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Monsoon rains caused widespread flooding in northeastern Bangladesh and India, stranding nearly 6 million people and killing at least 19 people in Bangladesh, authorities said on Saturday, warning the situation could worsen. ...

Returning for the sixth edition is the Vinylio Summer Jazz Project which will bring a series of live music nights to the heart of Limassol. Across three evenings, musicians from ...

The association of senior police officers on Saturday said it was confident the independent investigation into allegations made by central prisons director Anna Aristotelous will clarify all aspects of the ...

TikTok is the sixth most important social media, today. It is also considered to be the one attracting the youngest crowd, as more than 50% of its members are below the ...

The Cyprus Computer Society earlier this week announced that it will hold the fifth iteration of its Robotex Pancyprian Robotics Competition. The competition will take place on the weekend of ...

A 22-year-old Paphos resident has been arrested on suspicion of drug possession and the possession of stolen property, police said on Saturday. A police report said that around 9.30 pm on ...

Police on Saturday said that three people aged 18 and 21 were arrested the previous night in Ayia Napa for illegal possession and use of nitrous oxide (laughing gas). The arrests come ...

Exploration of a foreign culture can be trying at any age, but for the protagonist in a new book it is all consuming. Alix Norman meets the author behind it ...

The education ministry has announced the launch of the state schools summer programme from Monday, June 20 to Friday, July 22. A total of 54 schools will participate in the scheme, including 36 primary ...

Republican senators on Friday asked TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew about reports the social media site had allowed Russian state-approved media content but barred other videos. “Recent reports indicate ...

By Prudence Wade Cooking outdoors might seem like a bit of a chore, when you start thinking about all the elaborate bits of kit you need to bring with you ...

UK Home Secretary Priti Patel called the European Convention on Human Rights'(ECHR) decision to ground UK’s first deportation flight to Rwanda “scandalous,” The Telegraph reported. “The opaque way ...

To thank customers for embracing the chain – in particular its electronic store – Alphamega’s e-shop will be launching a series of special offers this summer, both on online orders and ...

Cyta’s mobile network has become the first in Cyprus and Greece to be officially certified by Apple to allow owners of the Apple Watch with Cellular to enjoy it ...

By Michalis Sarris The policy response of Governments and Central Banks to the pandemic was massive and unprecedented. In the USA, the Federal Reserve Bank put out $3 trillion in high-powered ...

Liquidity troubles at crypto lending platform Celsius Network, which have left its 1.7 million customers unable to redeem their assets, will increase US regulatory pressure on the sector, which was already ...

BofA Securities economists see roughly a 40 per cent chance of a US recession next year, with inflation remaining persistently high. They expect US Gross Domestic Product growth to slow to ...

Oil prices tumbled about 5 per cent to a three-week low on Friday, led by a slump in US gasoline futures, as investors worried interest rate hikes from major central banks ...

Based on data from the European Statistical Office (Eurostat), Cyprus recorded the lowest rate of housing cost overburden in the EU in 2020, the finance ministry said in a statement. The ...

On the surface, the suggestion about selling natural gas to Turkey by presidential candidate Andreas Mavroyiannis, seems like a good way of breaking the deadlock in the talks. With direct ...

A modified coronavirus vaccine that targets the Omicron variant can be administered as a booster dose to broaden immunity, a technical advisory group set up the World Health Organisation said ...

The world’s money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog (FATF) said on Friday that Malta was no longer subject to its increased monitoring process, a decision welcomed by the Mediterranean ...

President Nicos Anastasiades, Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and European Christian Democrats president Manfred Weber took to the podium at Disy’s party conference on Friday night to send strong messages ...

The European Union gave its blessing on Friday for Ukraine and its neighbour Moldova to become candidates to join the bloc, reaching out deep into the former Soviet Union for ...