Chinese humanoid robots face challenge of their own capabilities
Chinese consumer electronics company Xiaomi showed off its humanoid robot in Beijing at the World Humanoid Conference in August 2026. Evelyn Cheng | CNBC BEIJING — The big challenge for humanoid robots is still getting the technology to work well,…
Spain expands Ceuta migrant shelters to ease crisis
The Spanish government announced on Thursday the creation of shelters for 1,800 migrants in Ceuta in a bid to relieve the humanitarian crisis there following last month’s influx from Morocco. Some 72,000 migrants breached the border in an…
Five missing after fire in Alpine town in Switzerland
Five people are missing and eight others injured after a restaurant with apartments was «completely destroyed» by fire in the Swiss town of Thusis, police have said. Initial investigations indicate the blaze broke out on the second floor and the cause…
Taiwan’s forecast of 11% GDP growth likely not sustainable: economists
The city skyline is seen with the landmark Taipei 101 building from a lookout point on Elephant Mountain in Taipei on April 14, 2025. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP) (Photo by I-HWA CHENG/AFP via Getty Images) I-hwa Cheng | Afp | Getty Images The Taiwanese…
Hong Kong convicts two Tiananmen vigil activists of inciting subversion
A Hong Kong court found two pro-democracy activists who organised annual vigils to mark China‘s deadly Tiananmen crackdown guilty of «incitement to subversion» on Friday. The closely watched national security case was seen as a bellwether for…
British rapper Yung Filly to face retrial on rape charges in Australia
British rapper Yung Filly will face a retrial on three rape charges in Australia, after a jury cleared him of several sexual assault offences but could not reach a decision on others. The YouTuber, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos,…
‘Perfect storm’ brews for global food supply as grain prices soar
In an aerial view, farmers use combine harvesters to harvest a wheat field near the city of Bila Tserkva on August 4, 2023 in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Ed Ram | Getty Images News | Getty Images Russia and Ukraine continue to attack one another’s port…
Exteriores: Expulsaron de Dominicana a 9 cubanos y aparecen 10 en Cuba
Madrid/El régimen cubano ha recibido a sus diplomáticos expulsados por República Dominicana con grandes palabras pero muy poca información. Y esta, contradictoria. La cancillería del país caribeño ordenó el retiro, el pasado jueves, de nueve miembros de…
Middle East live: Hormuz shipping traffic falls as Iran-US talks stall
Home Middle East Live Issued on: 21/08/2026 – 04:50Modified: 21/08/2026 – 04:52 Vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran on August 10, 2026. © Atta Kenare, AFP Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell…
Japan executes man who killed five in gaming parlour fire
Japan has executed a man who killed five people in a gaming parlour fire in 2009, making this the first time in more than a year that the country has enacted the death sentence. Sunao Takami, 58, had doused the pachinko gaming parlour near his home in…