After 16 years of studying shoplifting in Japan and testing ways to curb the problem, academic Tomoo Okubo believes he has found the simplest and most effective deterrent: a friendly greeting from a member of staff. Shoplifting has grown steadily worse in Japan in recent years – a trend accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic, according…
LG has unveiled its humanoid robot that can handle household chores. After teasing the CLOiD last week, the company has offered its first look at the AI-powered robot it claims can fold laundry, unload the dishwasher, serve food and help out with other tasks. The CLOiD has a surprisingly cute “head unit” that’s equipped with…
Britain’s and France’s air forces conducted a joint operation on Saturday evening to bomb a suspected underground arms cache previously used by the Islamic State (Isis) in Syria, Britain’s defence ministry said. “Royal Air Force aircraft have completed successful strikes against Daesh in a joint operation with France,” the ministry said in a statement, using…
Denmark’s prime minister has told Donald Trump to “stop the threats” about taking over Greenland. Mette Frederiksen said “it makes absolutely no sense to talk about the need for the United States to take over Greenland”, adding: “The US has no right to annex any of the three nations in the Danish kingdom”. Her remarks…
Tiffany Wertheimer, Makuochi Okaforand BBC Hausa Zakari Kontagora Bandits set fire to the village market and looted goods Armed men have violently stormed a village in Nigeria’s Niger state, killing at least 30 people and looting shops, state authorities have said. The attackers emerged from a forest near the village of Kasuwan-Daji on Saturday and…
The long-delayed smart lock standard Aliro is finally launching. The first specification, which standardizes NFC-based tap-to-unlock and UWB hands-free unlocking for smart locks, will arrive early this year, according to the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA). ”We’re delighted to share that Aliro, the CSA’s standardized credential and communication protocol that lets trusted smartphones and wearables act…
Members of the Iranian diaspora rallied in London on Saturday in support of protesters in Iran, where demonstrations have spread to more than two dozen cities over the past week. Protests carried on in several cities in Iran throughout Saturday, the seventh day of a movement sparked by anger over the rising cost of living…
Getty Images When US forces conducted a night raid on the Venezuelan capital Caracas, they didn’t just drag President Nicolás Maduro from his compound and put him on a boat to New York – they took his wife too. Cilia Flores, 69, has long been seen as one of the most powerful figures in Venezuela,…
The US military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and flew him out of the country early on Saturday also disrupted Caribbean travel at a busy travel time for the region. No airline flights were crossing over Venezuela that day, according to FlightRadar24.com. Major airlines cancelled hundreds of flights across the eastern Caribbean region…
Tiffany Wertheimerand BBC Visual Journalism team @realdonaldtrump The US says its military operation to capture Venezuela’s president took months of planning, but when Donald Trump gave the order to launch, “Operation Absolute Resolve” only lasted about 150 minutes. The surprise early-morning attack on Saturday marked an unprecedented event in modern politics and culminated in the…
