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1. FBI reveals plot to kill Queen Elizabeth II during 1983 US visit

Queen Elizabeth II faced a potential assassination threat during a 1983 visit to the US, newly released FBI documents show....

2. Trump found liable for sexual abuse, accuser awarded $5 million

A federal jury on Tuesday found that Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll, a writer who accused the former president of attacking her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s....

3. The 8,000 euro electric car is coming to Europe

BYD is preparing to launch the new Seagull electric city car, which will offer a range of 300 km and a plethora of features in addition to an affordable price of around 8,000 euros, depending on the exchange rate....

4. Zelensky heads to Washington

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is on his way to Washington, where he will meet US President Joe Biden on Wednesday....

5. Teacher on trial for touching girls inappropriately

A male teacher at a junior high school in Limassol will be arraigned next month on dozens of charges following accusations from nine girls who say the educator was touching female students inappropriately during class...

6. Why is simple so complex? Will robots take over my job?

This year's Digital Agenda Summit did not disappoint. Speakers from all parts descended on Nicosia to present their views on technology, AI, generation 'Z', our future work environment, the changes to our health management and where we are heading in the future....

7. Why EVs are a flop in Cyprus … so far

It's only a 150-kilometer drive across Cyprus; well below how far an average electric vehicle can drive on a single charge. Range anxiety — a major barrier in the shift to EVs — shouldn't be a thing....

8. Turkish dissident detained after brutal assault

A foreign national is in remanded custody in Cyprus after being accused of kidnapping a man in Ayia Napa as well as assaulting him and his former girlfriend in her apartment in Paralimni...

9. Erdogan insists Greece’s S-300 locked on Turkish plane

The theory that Greece’s Cypriot-bought Russian-made S-300 could be heading for Ukraine got some attention this week, after Ankara insisted that Athens used the previously-forgotten missile system to lock on a Turkish plane over the weekend, a claim Greek officials deny...

10. Caged animal farming must end in EU, European Commission says

The European Commission said on Wednesday it would propose legislation to phase out caged farming of animals, after a citizens’ petition calling for the ban gathered more than one million signatures....

11. Public World Premiere of the GT4 ePerformance at the Festival of Speed

The all-electric Porsche GT4 ePerformance has begun its world tour at the internationally-renowned Goodwood Festival of Speed. The tour is intended to highlight the potential of the vehicle concept and the associated racing formats....

12. 20 years of the Cayenne: The ‘third Porsche’ – an extraordinary success story

Ferry Porsche predicted it back in 1989: “If we build an off-road model according to our standards of quality, and it has a Porsche crest on the front, people will buy it.” He would go on to be proved right. ...

13. 'Batterygate': Millions of iPhone users could receive compensation

Millions of iPhone users could be eligible for payouts, following the launch of a legal claim accusing Apple of secretly slowing the performance of older phones. ...

14. Woman says bishop sexually assaulted her as a teen

Former Kition bishop Chrysostomos is facing more sexual assault charges after his acquittal in a rape case last year, with a new female accuser saying he assaulted her when she was seeking orphan aid from the church at the age of 16...

15. Volkswagen gets a lot of buzz premiering their new electric throwback bus – the ID. Buzz (images)

Volkswagen unveiled their new ID. Buzz in Hamburg, calling it “Europe’s first all-electric bus”....

16. Prince Andrew will face a civil sex case trial later this year

A judge has rejected Prince Andrew's attempt to have the sexual assault lawsuit against him thrown out....

17. Covid safepass in the form of an implanted chip

A Swedish start-up company called Epicentre has invented a 'rice-sized' microchip that can be implanted under your skin....

18. Electric cars by MG have arrived in Cyprus

Michaels Electric Cars Ltd, the exclusive representative of MG MOTOR, inaugurated its new models, MG ZS EV, MG HS PLUG-IN HYBRID and MG 5 EV....

19. Samsung Healthcare eyes €6 mln Cyprus deal

Medical manufacturing giant Samsung Healthcare is pitching for a record €6 mln deal to supply 55 ultrasound units to state hospitals,...

20. A ‘Pacemaker for the Brain’: No Treatment Helped Her Depression — Until This

Driving home from work in Northern California five years ago, a young woman was so overwhelmed with depression that all she could think about was ending her life....

21. First Porsche electric car chargers installed in Cyprus

The first four Porsche electric chargers have now been installed at the Radisson Blu five-star hotel in Larnaca, offering electric and hybrid car owners the opportunity to charge their vehicles with the quality and prestige of Porsche...

22. SpaceX delivers two NASA astronauts to ISS

Nearly 24 hours after launching from Florida, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule delivered NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station on Sunday, marking the first US space capsule to do so with a crew since 2011...

23. Greek jets fly over Larnaca military drill

Two Greek F-16 jets flew over Larnaca’s Kalo Chorio firing range on Thursday morning, while a training exercise of the Cypriot National Guard was in progress...

24. Detectives join missing woman’s case in Ikaria

Greek police have found blood on the hotel bed of a British Cypriot female, who was reported as missing while on vacation by her boyfriend hours before the couple was set to fly back to Cyprus...

25. Supreme Court stunned at lenient sentence

The Supreme Court has ruled that a suspended sentence for a man, who battered his girlfriend because she refused to have sex, was “exceptionally lenient” especially given his criminal past behaviour...

26. Interview with Vincent Tourette

27. Woman held captive runs to police

A woman in Paphos says she was being held captive by her ex boyfriend who was beating her until she managed to escape...

28. Arrested mom says she would never hit baby boy

A woman who is accused of beating her 18-month-old son has denied the charges, while a judge ordered the child in state foster care until the trial in June...

29. Mother arrested on child battery allegations

A woman was arrested over the weekend on child battery charges, after a neighbour said the mother beat up her 18-month-old child...

30. Exxon Mobil is placing big bets on China’s soaring liquefied natural gas demand