NICOSIA - In what likely will further impede any hope of reviving the divided island, the Turkish-Cypriot occupied side is going ahead with plans to revive the abandoned resort of Varosha that has been shut down since 1974 Turkish invasions.

If the high stakes presidential election is causing troublesome thoughts, existential dread or rifts with loved ones, there’s no need to white knuckle through it.

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SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing has withdrawn a contract offer that would have given striking workers 30% raises over four years after talks broke down.

LOS ANGELES, CA – The instrumental track ‘Kohyli’ by award-winning Greek-American composer Thespina Patronas is in the first rounds of voting for a Grammy Award nomination in the category Best Instrumental Composition at the 67th awards ceremony on February 2, 2025 in Los Angeles.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to scientists, Greek-Cypriot Demis Hassabis, David Baker and John Jumper for their work with proteins.

SHANGHAI (AP) — Jannik Sinner avenged his defeat to Ben Shelton in the fourth round of last year's Shanghai Masters with a 6-4, 7-6 (1) to spoil the 22-year-old American's birthday on Wednesday.

MOSCOW (AP) — A jailed leader of a prominent independent election monitoring group in Russia appeared in court on Wednesday as his trial continued on charges of organizing the work of an “undesirable” organization.

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is meeting Wednesday for the first time with some of the 15,000 Ukrainian troops that France has trained for the country's fight against the Russian invasion.

LONDON (AP) — That long-held Wimbledon tradition of line judges dressed in elegant uniforms is no more.