• WORLD
    Pope Leo visits Istanbul’s Blue Mosque

    Pope Leo XIV has visited Istanbul’s Sultan Ahmed Mosque – widely known as the Blue Mosque – in his first visit to a Muslim place of worship since he took up the papacy in May. The Pontiff was seen bowing as he entered the building, but it is reported he did not pray at the […]

  • CYPRUS
    Cyprus-UK cooperate on tourism industry security and crisis management

    The launch of an e-learning platform, aimed at training those involved in the Cypriot tourism industry in recognizing and reporting potential terrorist threats, as well as in crisis management, was announced on Wednesday by the British High Commission in Limassol. The joint initiative between the United Kingdom and Cyprus is the first of its kind […]

  • HISTORY
    30 November 2025: This day in history

    1016: King of Denmark, Cnut the Great [Canute], claims the English throne after the death of Edmund Ironside The German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot)German Beer Purity Law 1487: The first German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot) is promulgated in Munich by Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria, stating that beer should be brewed from only three ingredients: […]

  • WORLD
    US halts all asylum claim decisions in wake of National Guard shooting

    The Trump administration is halting all asylum decisions in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington DC, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) director Joseph Edlow has said. On Friday, in a post on X, Edlow said the pause would be in place “until we can ensure that every alien […]

  • HISTORY
    29 November 2025: This day in history

    1877: US inventor Thomas Edison demonstrates his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time 1910: The first US patent for a traffic light system is issued to Chicago engineer Ernest Sirrine [1] 1935: Physicist Erwin Schrödinger publishes his famous thought experiment “Schrödinger’s cat”, a paradox that illustrates the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics […]

  • UK NEWS
    All-time high

    Wednesday was Budget day in the UK. It’s always a special event in our London newsroom: reporters and editors huddle to listen to the chancellor’s speech before our economics editor gives a quick-fire analysis. We produce dozens of additional stories and dissect every aspect of the Budget and we publish 12 extra pages in print.

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