International

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) said it is rolling out biometric technology at its Whole Foods stores around Seattle starting on Wednesday, letting shoppers pay for items with a scan ...

Turkey’s lira skidded 2 per cent to its weakest this month on Thursday as the country’s ties with US come under strain, and after President Tayyip Erdogan again defended ...

Ever since its conception, the Nord Stream 2 project has faced controversy within Europe and has attracted the wrath of and sanctions from the US due to concerns that ‘it will ...

American bank JP Morgan has attempted to amplify its involvement with football over the past two decades, not so much for the betterment of the sport, but rather to further ...

Germany’s finance minister denied any blame for the multi-billion-euro Wirecard fraud on Thursday, pointing the finger at the company and its auditors, EY, for waving the firm’s accounts ...

Output at two of Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) British car factories will be temporarily halted from Monday, due to COVID-19 supply chain disruption, including a lack of semi-conductors, the ...

The governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus Constantinos Heredotou warned on Tuesday of an impending increase in non-performing loans in the near future. Heredotou told the 11th Nicosia Economic ...

The art world in Cyprus has been one of the hardest hit by the pandemic, with galleries, cinemas, theatres, concerts and other events being forced to shut down, indefinitely postponed ...

New York keeps its first place in the ranking of global financial centres, and London in second place is under pressure from Frankfurt and Shanghai. Frankfurt jumped seven places in ...

Parklane, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa is now open! Parklane, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, is now open for the Summer 2021 season and ready to welcome you back! ...

Bitcoin’s volatility is its main attraction and not a bug, as that is what gives the cryptocurrency its exponential rises, ex-Goldman Sachs bitcoin enthusiast Raoul Pal said. “People have ...

Facebook Inc’s Instagram is rolling out a feature to prevent users from viewing possibly abusive messages by filtering offensive words, phrases and emojis on the photo-sharing app. The company ...

Crude futures settled lower on Tuesday, pulling back from one-month highs, on fears that India, the world’s third-biggest oil importer, may impose restrictions as coronavirus infections and deaths surge ...

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) announced on Tuesday a range of new computers, a paid podcasting service and devices for finding lost items, signaling the continued expansion of its once-simple product ...

Cyprus Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Tuesday outlined a plan that integrates the European instrument, the “Recovery and Resilience Facility” with the strategy for the country’s economy. First of ...

The dollar sank to a fresh 6-1/2-week low against major peers on Tuesday as the euro led a rally on the back of a brightening outlook for the region’...

Luxury carmaker Ferrari has appointed BBC’s Top Gear Editorial Director Charlie Turner for the newly created position of chief content officer, it said on Tuesday. The appointment comes as ...

Venmo, the peer-to-peer payment service owned by PayPal Holdings Inc, said on Tuesday it has started allowing users to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrencies on its app, a step that ...

The French state has taken firm control of Air France-KLM after the recapitalisation with €1.03 billion via the issuance of shares. Late Monday, the airline announced that it had successfully placed ...

The US State Department said on Monday it will boost its “Do Not Travel” guidance to about 80 per cent of countries worldwide, citing “unprecedented risk to travelers” from the Covid-19 ...

Austria will only use Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine once the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has approved it, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Monday, amid growing public frustration with ...

There is a strong chance that flights from Russia to Cyprus will be grounded all summer, according to travel industry sources. However no decision has yet been reached; it is ...

Bank of Cyprus on Monday announced that it has successfully launched and priced an issue of €300 million unsecured and subordinated Tier 2 Capital Notes under its Euro Medium-Term Note (EMTN) Programme – ...

Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp signalled a shift in its climate change stance on Monday, saying it would review its lobbying and be more transparent on what steps it is ...