The United Nations’ General Assembly voted on Thursday to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council. The resolution, proposed by the US, received 93 votes, with 24 members opposed and 58 abstaining. China, a fellow permanent Security Council member, was a prominent “no” vote. Among the abstentions, the most noteworthy were …
Read More »China rebukes US as ‘world’s biggest human rights violator’
Beijing has promised to respond in kind unless the US revokes the blacklisting of Chinese officials it said were guilty of human rights violations. Speaking at a regular press conference on Tuesday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin accused the US of “smearing China, oppressing Chinese officials for no reason, violating …
Read More »F1 chiefs blame ‘human error’ for Abu Dhabi Grand Prix chaos
The FIA have said that the result of last year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is “valid and final” but also that race director Michael Masi was responsible for a “human error” which led to an incorrect application of the rules as Max Verstappen stormed ahead of Lewis Hamilton on a …
Read More »Volunteers helping Donbass refugees shine a light on the human cost of war
In just a few weeks, the UN estimates that over 2.5 million refugees have fled Ukraine. Prompted by Russia’s military attack, this is the second great exodus from the country in under a decade. The first came after the events of the 2014 Kiev ‘Maidan,’ which led to the Western-backed …
Read More »Elon Musk nears human testing of brain chip
Neuralink, the US neurotechnology firm co-founded by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, has begun recruiting key employees to run its clinical trials, signaling that it’s inching closer to starting human testing of its brain implants. The company has posted advertisements to hire a clinical trial director and a clinical trial coordinator. …
Read More »Human-like robot’s reaction ‘freaks out’ creators (VIDEO)
A newly posted video demonstration of the interaction shows the robot, called ‘Ameca’, tracking a moving finger before furrowing its brow and leaning back as the person’s hand comes nearer. After the researcher pokes its nose, the robot then grabs their hand and moves it away. The impressively life-like robot, …
Read More »Scientists want to send human cells into space in battle against aging
The study, titled MicroAge, will see a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket deliver the cells to the International Space Station (ISS) to explore what happens to human muscles, how people age and why. The cells, the size of a grain of rice, have been grown in labs and placed into small …
Read More »Human brain chip pending FDA approval, Musk says
Addressing an event held by the Wall Street Journal earlier this week, Musk said the brain implant, which has been successfully used in animals such as pigs and monkeys, would be ready for real human testing sometime next year. “Neuralink’s working well in monkeys, and we’re actually doing just a …
Read More »Robot shocks with how human-like it is (VIDEO)
‘Ameca’ has been described by its British developers at Engineered Arts as “the perfect humanoid robot platform for human-robot interaction.” The footage, which captured the terrifyingly real robot in action, proves that the company’s bold statement isn’t much of a stretch. The grey-colored machine, which vaguely resembles the characters from …
Read More »Human trafficker explains migrant smuggling business
It’s a sort of relay as migrants are passed from one group of smugglers to another as they make their way through the Balkans, the smuggler, who called himself Max, told RT’s Maria Finoshina. He said his team picks up people who cross from Serbia, near the Bosnian town of …
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