Yellen says US GDP is a ‘good strong number’, may keep bond yields higher
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday said U.S. third quarter economic growth of nearly 5% was “a good strong number” that points to a soft landing for the ...
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried testifies outside jury’s presence
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, testified in his fraud trial on Thursday without the jury present so the judge overseeing the case can first decide what ...
US doctors operating in Cyprus a ‘historical’ development
As the first of three specialised surgical interventions carried out by doctors from Shriners children’s hospitals in the US started at Makarios hospital in Nicosia on Monday, Health Minister ...
Rockets, drones hit Iraqi base housing U.S. forces -security sources
Drones and rockets targeted on Thursday evening the Ain al-Asad air base, which hosts U.S. and other international forces in western Iraq, and multiple blasts were heard inside the ...
US State department welcomes Pyla mutual understanding
The United States State Department said on Thursday it “welcomes” the mutual understanding found to solve the dispute surrounding the buffer zone village of Pyla and construct a road from ...
Republicans reject own funding bill, US government shutdown imminent
Hardline Republicans in the US House on Friday rejected a bill proposed by their leader to temporarily fund the government, making it all but certain that federal agencies will partially ...
US monitoring large Serbian force along Kosovo border -White House
The United States is monitoring a troubling Serbian military deployment along the border of Kosovo that is destabilizing the area, the White House said on Friday and called for the ...
Police arrest suspect in 1996 shooting of US rapper Tupac Shakur -AP
Las Vegas police arrested a man on suspicion of murder in the shooting of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur, who was killed in the city nearly three decades ago, the Associated ...
Tesla sued by US agency over alleged harassment of Black factory workers
A U.S. civil rights agency sued Tesla Inc TSLA.O on Thursday, claiming the electric carmaker has tolerated severe harassment of Black employees at its flagship Fremont, California, assembly ...
Cyprus US ambassador presents his credentials
The new Cyprus ambassador in America, Evangelos Savva, presented his credentials to US President Joe Biden in an official ceremony earlier this month, the government announced on Tuesday.
During the ...
US scholarships for students of Greek descent
Sixteen students of Greek and Greek Cypriot origin studying in American universities will receive a total of $34,500 as part of the scholarship programme of the Cyprus Children’s Fund, it ...
US will send Ukraine ATACMS long-range missiles, Biden tells Zelenskiy -NBC
U.S. President Joe Biden has informed Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Washington will provide Kyiv with ATACMS long-range missiles, NBC News reported on Friday, citing three U.S. ...
Anyone seen my F-35? US searches for fighter jet after mishap
The US military said on Monday it was still searching for an F-35 fighter jet after a mishap on Sunday near an air base in South Carolina and has asked ...
Armenia is making a mistake
The Armenians are a people of great antiquity – the first Armenian kingdom was in the 8th century BC – but they grew up in a tough neighbourhood, and they have been ...
Armenia-US military exercise kicks off near Yerevan
Armenia and the United States began a joint military training exercise on Monday, both sides said, at a time of high tension in Armenian relations with neighbouring Azerbaijan.
The 10-day “...
US marks 9/11 attacks with Pentagon, World Trade Centre site events
Americans paused on Monday to remember the September 11, 2001, attacks, 22 years after Islamist hijackers seized control of jetliners and crashed them into the twin towers of New York’s World Trade ...
US pledges to help Cyprus fight corruption
Corruption weakens the economy although a lot is being done in Cyprus to work against it, the US state department’s global anti-corruption coordinator said on a recent trip to ...
EXCLUSIVE-US military repositions some troops in Niger, pulls non-essential personnel
The Pentagon is repositioning some troops and equipment within Niger and will withdraw a small number of non-essential personnel “out of an abundance of caution,” U.S. officials told Reuters ...
US-led coalition urges calm in northeast Syria after clashes between Arab tribes, Kurdish-led force
The U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group called on Thursday for an end to clashes in northeast Syria, where the Kurdish-led force it backs has been locked ...
Canada, citing potential dangers, warns LGBTQ travellers of US risks
Canada, citing the risk of potential dangers, is advising LGBTQ travellers planning trips to the United States to check how they might be affected by recently passed laws in some ...
US announces $250 million in new military aid for Ukraine
The United States on Tuesday announced a new package of military assistance to support Ukraine that includes additional air defence and artillery munitions, mine clearing equipment and medical vehicles.
The ...
Giuliani surrenders in Trump election subversion case, $150,000 bond set
Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani on Wednesday surrendered at a jail in Georgia’s Fulton County to face state charges arising from actions he was accused of ...
Biden to meet Costa Rica’s president next week to discuss immigration, China
US President Joe Biden will host Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves next Tuesday, the White House said on Wednesday, with two Biden administration officials adding that topics in the meeting ...
Joint military exercise between Cyprus and US
Cyprus and the US carried out a joint search and rescue exercise – over the sea and in the air – on Monday with major US navy vessels such as Arleigh Burke-class (...