North Koreans speak of awful prison conditions
Survivors of North Korean prisoners have spoken of the awful conditions they endured.
Day: March 25, 2023
Epic’s Hyperrealistic MetaHumans Can Soon Be Animated Using an iPhone
During its State of Unreal keynote at GDC 2023, the company showed off new animation tools that make it possible to create realistic facial animations using only video captured from an iPhone. The Verge reports: Epic showed this off with a live demonst…
Man pleads guilty in US probe of Haiti president assassination
Rodolphe Jaar faces charges of conspiring to murder or kidnap President Jovenal Moise and providing support to the plot.
UN decries prisoner of war torture, killings on both side of Russia-Ukraine conflict
UN human rights monitors have documented dozens of summary killings of Ukrainian and Russian prisoners of war, as well as the use of torture, human shields and other abuses against PoWs since Russia inv…
Georgia activist killed by troopers shot first, officers say
Georgia authorities say state troopers in January fatally shot an environmental protester who had fired at authorities after a trooper shot pepper balls into the protester’s tent.
New York’s long-forbidden graveyard island to be converted to a park
New York City’s Hart Island may be marked by crumbling buildings and over a million graves — but to Melinda Hunt, it’s a place of beauty.
Parade disinvites Hawaii lawmaker after pride flag comments
The chair of a parade honoring a Native Hawaiian leader and prince says a state lawmaker won’t be allowed to participate in the event after he questioned a middle school principal’s display of a pride flag supporting LGBTQ+ people.