The decision to approve the use of the remote-controlled equipment followed a two-hour emotionally charged debate. Officials in San Francisco have voted to give the city’s police the power to use potentially lethal, remote-controlled robots in emergency situations. The 8-3 vote in favor of the move followed an emotionally charged two-hour debate and came despite … Read more
Authorities towed away five vehicles from the house where four University of Idaho students were brutally murdered as investigators continue to search for clues on who killed the students. A tow truck removed the cars—some of which are believed to have belonged to the victims—one by one Tuesday and brought them to a city-owned lot, … Read more
The billionaire CEO of Twitter and Tesla said on Monday that Apple was pressing Twitter over content moderation demands. Elon Musk has accused Apple Inc of threatening to block Twitter Inc from its app store without saying why in a series of tweets that also said the iPhone maker had stopped advertising on the social … Read more
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said China poses a “systemic” challenge to UK values and interests as his government condemned Beijing after a BBC journalist was beaten while covering Shanghai protests. In his first major foreign policy speech, Sunak said the so-called “golden era” of UK relations with China was “over, along with the … Read more
Police arrested at least 49 people in several countries in the huge international operation, seizing 30 tons of drugs. Police have dismantled a huge drugs “super-cartel” that controlled a third of Europe’s cocaine trade, arresting 49 people in various countries, including six chief suspects in Dubai, according to Europol. The huge international operation seized 30 … Read more
As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 278th day, we take a look at the main developments. Here is the situation as it stands on Monday, November 28: fighting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Russia was “planning new strikes” on his country, urging defense forces and citizens to be prepared to withstand a new week of … Read more
Dinosaur senior: Enormous skeleton of prehistoric beast larger than a blue whale and heavier than Dippy the diplodocus will go on show at history museum Titanosaurs were a group of gigantic long-necked, plant-eating dinosaurs The giant dinosaurs were found on all continents 100million years ago New exhibit will only just fit inside the enormous 30ft-high … Read more
Iranian football federation slams ‘unprofessional act’ as US football body uses modified flag in social media posts. Iran’s football federation says it has lodged a complaint to FIFA over the removal of the word “Allah” from the Islamic Republic’s flag on social media posts by its counterpart in the United States, ahead of an upcoming … Read more
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Al-Shabab claims responsibility for the attack on the Villa Rose hotel in the Somali capital with no word yet on any casualties. Fighters from the al-Shabab armed group have attacked a hotel used by government officials in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, according to police and government officials, with security officials saying … Read more
The teen gunned down with five co-workers at a Virginia Walmart had just started working at the store — and used his first paycheck to buy a gift for his mom, according to a report. Fernando Chavez-Barron, 16, was a “hardworking” and “humble” 11th-grade honors student who just earned his driver’s license and was an … Read more