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Leaked video shows Boston Dynamics new nightmare inducing wheeled robot

Leaked video shows Boston Dynamics new nightmare inducing wheeled robot

Leaked video from a presentation by Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert on 1 February offered a sneak peak at the latest generation of the company’s robots. Raibert introduced Handle, a bipedal wheeled robot, in previously unseen footage shown onstage at the Abundance360 conference in Los Angeles earlier this week. Feb 2, 2017
Burundi crisis explained

Burundi crisis explained

The small African nation of Burundi has been plunged into crisis since President Pierre Nkurunziza defied the constitution to be re-elected for a third term.  Feb 2, 2017
Violent clashes erupt in Romanias largest anti-corruption protest

Violent clashes erupt in Romanias largest anti-corruption protest

More than 250,000 Romanians demonstrated on 1 February against a decree passed late on 31 January that could free dozens of officials jailed for corruption. Nearly 150,00 people rallied outside the cabinet building in Bucharest. The decree was unveiled by the new Social Democrat government of Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu, and if enforced the decree would, among other things, decriminalise abuse-of-power offences in which the sums involved are less than 200,000 lei ($48,000). Feb 2, 2017
Bat Bot: The new drone that flies like a real-life bat

Bat Bot: The new drone that flies like a real-life bat

The key flight mechanisms of bats now have been recreated with unprecedented fidelity in the Bat Bot—a self-contained robotic bat with soft, articulated wings, developed by researchers at Caltech and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Feb 2, 2017
Left wing groups ‘care more about hating Israel’ than they do about fighting anti-Semitism

Left wing groups ‘care more about hating Israel’ than they do about fighting anti-Semitism

The Community Security Trust (CST) has claimed that a lack of support from left wing anti-racism groups has led to an increase of anti-Semitic incidents in the UK. The charity, which “protects British Jews from anti-Semitism and related threats”, claim that 2016 was the worst year it has recorded for anti-Jewish incidents. CST director of communications Mark Gardner told IBTimes UK that the ongoing anti-Semitism controversy within the Labour Party has also helped increase these incidents. Feb 2, 2017
Thatcham Research crash tests the 1997 Rover 100 and a current Honda Jazz

Thatcham Research crash tests the 1997 Rover 100 and a current Honda Jazz

Revolutionary Euro NCAP car safety tests were launched 20 years ago, and in 2015, 15,000 fewer car occupants were killed and seriously injured. Twenty years on, 9 out of 10 cars sold on the European market hold a Euro NCAP rating. In 2016, Thatcham Research estimates that advances driven by rigorous testing has helped deliver a 63% per cent reduction in car occupants killed and seriously injured. Feb 2, 2017
It’s twins! Beyonce sends internet into meltdown by announcing her preganancy

It’s twins! Beyonce sends internet into meltdown by announcing her preganancy

Beyonce announced she’s pregnant with twins on 1 February in a post on Instagram in which she showed off her baby bump while kneeling before an elaborate flower arrangement. She wrote, “We are…grateful that our family will be growing by two.” Twitter immediately blew up at the news, with people tweeting their excitement for the singer. Feb 2, 2017
Donald Trump calls Obamas Australian immigration policy a 'dumb deal' in Twitter rampage

Donald Trump calls Obamas Australian immigration policy a ‘dumb deal’ in Twitter rampage

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Thursday (2 February) he had spoken candidly with US President Donald Trump, but would not confirm a Washington Post report that Trump had berated him over a refugee swap deal and cut the telephone call short. The deal was agreed late last year between Australia, which has fought alongside US troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the administration of former President Barack Obama. As part of the deal, Washington agreed to resettle up to 1,250 asylum seekers held in offshore processing camps on tiny Pacific islands in Papua New Guinea and Nauru. In return, Australia would resettle refugees from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. Feb 2, 2017
Brexit bill passes parliament with flying colours

Brexit bill passes parliament with flying colours

Lawmakers voted by 498 to 114 in favour of allowing the bill to progress to the next, more detailed legislative stage. Earlier they rejected an attempt to throw out the bill, proposed by pro-EU Scottish nationalists. Prime Minister Theresa Mays plan to take Britain out of the European Union easily cleared its first legislative hurdle on Wednesday (1 February) night, paving the way for the government to launch divorce talks by the end of March. Mays government is seeking approval for a new law giving her the right to trigger Article 50 of the EUs Lisbon Treaty - the legal process for leaving the bloc - after the Supreme Court ruled she could not take that decision unilaterally. The bill could complete the legislative process by 7 March.May wants to begin exit negotiations with the EU by 31 March, starting two years of talks that will define Britains economic and political future and test the unity of the EUs 27 remaining members.Despite presiding over a Conservative Party divided over staying in the EU, May, who campaigned for a Remain vote, secured almost unanimous support from her lawmakers for the legislation. The opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn had also pledged his partys support for the bill at this stage, but 47 of his lawmakers defied his order and voted against the bill. Feb 2, 2017
Record number of anti-Semitic incidents blamed on ‘mood of racism’ in UK following Brexit

Record number of anti-Semitic incidents blamed on ‘mood of racism’ in UK following Brexit

Tensions surrounding Brexit have been partially blamed on the record number of anti-Semitic incidents in the UK in 2016. The Community Security Trust, a charity which protects British Jews from anti-Semitism and related threats, reports that more than 1,300 incidents took place last year. This includes anything from Jews receiving abuse in the street, to being violently assaulted because of their religion. The charity also says the controversy surrounding anti-Semitism in the Labour Party contributed to this rise. Feb 2, 2017
African meteorite shows Mars was volcanically active for two billion years

African meteorite shows Mars was volcanically active for two billion years

Mars was volcanically active for at least two billion years – almost half of the Red Planet’s history. By analysing a meteorite discovered in Africa in 2012, researchers have been able to show Mars has some of the longest-lived volcanoes in the entire solar system. The 200g meteorite, Northwest Africa 7635, was found in Algeria. Feb 2, 2017
London MEP holds hes lying to you sign behind Nigel Farage in EU parliament

London MEP holds hes lying to you sign behind Nigel Farage in EU parliament

Labour MEP Seb Dance held a sign that read hes lying to you behind former UKIP leader and MEP Nigel Farage on 1 February. Dance held the sign during an EU parliament debate on the issue of US President Donald Trumps controversial policies. During the speech Farage said MEPs should be more constructive and invite Trump to the EU parliament to debate. Feb 1, 2017
Argentines set world record for most people floating at one time

Argentines set world record for most people floating at one time

Nearly 2,000 people floated in a line in a salty lake in Argentina on 29 January, setting a new Guinness world record for the most people floating while holding hands. Exactly 1,941 people floated simultaneously for 30 seconds in Lake Epecuen. The record attempt was officially certified by the Guinness Book of Records, and has taken the title from 634 people floating in the Sun Moon Lake in Taiwan in 2014. Feb 1, 2017
BBC presenter Jeremy Vine road rage video could see motorist jailed

BBC presenter Jeremy Vine road rage video could see motorist jailed

A driver who screamed abuse and made a gun sign at Jeremy Vine as he rode his bicycle down a narrow street in London could face jail after being found guilty of road rage offences. Shanique Syrena Pearson, 22, was caught on the BBC presenters helmet camera as he cycled along a single-lane street in Kensington. Pearson has a number of previous convictions for assaults and theft, and was told on 1 February at Hammersmith Magistrates Court she could face prison after being convicted of the road rage offences. Feb 1, 2017
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