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The met office on Saturday issued a yellow weather warning for abnormally high temperatures overnight. The weather warning will be in effect between 10pm on Saturday and 9am on Sunday, ...

By Philippa Tracy The heat in Cyprus has been unbearable. At the start of the week, it was 42C in my car, five minutes after starting the engine, even though ...

Cyprus is expected to experience exceptionally high temperatures until Friday, met office expert Matthaios Papadakis said on Saturday. With temperatures on Saturday reaching a maximum of 43C, he said it ...

The environment department on Saturday advised members of the public to not swim at Limassol’s Santa Barbara beach, saying it had “detected pollution” in the water. “For the purposes ...

The Greek Cypriot side has given its consent to the United Nations for the appointment of a new special representative in Cyprus, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Saturday. He ...

The potato is one of the world’s food staples, first cultivated thousands of years ago in the Andes region of South America before spreading globally from the 16th century. ...

Iran has arrested 20 people it alleges are operatives of Israel’s Mossad spy agency in recent months, the judiciary said on Saturday, warning that they will face no leniency and ...

Soldiers from the United States’ state of New Jersey’s national guard conducted training courses for non-commissioned officers from Cyprus’ national guard, according to an announcement on Saturday. The Cypriot ...

Manchester United have signed Slovenia striker Benjamin Sesko from Germany’s RB Leipzig on a contract until 2030, the Premier League club said on Saturday. The transfer fee is €76.5 million ($89 million) ...

The team of experts from the United States’ Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) who are carrying out an investigation into the cause of and circumstances surrounding the ...

Three people were shot and wounded in New York’s Times Square, the New York Police Department said on Saturday. The people – a woman aged 18 and two men aged 65 and 19 – ...

The labour inspection department on Saturday ordered that all outside work be suspended between 12pm and 4pm in areas impacted by the orange weather warning, with high temperatures forecast for ...

Buses in Larnaca were running normally on Saturday after trade unions and operator Cyprus Public Transport reached an agreement to bring an end to almost two weeks of strikes. Three ...

Syria will not take part in planned meetings with Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Paris, Syria’s state news agency quoted a government source as saying on Saturday, casting ...

Dense, creamy, and infused with the subtle perfume of cardamom, rosewater, or pistachio, this frozen treat has soothed sweltering afternoons across the Indian subcontinent for centuries. More intense and indulgent ...

The met office on Saturday issued an orange weather warning for extreme high temperatures, with the mercury set to rise to 43 degrees Celsius inland. The weather warning will remain in ...

Temperatures on Saturday will reach a whopping 43 degrees Celsius inland, with temperatures set to reach a maximum of 34 degrees Celsius on the southwest and west coasts, 37 degrees Celsius on the ...

XRP has recently been gaining popularity in the global market, gradually evolving from a payment token into a digital asset with long-term value. However, most holders still lack a way ...

The Kyrenia Nautical Club held its annual kayak memorial event last Sunday, August 3, to pay tribute to the 13 victims of the Mari explosion. The event was organised for the twelfth ...

Strategy has revealed that its profits reached $10 billion in the second quarter of 2025, a new record high. A key driver of this growth was a significant increase in Bitcoin (BTC) ...

One of the island’s biggest beer celebrations returns this summer with an exciting agenda. Unfolding across a whole week, from September 2 to 8 at Parko Akadimias in Nicosia, a series ...

Cyprus has long been seen as a tourist destination and a favourable tax haven, but it now stands at a pivotal moment: becoming a leading startup ecosystem in Europe. This ...

The European Commission has disbursed nearly €76 million to Cyprus, representing the fourth payment under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), a key part of NextGenerationEU. In total, the commission has ...

American astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the failed 1970 mission to the moon that nearly ended in disaster but became an inspirational saga of survival and the basis for the hit ...