This is Galaxy Robot Park, a 16,500-square-meter venue that’s opened near Seoul in South Korea . The company behind the park says their aim is to bring artificial intelligence and robotics into the world of entertainment. The question is, can robots keep people coming back? Source link
Rescuers pull two people from a hydropower tunnel more than a week after a massive flash flood devastated the Nepal-China border. Source link
The board of German car giant Volkswagen has approved a plan to cut another 50,000 jobs as part of a sweeping turnaround programme. It brings the total number of roles the company plans to shed by 2030 to 100,000. The group – which includes Audi, Porsche, Skoda as well as the VW brand – said…
Nepal is one of the most vulnerable countries to the climate crisis, even though it is one of the lowest emitters of global greenhouse emissions. In the deadly flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border – which scientists are still studying the exact cause of – at least 1,200 people have died and thousands more are…
Argentina’s President, Javier Milei, has heightened tensions with the UK over the Falklands, warning he will impose economic sanctions on firms which exploit oil close to the British overseas territory. In a national address, Milei said the “winds of change” favoured Argentina’s claim to the islands, emboldened by signs the US might reconsider its stance…
Gloria Steinem spent more than 60 years as one of the most prominent voices in the fight for women’s rights. She launched herself into the mainstream in the 1960s with an expose of New York City’s Playboy Club, documenting the harsh conditions she faced working undercover as a Playboy Bunny. A powerful and outspoken campaigner…
“By refusing to testify today, Leon Black is now defying two Congressional subpoenas,” Robert Garcia, who sits on the committee, said in a statement after Black failed to appear. “His connections to Epstein and his unwillingness to cooperate are unacceptable. We must hold him in contempt immediately,” Garcia added. Contempt of Congress could result in…
“I will say that the Iranian state media has not been a very good scribe about what’s happened in the conflict thus far. So I’m extremely sceptical of this,” Vance told a White House briefing. “I know that we’re investigating.” Iran has launched fresh attacks on US bases in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates…
A kidney transplanted from a pig has worked inside a patient for 271 days – the longest on record, say US doctors. Tim Andrews said the transplant gave him “hope” and spared him months of needing to go to hospital to have his blood filtered by a dialysis machine. The team at Mass General Brigham…
Eight days on from the deadly flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border, rescuers were still looking for survivors who are thought to be trapped inside tunnels along Nepal’s Trishuli River. At least 1,200 people have died and thousands more are missing after a “glacial collapse” high in the Himalayas, led to floodwater and debris sweeping…