Author: Trendici
US President Donald Trump has withdrawn the US from dozens of international organisations, including many that work to combat climate change.Among the 66 groups, nearly half of them are bodies of the United Nations, including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change – a treaty that underpins all international efforts to combat global warming.The White House said the decision was taken because those entities “no longer serve American interests” and promote “ineffective or hostile agendas”.Trump has already stripped many multilateral organisations he dislikes of funds and previously rejected the scientific consensus of man-made climate change as a “hoax”.The memorandum was…
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a royal commission, the country’s most powerful form of independent inquiry, into last month’s shooting at Bondi Beach. The attack targeting a Jewish festival left 15 people dead, making it one of the deadliest in the country’s history.Albanese had previously argued that reforms on gun ownership and hate speech, steps to tackle antisemitism and a review into intelligence and law enforcement agencies offered the quickest response.But following weeks of public pressure, he said on Thursday that a royal commission was the best way forward after he had taken “the time to reflect” and…
The Jeep Wrangler is tipped for an eventual return to the UK market, but not before its safety and environmental credentials are improved. The brand’s flagship 4×4 was recently withdrawn from sale because it was not compliant with the European Union’s GSR2 regulations. These concern the fitment of certain driver assistance and monitoring systems, as well as tougher cybersecurity requirements. Its large CO2 output of 269g/km also undermined the case for keeping it on sale, with manufacturers having been incentivised to make swingeing cuts to their fleet emissions averages by the ZEV mandate. Under the mandate, manufacturers can trade significant reductions in…
I’ll admit that I’ve always kind of taken walking for granted. Other than a knee injury more than a decade ago, my ability to walk long distances has largely been limited only by my own choices. That’s not the case for everyone, though. And robotics company Dephy has created a pair of robotic sneakers, called the Sidekick, that are meant to help people who want to walk more than their bodies might otherwise be capable of.The system consists of two parts: an ankle-worn exoskeleton and a special pair of sneakers that attach to it. The exoskeleton hooks onto the back…
Footage shows protesters march in the streets of AligudarzThere were violent clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces in several locations in Iran on Wednesday, as a wave of unrest sparked by the country’s economic crisis continued for an 11th day.Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency, which is close to the Revolutionary Guards, said two policemen were shot and killed by armed individuals in the south-western town of Lordegan.Videos posted on social media showed a tense stand-off between protesters and security forces, with the sound of gunfire in the background.In footage from several other areas, security forces appear to fire guns…
What an extraordinary few days it has been for UK-US relations, with three developments each pointing in a different direction.Imagine being a fly on the phone line as the prime minister and President Trump caught up last night, speaking for the first time since this blitz of recent overseas activity from the White House.Firstly, there has been the outright public scepticism from the UK and European allies to America’s designs on Greenland.Secondly, the circumspect position of the British government on Washington’s actions in Venezuela – in which the prime minister welcomed the ends, the removal of President Maduro, but didn’t…
When LG announced that it would demo a laundry-folding, chore-doing robot at CES 2026, I was immediately intrigued. For years, I’ve wandered the Las Vegas Convention Center halls and wondered when someone might create a robot that can tackle the mundane but useful tasks I despise like folding laundry. With CLOiD (pronounced like “Floyd”), LG has proven that this is theoretically possible, but probably not likely to happen any time soon.I went to the company’s CES booth to watch its demonstration of CLOiD’s abilities, which also include serving food, fetching objects and fitness coaching. During a very carefully choreographed 15-minute…
A woman in a car was shot and killed by a US immigration officer on a residential street in Minnesota.
US President Donald Trump has said he will meet his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro at the White House in the “near future”, just days after saying an operation targeting Colombia “sounds good”. The US seized the president of neighbouring Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, in a raid on Caracas on Saturday night.Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said on Wednesday the death toll in the raid was substantially higher than initially reported, with more than 100 people killed.Local media had previously reported that 23 Venezuelan and 32 Cuban soldiers died when US forces stormed Maduro’s compound. During a call with Trump, Petro explained…
A startup called ReviMo has developed a robotic system that provides a way for people with limited mobility to lift and transfer themselves — like from a bed to a wheelchair, or to the toilet — without the assistance of a caregiver. ReviMo’s Niko has two sets of arms: one that forms a “scooping seat” that slides underneath the person to lift them up, and the other encircling their torso and providing a backrest. It can be operated both by remote and using the controls on its dashboard. Niko in its current iteration can carry up to 250 pounds, but…