Westborough (Estados Unidos) (AFP) – At Amazon’s robotics laboratory on the outskirts of Boston, Massachusetts, the company’s newest automaton “Sparrow” picks out items to be shipped to customers, displaying human hand-like dexterity. It is the e-comme…
Texas woman gets death penalty for killing woman to extract unborn baby
Houston (AFP) – A 29-year-old Texas woman has been sentenced to death for killing a pregnant acquaintance in October 2020 to extract and steal the fetus inside her womb. Taylor Parker’s sentencing was handed down Wednesday in Texas, following several w…
NASA sticks to plan to launch Moon rocket Wednesday
Washington (AFP) – NASA said Friday it plans to attempt its long-delayed uncrewed mission to the Moon as scheduled next Wednesday, after inspections revealed only minor damage from Hurricane Nicole’s passage through Florida. Jim Free, a senior official…
US targets fossil fuel ‘super-emitters’ of methane
Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) – On the hunt for the methane “super-emitters”, US President Joe Biden on Friday unveiled a plan to plug oil and gas leaks and tighten regulation as several global emitters vowed to step up efforts to slash pollution of th…
‘We are Ukraine’: locals hail Russian retreat from Kherson
PRAVDYNE (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainians on Saturday hailed Russia’s retreat from Kherson as Kyiv said it was working to de-mine the strategic southern city, record Russian crimes and restore power across the region. Kherson was one of four regions in Ukr…
Paul Allen’s art collection sells for record $1.6 billion
New York (AFP) – An auction of paintings and sculptures from the collection of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen fetched a record $1.6 billion over two days, Christie’s auction house said on Thursday. The successful auction in New York, where five works …
Chase Oliver, the obscure candidate who could impact US national politics
Fayetteville (United States) (AFP) – Few voted for him, but he has plunged American politics into uncertainty: Libertarian Party candidate Chase Oliver won just enough votes in his Senate election race to force a runoff that could shape the rest of Joe…
US inflation eases in October but still near decades-high
Washington (AFP) – US consumer prices cooled in October but remained at decades-high levels, according to government data released Thursday, keeping the pressure on President Joe Biden as his Democratic party struggles to retain control of Congress. Th…
US nuclear engineer, wife get long jail terms in sub secrets plot
Washington (AFP) – A US Navy nuclear engineer and his wife were sentenced to long prison terms on Wednesday for plotting to sell submarine secrets to a foreign country. Jonathan Toebbe, 44, and his wife, Diana Toebbe, 46, pleaded guilty in February to …
The pastor vs the football star: Georgia’s unusual Senate runoff
Washington (AFP) – One is a pastor, the other a scandal-hit football star: Georgia’s Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker will face off in December for a US Senate seat that could swing the balance of power in Congress. Neither of the African American c…