died on Sunday after being bitten by a shark off a surfing beach on Australia’s east coast, paramedics said. The incident took place off the Emerald Beach, ...

By Patricia Jordan Wow! What a hot summer we have had and it is not over yet. According to those who ‘read’ the weather conditions for the rest of the ...

The US has backed a plan to bring desperately needed gas to Lebanon from Syria. Syria said on Saturday that it welcomed Lebanon’s request to import Egyptian gas for ...

Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Amazon are seeking to meet Malaysia’s prime minister to ask that foreign vessels be allowed to repair undersea cables in its waters, a Google spokesperson ...

The US economy created the fewest jobs in seven months in August as hiring in the leisure and hospitality sector stalled amid a resurgence in Covid-19 infections, which weighed on ...

With the recent rebound across cryptocurrencies of various types, it’s time to take a hard look at the ones most likely to return on investment. The rebound started back ...

Electricity prices will not be coming down for the foreseeable future By Elias Hazou Electricity prices will not be coming down for the foreseeable future due to a perfect storm ...

There was good economic news to report this week. Unemployment fell to the lowest level since June 2009. In July this year, according to Eurostat, it stood at 5.2 per cent compared ...

SADLY, it does not look like we will be returning to the constitution of 1960 any time soon, Prez Nik’s zealous and earnest initiative failing to convince anyone, not even ...

In the music for the film Zorba the Greek, Mikis Theodorakis, who died last week aged 96, produced a masterpiece that married music and character to perfection. Zorba, “Damn it boss, ...

Dear Editor, How difficult it was to restrain tears on reading in the Greek press (Philelefteros, August 20) the article detailing the distress wreaked upon the hunting brotherhood due to the ...

I read Alper Ali Riza’s article in the Sunday Mail of August 29 and would like to make the following comments. I do not think that it is easy for ...

Cyprus had another bad night in Fifa World Cup qualifying on Saturday, with Russia coming away from the GSP stadium in Nicosia with a 2-0 win. Aleksander Yerokhin got the ...

One death and 295 new coronavirus cases were announced on Saturday out of 55,492 tests with a positivity rate of 0.53 per cent. The death concerns a 77-year-old man who died on Friday ...

The first Intergovernmental Summit between Cyprus and Egypt was described as “historic” by President Nicos Anastasiades who laid the groundwork for closer ties on Saturday with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel ...

Have you ever wondered what really happens during art residencies and artists’ workshops? At times, it can feel that they are reserved only for the creatives, with the rest of ...

A dozen opposition candidates for Russia’s September parliamentary election met scores of journalists in Moscow on Saturday with a message of resistance against the Kremlin’s squeezing of independent ...

England return to Wembley for the first since losing the Euro 2020 final when they host Andorra in a World Cup qualifier on Sunday. The Three Lions have won their opening ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Sunday, 35 in total. Presenting an ID, passport or driver’s licence is necessary to get tested. Districts Testing Sites Work Hours ...