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The House of Representatives will suspend its summer recess on Tuesday to discuss the president’s return of the law extending the suspension of the foreclosures law until October 31. First ...

A quick-thinking teenager from Paphos saved a young boy from possible drowning in choppy waters on Sunday, coinciding with the first ever, “World Drowning Prevention Day.” Fifteen-year-old Eliana Dryer swam ...

U.S. President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Monday sealed an agreement formally ending the U.S. combat mission in Iraq by the end of 2021, more ...

California and New York City will require government workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or be regularly tested for the virus, officials said on Monday, signaling a new level of ...

Turkish Cypriots who abandoned their property in the south have the right to receive an equivalent property in the north, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Monday. The statements ...

London’s Heathrow Airport and Britain’s main airlines urged the UK to open up travel to vaccinated passengers or face more job losses, as hopes rose that travellers from ...

One death from Covid-19 and 851 new cases out of 71,959 PCR and rapid tests were announced on Monday, a positivity rate of 1.18 per cent. The death was of a woman aged 74. ...

A third coronavirus vaccine dose for those in vulnerable groups and the potential immunisation of those aged 12 and above was discussed at Monday’s Covid-19 meeting. The discussions took place ...

Greece said on Monday children aged 12-15 could be vaccinated against COVID-19 with Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna shots, extending the inoculations of adolescents that was begun this month as infections ...

Summer concerts are a must on the island’s cultural agenda and greatly looked forward to in the warmer months. Last year in between lockdowns and restrictions few managed to ...

Marking five years of its ‘No More Ransom’ project, Europol on Monday launched a revamped website that allows easy access to decryption tools and other help in over 30 languages. The ...

Bitcoin has successfully fought its way to become the most valued digital financial instrument in terms of market capitalization. That has significantly increased its appeal to investors, most of whom ...

Rules that have allowed Cypriots and permanent residents to opt to do their PCR test on arrival at Larnaca and Paphos airports will change from August 1 to cover only specific ...

Britain reported the lowest daily total of new coronavirus cases since July 4 on Monday, adding to signs that a recent surge in coronavirus cases driven by the spread of the ...

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid expressed his deep concern over Turkey’s ‘provocative actions in Cyprus’, referencing the move to reopen 3.5 per cent of Varosha. Lapid’s comments were made ...

The met office on Monday issued a yellow weather warning over high temperatures. The warning covers the period between 9pm Monday and 4pm Tuesday. According to the met office, the ...

Cypriot sailors put in improved performances on their second day at the Tokyo Olympics. According to the Cyprus Olympic Committee’s representative Argyris Argyrou, Pavlos Kontides rose to third place ...

For two balmy weeks in July, hotel manager George Tselios dared to hope his pandemic nightmare was behind him. He was getting 100 bookings a day for his Rhodes seaside resort – “...

Antibodies triggered by Sinovac Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine decline below a key threshold from around six months after a second dose for most recipients, although a third shot could have ...

The demilitarisation of 3.5 per cent of the fenced area of Varosha to pave the way for its settlement is in accordance with international law and human rights, Turkish Cypriot leader ...

The Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Ecofin) on Monday gave the nod to Cyprus’ national recovery and resilience plan, unlocking €1.2 billion in EU funds to the island over the next ...

Forty-six Afghan soldiers sought refuge in Pakistan after losing control of military positions across the border following advances by Taliban insurgents, Pakistan’s army said on Monday. Hundreds of Afghan ...

India’s Tata Motors Ltd said on Monday it expects performance to improve from the second half of its current financial year, anticipating an easing of global supply constraints on ...

The Supreme Court added another year to the jail sentence handed down to a man convicted of child pornography after finding that the four-year term imposed for offences involving children ...