Meta plans investments into AI-driven humanoid robots, memo shows
Meta plans investments into AI-driven humanoid robots, memo shows
Rewriting History: New Discovery Reveals Hominins Left Africa 200,000 Years Earlier Than We Thought
New research indicates that hominins migrated into Eurasia approximately 200,000 years earlier than previously believed, predating the Dmanisi site in Georgia. Anthropologists continue to debate when early hominins—ancestors closely related to modern humans—first migrated out of Africa and began their gradual spread across the globe. While the widely accepted view has been that hominins...
Karapatan hits Quiboloy proclamation event; lawyer denies special treatment
Human rights group Karapatan questioned the airing of a recorded video of Pastor Apollo Quiboloy during his proclamation rally on February 11 despite being detained. In response, his camp said the recording of the video message was allowed by the court. …
M23, Rwandan troops seize Bukavu airport in eastern DR Congo
BUKAVU: M23 fighters and Rwandan troops seized the airport serving Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, security and humanitarian sources said.The strategic site, where Congolese troops had been positioned, is the last military obstacle to the anti-government force before the city of a million people some…
Expropriation Act threatens property-backed lending and SA housing market – IRR’s Anlu Keeve
The IRR warns that SA’s Expropriation Act threatens property rights and banking stability…
Meet ‘Tansuo’ and ‘Wangyu,’ China’s next moon rover and astronaut spacesuit (video)
China’s human spaceflight agency has unveiled official names for a spacesuit and rover to be used in the country’s moon landing mission before the end of the decade…
RFK Jr. Live Updates: Senate Confirms Trump’s HHS Pick-McConnell Votes ‘No’
Topline The Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary Thursday, with Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., representing the lone GOP “no” vote—greenlighting one of Trump’s most controversial nominees after Kennedy won over some skeptical senators wary of his vaccine views. Timeline Feb. 13 The Senate voted 52-48 to approve Kennedy, withANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE: Literature as empathy: A call for stories that bridge divides and ignite understanding
We need to read good literature to help us once again find connection with one another. Tragically, we have been desensitised and dehumanised by the ceaseless exposure to what is abnormal in human relations, real and imagined violence that comes at us through our screens. In fact…
“We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump
by Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. In the three-and-a-half weeks since Donald Trump returned to the presidency, investigations by the agency that handles allegations of civil rights violations in the nation’s…