ISTANBUL: Large social media and video streaming companies have engaged in vast surveillance of users with lax privacy controls and inadequate safeguards for children and teens, according to a report Thursday.
The report, which examines the data coll…
President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulides has conveyed the message that 50 years after the Turkish invasion, the Republic of Cyprus not only is not a defunct state but instead is an EU member state with a significant role in the Eastern Mediter…
ISTANBUL: Global public debt is estimated to approach 100% of GDP by the end of the decade, according to an official with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Public debt reached 93% of GDP in 2023, IMF First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath …
ISTANBUL: South Africa seeks ‘continued frank engagements’ with the US on geopolitical matters ‘based on mutual respect,’ Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola said Thursday.
Lamola made the remarks as he concluded his first trip to the US, according to his…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed on Thursday satisfaction with the decision of the Committee of Deputy Ministers (composed of Human Rights) of the Council of Europe (CoE) to maintain the monitoring process in the implementation of the Decisi…
ISTANBUL: The Bank of England kept its policy interest rate constant at 5% on Thursday, in line with market expectations.
The bank’s monetary policy committee voted by an 8-1 majority to keep the rate unchanged.
“The Committee voted unanimously to r…
ANKARA: A Japanese firm on Thursday said it had stopped producing and exporting the model of walkie-talkies used in this week’s second wave of deadly explosions in Lebanon.
In a statement, Icom said they also discontinued the production of the batter…
The King of Jordan has referred to the multidimensional and cordial ties with Cyprus stating that he is looking forward to his next visit to the island before the end of this year.
According to a press release by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the…