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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 (...

Teachers at Istanbul’s Bogazici University protested on Tuesday against the swearing-in of a new rector appointed by President Tayyip Erdogan, extending demonstrations started by students. Hundreds of students and ...

An initiative formed by Famagusta refugees announced on Tuesday they would run as independents in May’s parliamentary elections in a bid to win a place in decision making circles ...

As the world races to contain rising COVID-19 infections fuelled by new coronavirus variants, some countries are seeking to counter low vaccine supplies with dosing patterns or volumes that stray ...

A letter by President Nicos Anastasiades containing suggestions on confidence-building measures (CBMs) aimed at boosting the prospects of a solution to the Cyprus problem has been delivered to UN Secretary-General ...

Eden Hazard, Joao Felix and Antoine Griezmann cost a combined 346 million euros ($425.44 million) but had to settle for places on the bench as the coaches at Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid ...

Ghent is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in ...

The former municipal market in old Nicosia is to be refurbished at a cost of €4.92m plus VAT and operate as a research and innovation centre. The contract to renovate ...

Small business owners on Tuesday urged the government to accompany any stricter measures with support for enterprises and the economy. According to small shop keepers union Povek, while this basic ...

By Katie Wright Every year, thousands of new beauty products hit the market with brands hoping they’ll find their way onto our bathroom shelves and into our make-up bags. ...

Two-thirds of the world’s population faces an extreme water shortage at least one month a year. Many of these places are dry, arid deserts with no reliable source of ...

With more than 3,000 signing up already, appointments for coronavirus vaccines for over 80-year-olds ran out within hours of the vaccinations portal going online on Tuesday, the health ministry said. New ...

For those looking for the finest on-water experience, this video reveals why the available-for-charter, 136m/246ft superyacht Flying Fox is hard to match. Following its arrival in the spring of 2019, ...

A bluefin tuna sold for 20.8 million yen ($202,197) in the first auction of the new year at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market on Tuesday when it reopened after the holiday break. ...

Nicosia Municipality said that work on Kennedy Avenue will be completed with asphalting of the road surface over the weekend and it will then be open to traffic on Monday. ...