Inflation in March recorded the lowest growth rate, on an annual basis, of the last 13 months and increased by 5.8%, mainly due to the increase in electricity prices.According to the Statistical Service of Cyprus, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and th…
China is vowing to defend its sovereignty just hours after a high-level meeting between Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen and Speaker of the US House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy. FRANCE 24’s Jennie Shin explains.Source: France24.com
Black girls and teenagers are close to three-times more likely to be strip-searched by London’s Met Police if suspected of a crime compared to their white counterparts, data analyzed by Liberty Investigates suggests.The findings of the study, which was…
Cyprus President, Nikos Christodoulides, concludes on Thursday his visit to Egypt, with a meeting with the Arab League Secretary General, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, at the League’s seat. After the meeting Christodoulides will depart for Cyprus.On Wednesday Ch…
The UK’s postal service, Royal Mail, has issued an apology after employees on strike were told they would receive substantial raises in what turned out to be an April Fools’ prank.A poster displayed to workers on April 1 at a Royal Mail branch in Glouc…
Can nuclear physics improve the prediction of earthquakes? As part of a new project which aims to provide the foundation for a reliable early warning system for earthquakes in Europe, researchers are building a network of sensors measuring radon levels…
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has called for global nuclear disarmament, suggesting that any nuclear weapons should be placed into a single “pile” and destroyed all at once.The leader was commenting on Thursday when asked to respond to stat…
Wikipedia has become “increasingly anti-Russian” during the past decade and its policy has worsened substantially since the start of the conflict in Ukraine a year ago, a former editor at the Russian-language version of the online encyclopedia has clai…
Three police officers have been killed and several others injured during a firefight with a group of gunmen in Russia’s southern Republic of Ingushetia, according to media reports citing law enforcement sources.The incident is said to have taken place …
Russia’s armed forces and border patrol in the Bryansk region have prevented a Ukrainian sabotage-and-reconnaissance unit from entering the country, local governor Aleksandr Bogomaz reported on Thursday.According to the official, the 20-strong unit had…