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1. How Mexico’s Día de Muertos celebrates life beyond death

Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) is an ancient Mexican tradition that bridges the gap between life and death. ...

2. Halloween haunt: Supreme Court digs into Cyprus black magic case

In a story straight out of a Halloween nightmare, a strange case with all the trappings of black magic, mysticism, and potions found its way to Cyprus' Supreme Court, fittingly coinciding with Halloween. ...

3. Doritos food color can turn mouse skin transparent

4. British teen becomes world's first to receive brain implant for epilepsy control

A UK teenager with severe epilepsy has become the first person in the world to be fitted with a brain implant aimed at bringing seizures under control....

5. Deadly road crash claims British tourist's life in Paralimni

A tragic road collision turned fatal as 52-year-old Nicholas Charles Fox, a British national, succumbed to injuries sustained during the incident on May 9, 2024, in the province of Famagusta....

6. Would you let Elon Musk drill into your brain?

Elon Musk’s chip implant company Neuralink is looking for its first volunteer who is willing to have a piece of their skull removed so that a robotic surgeon can insert thin wires and electrodes into their brain....

7. Airstrikes, rockets, and buildings claim over 3,600 child lives in Gaza

The murders of Alexis Mavromichalis (Alexoui) and Thanasis Kalogeropoulos present a challenging puzzle for investigators. They are grappling with a wealth of information related to the open conflicts involving the victims. ...

8. Were test monkey deaths concealed in Neuralink trials?

Following last week's announcement by Elon Musk regarding the recruitment of human test subjects for Neuralink trials, questions arose regarding the accuracy of his earlier statement claiming that monkeys involved in the experiments had not experienced fatalities due to the implants....

9. 150-million-year-old dinosaur Barry to be sold in Paris auction

An unusually well-preserved dinosaur skeleton, a Camptosaurus known as Barry, will go under the hammer in Paris next month....

10. AI reveals 4-year-old's diagnosis

During the COVID-19 lockdown, Courtney bought a bounce house for her two young children. Soon after, her son, Alex, then 4, began experiencing pain....

11. Man found injured at home in a pool of blood

In the personal circumstances of a 34-year-old man, who was discovered in the afternoon of Tuesday in a pool of blood at his home in Xylotymbou, the Police are focusing their investigations on clarifying the case and identifying the perpetrator or perpetrators....

12. Closure after 5 decades: Former pastor charged with murder

An 83-year-old former pastor has been charged with the kidnapping and murder of a neighboring pastor’s daughter in 1975, Pennsylvania officials announced Monday....

13. Police pursue lead in human skull discovery

Cyprus Police say human remains found in a rural area outside Paphos may belong to an elderly woman who went missing last month after her skull unearthed by dogs was a DNA match...

14. Crime not ruled out after dogs unearth human skull

Cyprus Police are keeping a tight lid on a preliminary investigation into remains found just outside Paphos, with local media hinting at some information that could help identify the body...

15. Another human skull in Paphos puzzles police

Another human skull was found in Paphos district over the weekend, with police saying they would conduct DNA test to run the results through the missing person database...

16. 'Buy Nothing Project' gaining ground worldwide

It was not until after Angela Parker, 53, had raced across her north Atlanta neighborhood to nab eight leftover, thick-cut slices of ham with gravy from the porch of someone she didn't know that she began to ask herself some questions. Was it weird to eat a stranger's porch ham? Was it safe? Would the ham be worth it?...

17. Spend the night in a giant flower pot, or even a nuclear missile bunker

Would you ditch the Courtyard Marriot in order to sleep inside a giant flower pot? What about a nuclear missile bunker, a giant triceratops skull, or a pig sleeping under a quilt of grass and flowers?...

18. Paul Pelosi, husband of Nancy Pelosi, recovering after hammer attack

Paul Pelosi, the husband of US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is recovering from surgery after being attacked by a hammer-wielding intruder at the couple's San Francisco home....

19. Charges upgraded to murder after man dies in hospital

Police are investigating murder after a man in Paphos succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday, a week after he was brutally attacked in his own apartment late at night...

20. 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...

21. Teen critical after motor scooter collision

A teenager was rushed to the Emergency Room in critical condition on Saturday after the motorcycle scooter he was riding in Sotira collided consecutively with two vehicles with details still pending clarification...

22. US ambassador’s murder in Cyprus still unresolved

The killing of the American Ambassador in Cyprus in August 1974 made headlines on Friday, as it happens every year on the island on the anniversary of his death, with convoluted information emerging in the public domain through the years and no convictions half a century later...

23. Father in despair after son’s mystery accident

The father of a British visitor, who went on life support in Cyprus following an unexplained road incident, is raising questions over a police investigation into his son’s motorcycle accident last week...

24. Man on life support after mystery accident

A British tourist found critically injured underneath a motorcycle in Paralimni has been unable to tell officers what happened, with police investigating a possible collision but not ruling out anything else...

25. Huge ‘sea dragon’ named one of UK’s greatest fossil finds

A gigantic prehistoric “sea dragon” discovered in the Midlands has been described as one of the greatest finds in the history of British paleontology....

26. Investigators puzzled over Athienou case

Officials in Cyprus still remain in the dark over the identification of a woman whose body was discovered in a field in the buffer zone, with reports saying investigators are seeking answers from abroad based on a tip that led to the launch of a murder probe...

27. Spooked horse okay after incident

A jockey and a trainer were injured at the race track on Saturday, following an incident with a horse in Nicosia’s Agios Dhometios borough...

28. Disturbing details emerge after school attack

Police said they were investigating an attempted murder case in Limassol after a middle school was attacked by a teen using a hammer, with reports saying the incident was preceded by a feud during online gaming...

29. Student hospitalized with cracked skull after attack with hammer

A 13-year-old student of a Limassol private school was rushed to the Limassol general hospital on Monday morning after he was hit on the head with a hammer by a 15-year-old student of another school....

30. Woman critical after home invasion robbery

A jewelry store owner in Limassol was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after two men, who were staking her out at her penthouse, brutally attacked and robbed her Sunday morning...