Chinese scientists have developed a 500 megapixel facial recognition camera four times more detailed than the human eye that can identify individuals from crowds of tens of thousands in streets or at sports stadiums. The development raises further civil liberty concerns about the rapidly advancing surveillance technology linked with artificial intelligence. Dubbed the ‘super camera’,…
It was an act of Christian forgiveness that brought tears to the eyes of those in the courtroom. Amber Guyger, 31, a white police officer, had just been jailed for 10 years for shooting dead her black neigbour Botham Jean, 26, whom she mistook for an intruder. While protesters outside the court building in Dallas…
Two people were killed on the streets of the German city of Halle on Wednesday after a suspected far-right gunman failed to storm a synagogue in an attack broadcast on a livestreaming website. Several bystanders were also injured but a bloodbath was avoided because the shooter was unable to enter the city’s synagogue, which was…
Prosecutors seeking to convict Cuba Gooding Jr of sexual abuse say they have 14 women willing to testify about the alleged crimes, as additional charges were added to the Oscar-winning actor’s case. Gooding, 51, was handcuffed as he strode into court in New York on Tuesday and entered a not guilty plea to all four…
Justin Trudeau has weathered two political scandals to secure a second term in office yesterday, but the close-run election has left the Canadian prime minister leading a minority government. Mr Trudeau fared better than predicted, but his Liberal Party secured just 33 per cent of the national vote, compared to 35 per cent for the…
Donald Trump on Monday outed a military working dog that tracked down the head of the Islamic State. The US president tweeted a photo of a Belgian Malinois that he said worked with a team of special forces in the capture of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a tunnel beneath a compound in northeastern Syria. The…
ACROSS AMERICA — Keoni Ching is only 8, but the Vancouver, Washington, boy grasps the magnitude of an often-hidden problem in America: Too many children can’t afford their school lunches. These aren’t kids whose families who qualify for free- and reduced-price lunches, according to the School Nutrition Association, a national nonprofit whose 55,000 members run…
NEW YORK CITY — High-ranking New York lawmakers and family members of people killed by the NYPD are asking the nation not support former mayor Micheal Bloomberg’s campaign for the presidency. Ninety New Yorkers of color — including Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, state Senator Julia Salazar and City Council Member Antonio Reynoso — signed a…
The new coronavirus is changing how Americans go to work, what they do in their leisure time and schooling at every level. The situation surrounding COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, is ever evolving, and so is misinformation. Here are some essential resources and things you need to know: When do symptoms appear, what…
WESTPORT, CT — The town is ending its participation in a controversial “pandemic drone” program to suss out potential coronavirus patients after an outcry from residents and others who complained that the initiative infringed on people’s privacy rights. Westport’s police department had teamed up with a Canadian company named Draganfly on the initiative, which was…