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When Nasa’s Perseverance rover touched down on Mars Thursday night, this astonishing success rightly grabbed attention across the globe. Yet, it is also worth remembering that the six-wheeled, astrobiology ...

Reality star Kim Kardashian has filed papers to divorce her rapper husband Kanye West after almost seven years of marriage, a Los Angeles Superior Court spokeswoman said on Friday. A ...

The United States began rolling back one of former President Donald Trump’s most restrictive immigration policies on Friday, allowing in the first of thousands of asylum seekers who have ...

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have made a final split with the British royal family, telling Queen Elizabeth that they will not be returning as working members of monarchy, ...

Naomi Osaka has been unbeatable since the realisation after last year’s Australian Open that tennis does not matter as much as she thought it did. Defending her second grand ...

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE have asked the U.S. health regulator to relax requirements for their COVID-19 vaccine to be stored at ultra-low temperatures, potentially allowing it to be ...

The United Arab Emirates said on Friday that Sheikha Latifa, one of the ruler of Dubai’s daughters, was being cared for at home as the U.N. human rights ...

The United States has a backlog of six million COVID-19 vaccine doses due to winter storms and power outages weather, White House officials said at a media briefing on Friday, ...

Russian athletes will compete under the acronym ROC at the Tokyo Olympics this year, as part of sanctions for several doping scandals, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Friday. ...

The health ministry announced one death and 111 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday. The death concerned a 75-year-old woman with underlying conditions at Limassol hospital. Her brings the total number ...

The health ministry announced that 58 rapid test sites will operate nationwide on Saturday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and the obligatory weekly testing of employees. Self-employed ...

Bitcoin touched a market capitalisation of $1 trillion as it hit yet another record high on Friday, countering analyst warnings that it is an “economic side show” and a poor hedge ...

Germany and other wealthy countries may need to give some of their own stock of vaccines to developing countries in addition to money, since only vaccinating the whole world will ...

It’s been a good while since we have been able to attend an event but there are some planned for March onwards. The A.G. Leventis Gallery will host ...

Nothing says social distancing quite like Dubai’s RoboCafe, where robots have replaced their human overlords. Customers can place their orders with German-made robots, who then prepare and deliver it ...

Reversing an earlier decision of a lower court, the Supreme Court on Friday approved the extradition of a Russian citizen to Russia where he is wanted for alleged serious offences, ...

Nicosia is cautiously optimistic ahead of an informal conference on Cyprus, government spokesman Kyriacos Koushos said, reiterating that Greek Cypriots rejected a two-state system as a solution, which is favoured ...

Japanese athlete-turned-politician Seiko Hashimoto has been chosen as president of the Tokyo 2020 Organising committee, replacing a man who resigned after setting off a furore with sexist remarks. Hashimoto, who competed ...

In this video for Vogue, supermodel Iman takes us through milestone moments in her career, from 1975 to 2020, covering runway drama, Met Gala camaraderie and the blind date with David Bowie ...

By Athena Arsalidou Nine thousand Cypriots took the opportunity to participate in Nasa’s ‘Send Your Name to Mars’ campaign, which invited people around the world to submit their names ...

Stefanos Tsitsipas said he would not be surprised if Daniil Medvedev beat Novak Djokovic to win the Australian Open title on Sunday and that victory for the Russian would be ...

Two of the South African government’s top advisers on COVID-19 backed Pfizer’s vaccine on Friday, despite a study earlier this week showing that the dominant local coronavirus variant ...

His egg-shaped head, magnificent moustaches, rapid, dainty gait and annoying mannerisms are instantly recognisable. British actor David Suchet perfectly recreates Agatha Christie’s Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Long running TV ...

Specialised nurses will pay house calls to administer coronavirus vaccinations to the bedridden, the health ministry said on Friday. As part of its vaccination roll-out, the ministry said it was ...