Organ harvesting: Trafficked for his kidney and now forced into hiding
When a man who'd been sleeping rough walked into a police station near Heathrow Airport, it would lead to the UK's first prosecution of human...
Dancing cyborgs: Japanese researchers develop robot arms to ‘unlock creativity’
TOKYO: What would society look like if cyborg body parts were freely available for use like roadside rental bicycles? Masahiko Inami’s team at the University...
Meta: Facebook owner launches virtual reality subscription service
Facebook owner Meta has launched a virtual reality (VR) subscription service as it tries to make that part of its business profitable. Meta says paying...
‘Problem solving on grass’: Swiatek looks ahead to Wimbledon with opening win
BERLIN: With one eye on Wimbledon next month, world number one Iga Swiatek came from behind to win her first grass court match of the...
US ‘deeply troubled’ by Israel’s approval of settler building permits in West Bank
JERUSALEM: The United States yesterday objected to a decision by Israel’s nationalist-religious government to approve the construction of around 5,700 additional housing units for Jewish...
Biden singles out Russia on world torture day
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden singled out “appalling brutality” by Russian authorities both at home and in occupied Ukraine in a statement yesterday marking the...