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Backers of legislation in San Francisco to ban use of facial recognition technology by police or other government agencies argued that using software and cameras to positively identify people is "not ready for prime time"
World
06.08.2024
San Francisco bans facial recognition use by police
A Claude Monet painting from his celebrated "Meules" (Haystacks) series drew $110.7 million at Sotheby's in New York in an auction record for the French Impressionist master
World
06.08.2024
Monet painting draws $110.7 mn at New York auction
The research shows that it is possible for coral to survive and even thrive in waters that are warmer and more acidic than where coral usually lives
World
06.08.2024
'Super corals' give glimmer of hope for world's dying reefs
British MPs have already rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal three times
World
06.08.2024
British govt to put forward Brexit bill in June
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St. Peter's Square in the Vatican is pictured on Easter Sunday
World 06.08.2024
US Catholic abuse victims sue Vatican to name predatory priests
Former Brazilian president Michel Temer's case is part of the sprawling Operation Car Wash scandal, which has uncovered a vast network of bribes paid by large construction companies such as Odebrecht to politicians to obtain contracts
World 06.08.2024
Brazil court orders Temer's release for a second time
Susana Villaran (pictured September 2014), Lima's mayor from 2014-2018, is accused of taking millions of dollars from Odebrecth to finance a recall referendum in 2013 -- which she won -- and from OAS for a failed re-election bid in 2014
World 06.08.2024
Former Lima mayor jailed in Peru Odebrecht case
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has been accused by the US of escalating a crackdown against the opposition
World 06.08.2024
US at UN warns of escalating crackdown in Venezuela
A floral wreath outside Buenos Aires' Congress building where lawmaker Hector Olivares was fatally wounded in a shooting last week that left his friend Marcelo Yadon dead at the scene
World 06.08.2024
Uruguay to extradite suspect in lawmaker's killing
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland (pictured August 2018) said that "now more than ever we feel is the time to have the (steel and aluminum) tariffs lifted"
World 06.08.2024
Canada, Mexico push US to lift steel, aluminum tariffs
Tensions around plans to build new Orthodox churches are not uncommon in Russian cities, including the capital Moscow
World 06.08.2024
Clashes as Russians protest against building Orthodox cathedral
Venezuelan police block access to the legislature in Caracas as opposition lawmakers accuse the regime of 'intimidation'
World 06.08.2024
Venezuelan security services block lawmakers from parliament
Forensic and civil protection personnel work at a clandestine grave where local authorities have found at least 16 bodies, in Agua Escondida neighborhood,in Tonala, Jalisco state, Mexico, in October 2018.
World 06.08.2024
Mexico creates database of clandestine graves
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