Amazon unveils ‘Scout’ delivery bot set to roam the streets of Seattle to deliver packages The bright blue battery-powered robots can deliver packages autonomously Six Scout robots are being used in an area of Snohomish County, Washington They roll along at a ‘walking pace’ and avoid humans and pets on the sidewalk By Annie Palmer … Read more
Gerald Ratner pulls out his phone and starts scrolling through his Twitter feed. We’re sitting backstage moments after he has given a speech about his fateful gaffe almost 30 years ago. The infamous moment is still dragged up daily on social media – and Ratner says he can’t stop himself looking up who has become … Read more
Authorities in China’s Hubei Province have sent residents who strolled on the streets during the coronavirus outbreak to ‘re-education camps’, according to reports. A video shows the residents studying in a room guarded by anti-coronavirus officers at one of the centres last Saturday in Huangshi, Hubei Province of central China. It is said the detainees … Read more
Thousands of protesters today marched through the streets of the Greek island of Lesbos in a rally to demand the government to halt new migrant camps, a day after violent clashes left more than 60 injured. Business owners and unions called for a general strike on the island to continue, with shops shuttered for the second … Read more
A 16-year-old boy murdered a teaching assistant as she walked in woods behind her home and moved her body in a wheelie bin to a cemetery, a jury heard. Mother-of-two Lindsay Birbeck, 47, from Accrington, Lancashire, was last seen alive on the afternoon of August 12 heading towards the area known locally as The Coppice, … Read more
The typically-bustling streets of Milan have been left empty as Italy struggles with the spread of the deadly coronavirus. The country went from six cases to more than 400 with 12 dead since last Friday, becoming Europe’s worst-affected region. Now Milan’s once-packed roads have been left empty as the country battles with being the continent’s … Read more