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Chinese authorities on Wednesday imposed travel restrictions and banned gatherings in the capital city of Hebei province, which surrounds Beijing, in the latest escalation of measures to stave off another ...

The European Medicines Authority (EMA) will try to reach a decision on the approval of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, after failing to take a decision two days earlier. ...

Charles Duhigg, author of ‘The Power of Habit’, says most people fail to stick to their New Year’s resolutions, because their targets are set without a strategy to help ...

Police booked 89 individuals and three businesses for violations of Covid measures in the last 24 hours, during a total of 7.971 checks. The three establishments were two kiosks, one in Paphos and ...

Two shops that have been closed for the past three weeks, went up in flames in Paphos on Tuesday night, police said. The fire broke out in one of the ...

In a live wire who always carries a blade, THEO PANAYIDES finds that Unesco – and a passion for an ancient craft – drive one of a dwindling breed of craftsmen Knives ...

A veg-packed soup perfect for any time of the year, but especially now as a winter warmer. Packed with all the wholesome, nutrient-dense root veggies and tubers you can imagine ...

Oysters are good for more than just eating on the half shell: in New York City, they’re helping restore and preserve the harbour. This is due to the fact ...

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Manchester United have “no excuses” heading into Wednesday’s Carabao Cup clash against Manchester City as they look to reach a cup final at the fourth ...

English singer-songwriter Harry Styles and US actress and filmmaker Olivia Wilde are the couple everyone is talking about! News of the duo’s reported relationship broke after they were recently ...

Aiming to cover topics related to artificial intelligence and to promote the multidisciplinarity of fairness, accountability, transparency and ethics, the Cyprus Centre for Algorithmic Transparency (CyCAT), hosted at the Open ...

As a little girl who spoke no English when she moved to the United States from Taiwan, Annie Young-Scrivner learned early on about challenging times. But the new CEO of ...

While last year’s strong rebound in many commodity prices might be viewed as a “V-shaped vaccine recovery”, the bank Goldman Sachs contends it is just “the beginning of a ...

Flights completed in 2020 Ryanair 207,300 Turkish Airlines 145,700 Aeroflot Russian Airlines 135,900 Lufthansa 124,300 Air France 118,300 Ryanair was the largest airline in Europe in terms of the number of flights in 2020. According to a ...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which came into force with the new year, is expected to break down barriers between 54 nations on the continent to create a new ...

Travellers from Britain ending their mandatory seven-day hotel quarantine period must make their own way back home, which in some cases could force them to flout the required further three-day ...

After the discussions about the epidemiological situation and scientific advisory team’s proposals for additional restrictions, President Anastasiades came up with a positive point, according to deputy government spokesman, Panayiotis ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese software applications, including Ant Group’s Alipay mobile payment app, the White House said, ...

Democrats on Wednesday completed a sweep of the two U.S. Senate seats up for grabs in runoff elections in Georgia, giving the party control of the chamber and boosting ...

Tottenham Hotspur’s Moussa Sissoko and Son Heung-min were on target to help their side beat Championship club Brentford 2-0 in the League Cup semi-final on Tuesday and set up ...

A boat carrying 26 migrants from Syria was towed to safety amid rough seas in the Famagusta district on Tuesday. Police said the boat was drifting out of control in rough ...

One more person died from Covid-19 and 569 new infections have been detected after 14,309 tests, the health ministry said on Tuesday. The number of deaths since March has reached 134 while 50 people ...

For years, listening to the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s New Year concert on January 1 was a family tradition. One that my grandfather started because of his great love for classical ...

Total new loans issued by banks in November came to €263.3 million, compared to €281.4 million in the previous month, according to data released on Tuesday by the Central Bank of Cyprus (...