US man sues police for wrongful facial recognition-based arrest
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Robert Williams, The Verge reported on Tuesday
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Training or terror? China's state-sports system turning kids into factory products
They are training for glory -- under the Chinese flag. Most of these children are just 6 years old.
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People trust computers more than humans: Study
From choosing the next song on your playlist to choosing the right size pants, people are relying more on the advice of algorithms to help make everyday decisions and streamline their lives
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Will US, Russia fight it out or resolve issues?
Are Russia and US ready for diplomatic dance? For decades, Moscow was Washington's public enemy number one. Every Hollywood movie had a Russian villain. Every US President saw Russia as the final…
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With Russia at Ukraine door, US, EU look for options
Soldiers are at the border, Sukhois in the air and the navy in the Black Sea. Russia's build up near Ukraine has alarmed the West
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Sony invests additional $200M as Epic Games raises $1B
With the new funding round that involved over a dozen investors, Epic's equity valuation has touched $28.7 billion
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Man with axe arrested near Buckingham Palace in London
The Metropolitan Police said the man was spotted on The Mall, a busy road that leads up to the palace from Trafalgar Square, on Tuesday evening and confronted by the officers on patrol
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Britain rejoices and asks: Are lockdowns finally finished?
For people across Europe, struggling with yet another wave of the pandemic and demoralized by a vaccine rollout that, outside Britain, has been deeply troubled, this is hardly a time to rejoice…
Biden says 'time to end' US war in Afghanistan with total pullout
In a speech later Wednesday, Biden was to tell Americans that it's time to accept the reality that there's no alternative to a clean break
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The Biden administration is quietly keeping tabs on inflation
Traditional readings of price increases are beginning to turn upward as the recovery accelerates
Chinese man kidnaps and kills to provide dead body in burial scam
The customers assumed the hired man would look for another dead body. Little did they know, he would murder someone
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EU looks to buy 1.8 billion doses of Pfizer vaccine through 2023
Von der Leyen expressed full confidence in the technology used for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which is different from the technology behind the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
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Top 10 world news today: Pakistan bans radical Islamist party, Biden to call back troops, and more
Here are the top 10 stories from across the world
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Opposition accuses government of sleaze amid lobbying scandal in UK
The main opposition Labour Party called a vote in the House of Commons on Wednesday to demand a full parliamentary inquiry into the relationship between government ministers, civil servants and…
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France sticks to plan to give J&J vaccine to over 55s
That plan appeared to be in jeopardy after Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday it would delay rollout of the vaccine in Europe after it was suspended in the US
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