As the main Diamond Jubilee events come to an end, royals historian Kate Williams, author of “Young Elizabeth: The Making of our Queen,” speaks to Erica Hill about the celebration and Queen Elizabeth’s reign.
U.S. Marines drink snake blood in Thailand
GRAPHIC CONTENT: A hundred U.S. and Thai soldiers swapped skills on how to survive in a tropical forest. Thai soldiers showed U.S. Marines how to catch a cobra with their bare hands and how to find water in the jungle as well as drinking snake blood to…
Prince Harry loves Cressida Bonas? British tabloids weigh in
British tabloid reporters are saying Prince Harry is in love with a 24-year-old socialite and model Cressida Bonas. Charlie Rose reports.
Elections: Trump’s intentions are clear
Re: “Trump: GOP should federalize vote rules” (Feb. 3, Nation & World) and “Legal fight escalates over Georgia voting records as Trump says he wants to ‘take over’ elections” (Feb. 4, Nation): This should alarm everyone in the country. President Do…
A man detonates explosive belt during arrest attempt in Iraq, injuring 2 security members
An Iraqi security official says a man wearing an explosive belt has blown himself up while security forces tried to arrest him in western Iraq near the Syrian border.
Fears missing Brit tourist was killed for body parts to be used in witchcraft after she vanished without trace on walk
A BRITISH tourist who disappeared on a walk in South Africa is now feared to have been killed in a ritual attack linked to witchcraft. Lorna McSorley, 71, vanished five days into a package holiday after setting off alone from the Ghost Mountain Inn – a…
Japanese city cancels famous cherry blossom festival for FIRST time in crackdown on tourists
A JAPANESE city’s famous cherry blossom festival has been cancelled for the first time in the latest crackdown on tourists. Holidaymakers flock to the Arakurayama Sengen Park Sakura festival in Fujiyoshida, west of Tokyo, each year. Its stunn…
Waymo says it is using DeepMind’s Genie 3 to create realistic digital worlds for its autonomous driving technology to train on edge-case scenarios (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
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Waymo says it is using DeepMind’s Genie 3 to create realistic digital worlds for its autonomous driving technology to train on edge-case scenarios — Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo said it is using DeepMind’s Genie 3…
Waymo says it is using DeepMind’s Genie 3 to create realistic digital worlds for its autonomous driving technology to train on edge-case scenarios (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:
Waymo says it is using DeepMind’s Genie 3 to create realistic digital worlds for its autonomous driving technology to train on edge-case scenarios — Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo said it is using DeepMind’s Genie 3…
Pokémon theme park opens in Japan as tourism boom drives demand
Japan welcomed a new attraction in Tokyo on Thursday with the opening of PokéPark Kanto, Pokémon’s first permanent theme park.