When police in Stockholm approved a second planned burning of the Muslim holy book, the Quran, protesters in Baghdad attacked the main gates of the Swedish embassy. Iraqi security forces separated the crowd. Social media videos depicted a sizable crowd of demonstrators inside the Swedish embassy’s perimeter as well as black smoke and fire emanating…
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has issued a heatwave red alert for large portions of southern and eastern Europe and warned of an increased risk of fatalities as extreme weather grips the continent, Asia, and the United States. On Tuesday, temperatures in various Italian cities could reach 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), with the…
One of the exceptional competitors who has the audience in awe is MB14, who won the golden buzzer.
Mohamed Belkhir, better known by his stage name MB14, was born in 1994 and is a vocalist.
Increasing tensions with Beijing, a senior European Union official has urged further EU nations to prohibit Chinese telecom companies ZTE and Huawei from using their 5G networks. In order to protect their national security, more member states should stop upgrading their mobile internet infrastructure with “high-risk” vendors like Huawei and ZTE, according to EU commissioner…
Thanks to electronic brain implants, a paralyzed man has been able to walk just by thinking about it; he claims that this medical first has revolutionized his life. A bike accident left 40-year-old Dutchman named Gert-Jan Oskam paralyzed 12 years ago. Through a second implant on his spine, the electronic implants wirelessly convey his thoughts…
Biomedical and electrical engineers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have developed a new technique for detecting neural activity without the need of electricity, which might completely rethink medical technology like brain-machine interfaces and nerve-operated prosthetics. The multidisciplinary team recently demonstrated in the lab what it had already theoretically demonstrated just before the…
