Image copyright EPA Image caption A woman voting in Cusco, a city in the southeast which was once the Inca capital Peruvians have been voting to elect a new Congress after the previous one was dissolved by President Martín Vizcarra.Mr Vizcarra took the drastic step in September, arguing that lawmakers were obstructing his anti-corruption agenda.Polls…
it's common sense — It should be renamed and fitted with a real driver-monitoring system, he says. Jonathan M. Gitlin - Jan 25, 2020 6:34 pm UTC Enlarge / Tesla says that Autopilot users should always keep both hands on the steering wheel.CBSOn Friday, Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) called on Tesla to adopt "common sense…
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China’s capital Beijing will delay reopening the city’s kindergartens, schools and universities, state-owned China National Radio (CNR) said on its official page on the microblogging website Weibo on Sunday. The measures are aimed at preventing the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus, according to CNR. Schools are currently closed for the Lunar New…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWhite House Counsel Patrick Cipollone said voters should decide whether the president is removed from office President Trump's lawyers have begun defending him at his impeachment trial, accusing Democrats of seeking to overturn the result of the 2016 election. "The president did absolutely nothing wrong," White House…
The mummy returns — It's a single vowel sound, not a running string of speech. But it's a start. Jennifer Ouellette - Jan 24, 2020 11:40 pm UTC Enlarge / The mummy of Nesyamun, a priest who lived in Thebes about 3,000 years ago, is ready for his CT scan.Leeds Teaching Hospitals/Leeds Museums and GalleriesAround…
BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s Wuhan city, the centre of the outbreak of the new coronavirus, will build a second dedicated hospital to treat patients, state media the People’s Daily reported on Saturday. Construction of hospital, designed to have 1,300 beds, is scheduled to be completed in half a month. Construction has started on the first…
A quick-thinking oil worker in Alberta, Canada, used warm coffee to rescue kittens frozen to the ground.He was able to find them a new home after sharing the rescue story on Facebook.
GO FIGURE — For malware so trite and crude, Shlayer is surprisingly prolific. Dan Goodin - Jan 23, 2020 10:20 pm UTC Kaspersky LabAlmost two years have passed since the appearance of Shlayer, a piece of Mac malware that gets installed by tricking targets into installing fake Adobe Flash updates. It usually does so after…
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Thousands of Iraqis rallied at two central Baghdad intersections on Friday after a prominent cleric called for a “million strong” protest against the American military presence, following the U.S. killing of an Iranian general and an Iraqi militia chief. Supporters of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr protest against what they say is…
Image copyright JOHANNES EISELE/Getty Images US actress Annabella Sciorra has testified in Harvey Weinstein's trial that the film producer pinioned and raped her at her home 25 years ago. Ms Sciorra, best known for her role in The Sopranos, said Mr Weinstein forced himself into her apartment and attacked her. "I was trying to get…
