Humanoid robots perform advanced martial arts at Chinese New Year gala
Robots perform sophisticated human movements as Beijing sends a message to the world.
Cubans Are Now Waiting Weeks, Months for Gas – Newser
- Cubans Are Now Waiting Weeks, Months for Gas Newser
- Trash piles up in Havana as US oil chokehold halts garbage trucks Reuters
- Waste piles up in Cuba as US-imposed fuel blockade halts collection trucks Al Jazeera
- Cuban drivers face monthslong wait for gasoline in a government app designed to reduce lines AP News
- Sun, Sand and Empty Beaches: Trump Oil Squeeze Chokes Cuba's Tourism U.S. News & World Report
Oscar-nominated co-writer of It Was Just an Accident released from Iranian prison
Mehdi Mahmoudian released 17 days after arrest for signing a statement condemning Iran’s supreme leader and regime’s protest crackdown
Mehdi Mahmoudian, the Oscar-nominated cowriter of It Was Just an Accident, has been released from an Iranian prison 17 days after his arrest, according to local media reports.
Mahmoudian was arrested in Tehran shortly after signing a statement condemning Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the regime’s violent crackdown on demonstrators. On Tuesday, he was released from the Nowshahr prison, along with two other signatories of the statement, Vida Rabbani and Abdollah Momeni.
Continue reading...Tories call for rethink of Parliament revamp – BBC
- Tories call for rethink of Parliament revamp BBC
- The Palace of Westminster is hideous. Pull it down The Times
- Badenoch: Parliament is being turned into ‘net zero Dubai hotel’ The Telegraph
- Mark Leeson of McBains explains why a radical move may be best for parliament Property Week
- The House Article | Parliament is about to make a grave mistake over its own restoration Politicshome.com
Tributes pour in after US civil rights icon Jesse Jackson dies at 84
World leaders share memories of Jackson, a leader of the US civil rights movement who passed away on Tuesday.
Winter storm brings ‘very heavy’ snow and more rain to California
Avalanche warning for Sierra Nevadas while southern California experiences heavy rain and flooding
California is being blanketed by a winter storm that has brought the coldest air mass in three years to the state – along with heavy snowfall, road closures and power outages.
The University of California Berkeley’s Central Sierra Snow Lab, near Donner Pass, reported 28in of snow on Tuesday, with another 3ft expected in the next two days. I-80 is closed from Colfax to the Nevada state line due to snow.
Continue reading...Boost to British Steel as Turkey places high-speed rail order
‘Eight-figure agreement’ made to supply new line between Ankara and İzmir – but questions over plant’s future remain
British Steel has secured an order worth tens of millions of pounds to supply rail for a high-speed electric railway in Turkey, amid continuing uncertainty over the long-term future of the government-controlled steelworks in Scunthorpe.
The site will supply 36,000 tonnes of rail to ERG International Group, the company announced, in what it called an “eight-figure agreement”.
Continue reading...Colombia to resume peace talks with ECG after temporary suspension
Colombia's largest criminal group paused talks after President Gustavo Petro pledged to target its leader Chiquito Malo.
Police assessing records of private flights at Stansted after publication of Epstein files
Move comes after Gordon Brown’s claim that files show sex offender used airport in Essex to ‘fly in girls’
Police are assessing information about private flights to and from Stansted airport following the publication of files relating to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
It comes after former prime minister Gordon Brown claimed the documents showed in “graphic detail” how Epstein was able to use the Essex-based hub to “fly in girls from Latvia, Lithuania and Russia”.
Continue reading...US says 11 people killed in latest strikes on alleged drug boats
Three boats targeted in eastern Pacific and Caribbean as Trump continues pursuit of alleged ‘narco-terrorists’
US military officials have said American forces launched assaults on three alleged drug-smuggling boats, killing 11 in one of the deadliest days of the Trump administration’s months-long campaign against alleged traffickers.
The military action on Monday brought the number of fatalities caused by US strikes to 145 since September, when Donald Trump called on American armed forces to attack people deemed “narco-terrorists” on small vessels. There have been 42 known strikes in notorious drug-trafficking routes such as the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, according to the Associated Press reported.
Continue reading...U.S. Indicts Captain of an Oil Tanker the Coast Guard Chased for Weeks – The New York Times
- U.S. Indicts Captain of an Oil Tanker the Coast Guard Chased for Weeks The New York Times
- Marinera sailors recount the tanker’s seizure Вёрстка
- US Charges Captain of Marinera Tanker in Sanctions Violation Case Букви
- U.S. Indicts Captain from Fugitive Shadow Tanker Reports NY Times The Maritime Executive
- US Sets Free Two Russian Sailors Of Siezed Marinera Tanker Taarifa Rwanda
Iran says ‘guiding principles’ agreed with US at nuclear talks
Tehran also says more work is needed to get a deal - the US is yet to comment on the issue.
Warner Bros rejects latest Paramount bid but open to ‘best and final’ offer
The Warner Bros Discovery board says it remains committed to the Netflix deal.
Real Madrid tie halted over Vinicius racism allegation
Real Madrid's Champions League knockout phase play-off tie at Benfica is halted for 10 minutes after Vinicius Junior reports alleged racist abuse.
Middle East Buildup Continues as Six F-22 Raptors Stopover at RAF Lakenheath – The Aviationist
- Middle East Buildup Continues as Six F-22 Raptors Stopover at RAF Lakenheath The Aviationist
- Trump sends fighter jet squadron to ‘kick the door down’ in Iran The Telegraph
- U.S. Gathers the Most Air Power in the Mideast Since the 2003 Iraq Invasion The Wall Street Journal
- Major Deployment Of Rickety E-3 Sentry Fleet For Iran Crisis Highlights Worrisome Gaps The War Zone
- US surveillance jets tracked from Alaska to UK air base as Iran tensions continue BBC
How the global effort to keep AI safe went off the rails – politico.eu
- How the global effort to keep AI safe went off the rails politico.eu
- Tech billionaires fly in for Delhi AI expo as Modi jostles to lead in south The Guardian
- America-India Connect infrastructure connects four continents Google Cloud
- AI Impact Summit 2026: How we’re partnering to make AI work for everyone blog.google
- Accelerating discovery in India through AI-powered science and education Google DeepMind
Nine arrested in France over death of far-right student
Quentin Deranque died on Saturday, two days after being beaten in Lyon by masked men believed to be far-left militants.
Peru’s president ousted in ‘express impeachment’ after just four months
Interim president José Jerí voted out by country’s congress amid scandal concerning secretive meetings
Peru’s interim president has been forced out of office in an “express impeachment” after a political scandal over his secretive meetings with Chinese businessmen.
Lawmakers voted by 75 votes to 24 to proceed with the removal of José Jerí, who had been at the helm for just four months.
Continue reading...US and Iran reach ‘guiding principles’ in Geneva nuclear talks
The US and Iran reached an understanding on key “guiding principles” at indirect nuclear talks in Geneva.
Role of far-right manosphere in homophobic attacks on men to be investigated in Victoria
Exclusive: Greens move to call parliamentary inquiry after series of ‘disturbing’ attacks targeting gay and bisexual men lured via dating apps
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The role of “far-right manosphere influencers” in fuelling homophobic attacks where victims were lured through fake dating app profiles before being assaulted is set to be investigated by a Victorian parliamentary inquiry.
Aiv Puglielli, the Greens’ equality spokesperson, will on Wednesday move a motion calling on the upper house’s legal and social issues committee to investigate the scale of such crimes, as well as the state’s current response and support available to victims.
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