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A Chinese Humanoid Robot Just Broke Usain Bolt's Sprinting Record

The robot, dubbed Lightning, reached a peak speed of 14.5 meters per second during a preparatory test event for the second World Humanoid Robot Games

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2 rescued off India's eastern coast after distress alert from Panama-flagged cargo ship

A search and rescue operation is underway off India’s eastern coast after a distress alert and loss of contact with a Panama-flagged cargo ship

Kazakhstan votes in parliamentary election expected to strengthen president’s grip on power

Polls have opened in Kazakhstan for parliamentary elections expected to strengthen President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's power

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The ‘ordinary’ woman accused of assassinating a Russian commander in Crimea

Friends close to Margarita Reutt are shocked she could allegedly plant bomb that killed Ukrainian defector Robert Shageev, while others recall a stubborn grit to see any plan throughIt was just after dawn in Sevastopol when a powerful explosion tore through a quiet square in a residential district of the Russian-occupied Crimean port city.Hidden inside a rubbish bin, a bomb containing the equivalent of about 500g of TNT detonated on 13 August as Robert Shageev, the deputy commander of a Russian Black Sea fleet submarine brigade, walked past in naval uniform. He was killed on the spot. Continue reading...

The sunhat is everywhere in Athens as crowds grow larger at ancient sites

Outside the Acropolis, a sea of hats bobs up and down the hill to the ancient site: straw boaters, Panama hats, baseball caps and bucket hats in the relentless heat.