Robots ran alongside humans at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday.
Twenty-one humanoid robots, designed by Chinese manufacturers, raced alongside thousands of runners over a 21km (13-mile) course that included slopes, turns and…
Category: 2. World
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Sen Van Hollen says deported man ‘traumatised’
Kwasi Gyamfi AsieduBBC News
Watch: US senator Hollen says his ‘principle mission’ was to meet Ábrego García A Maryland man who the Trump administration mistakenly deported to El Salvador has been moved to a new prison, US Senator Chris Van Hollen…
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Forgotten Indian explorer who uncovered an ancient civilisation
Cherylann MollanBBC News, Mumbai
AlamyRakhaldas Banerjee is credited with making one of the most important discoveries in world history An Indian archaeologist, whose career was marked by brilliance and controversy, made one of the world’s greatest…
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AI dolls are taking over
Richard Irvine-Brown & Liv McMahonBBC News
Wicked JoyfulThese action figures may look like they were made by machine in a factory – but really they were hand-made Artists and creatives are pushing back against a recent trend using artificial…
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Gaza doctor describes daily struggle after health system collapse
Yolande KnellBBC Middle East Correspondent
BBCDr Sukkar says life in Gaza feels “like a nightmare that doesn’t end” Healthcare in the Gaza Strip is itself a casualty of 18 months of war between Israel and Hamas. With doctors struggling to cope, the…
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Anxiety on US college campuses as foreign students deported
Brandon Drenon and Robin Levinson-KingBBC News, Washington DC and Boston
BBCFor the last few weeks, many foreign students living in the US have watched as a sequence of events has repeated itself on their social media feeds: plain-clothes agents…
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Why Apple is stuck in tariff tussle
Annabelle LiangBusiness reporter
Getty ImagesTo leave or not to leave? China, home to more than a billion consumers, is Apple’s second-largest market Every iPhone comes with a label which tells you it was designed in California.
While the sleek…
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Trump’s threat makes Ukraine mineral deal look like business move
Ukraine started today with, for once, the diplomatic wind in its sails.
It had finally agreed a mineral deal “framework” with Washington. An agreement that would see the US invest in Ukraine’s recovery, in return for a share of the country’s…
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Trial of nearly 200 people opens after Turkey protests
A trial of nearly 200 people arrested in protests against the Turkish government has opened in Istanbul.
Mass demonstrations began on 19 March after Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu – a key rival of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan – was detained on…
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Germany, Israel, and the struggle for diplomatic recognition
TEHRAN – The Luxembourg Agreement in 1952 was a critical moment in the relationship between Germany and Israel, by which they began a complex and multi-faceted partnership.
There were many contextual dimensions to this partnership. There would…
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