Marilyn Thipthorpe Robots are creepy, plain and simple. Engineers are always trying to tell you that these robots are going to make life easier and simple and oh soo good. But what happens when a robot goes gaga and says that she dreams of a family, going to school, studying art and wants to kill…
EurekAlert: Scientists at The University of Manchester have developed the first non-antibiotic drug to successfully treat tuberculosis in animals. The team hope the compound -developed after 10 years of painstaking research will be trialled on humans within three to four years.The drug- which works by targeting Mycobacterium tuberculosis’ defences rather than the bacteria itself –…
Tahmeed Taha: Office timings for Ramadan have been fixed by the government. The timings for the May-June month will be from 9:00am to 3:30pm. The decision was made yesterday at a cabinet meeting which was presided over by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office. At a press brief ing held at the Secretariat in…
The Guardian: A member of the Russian protest group Pussy Riot who ran on to the pitch during the World Cup final is in intensive care in hospital after losing his vision and being unable to walk. Fellow members of the group say they believe Pyotr Verzilov was poisoned. “Our friend, brother, comrade Petr [Pyotr]…
BSS Australia’s Bernard Tomic qualified for his fifth ATP Tour final by defeating Alexandr Dolgopolov 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the semi-finals of the Mexico Open on Friday. The fifth seeded Tomic posted his first win over Dolgopolov since the 2012 Australian Open. “I am very happy to be in the final now,” Tomic said. “He…
Major General Abdur Rashid (Retd.), Security and International Affairs Analyst: The Myanmar government has now resorted to deception over taking back the forcefully displaced Rohingy:as. Myanmar is now ruled by a hybrid government, i.e. a civil-military tie. The country will not take back its citizens unless there is a mounting pressure. Because, they have driven…
Anadolu Agency Kickboxing fans in Myanmar are pinning high hopes on Tun Tun Min, the toughest fighter in the country’s traditional boxing ring. This December he will fight for the title in the national championship of traditional Lethwei, considered by many as one of the world’s most brutal martial arts. Tun Tun Min, an ethnic…
Eleven bodies were discovered on Friday in a Mexican town close to the U.S. border, days before president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is due to visit for a series of forums seeking to stem the violence in the country. The bodies of eight men and three women were found in a home in Ciudad Juarez,…
AP: The Taliban is likely to keep up its recent surge of violence in advance of scheduled parliamentary elections in October but Western-backed Afghan defenses will not break, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said. In his most detailed comments on the Taliban’s assault on the eastern city of Ghazni since it began Aug. 10, Mattis…