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Alter-Ego: An Italian hospitals little robot carer
2+ hour, 26+ min ago (436+ words) Published'Jun 19, 2026, 05: 38 PM MILAN - A robot with expressive eyebrows that is designed to perform basic tasks to free up healthcare workers is being given a trial run by a hospital in Milan. Named "Alter-Ego, the 1. 2m tall robot can stand in for…...
Over 8, 300 aftershocks recorded after 7. 8-magnitude Mindanao quake
8+ hour, 18+ min ago (188+ words) A drone view showing a collapsed building after a magnitude 7. 8 quake in General Santos, Mindanao Island, Philippines, June 8. Published'Jun 19, 2026, 11: 40 AM Updated'Jun 19, 2026, 11: 46 AM MANILA, Philippines " A total of 8, 381 aftershocks have been recorded since the 7. 8-magnitude offshore earthquake that struck Maasim, Sarangani…...
European robotics start-ups go up against Chinese heavyweights
2+ hour, 26+ min ago (714+ words) French company Enchanted Tools' "social" robot Mirokai on display at the Viva Tech trade fair in Paris on June 17. Published'Jun 19, 2026, 05: 38 PM Updated'Jun 19, 2026, 06: 23 PM PARIS " Humanoid robots able to perform tasks from grape harvesting to welcoming visitors were front and centre…...
Deep-sea denizens go years without food with clever biological fix
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (723+ words) The Bathynomus jamesi, a supergiant isopod found at about 900m under the surface. Published'Jun 19, 2026, 05: 34 PM BEIJING - A pill bug dwelling under a garden pot curls its body into a tiny armored ball as self-defence. Far below the ocean surface, some of…...
Southern Brazil, still rebuilding from record floods, prepares for El Nino
1+ hour, 59+ min ago (383+ words) A drone view of homes and empty plots along the banks of the Sarandi Stream, where houses were demolished for the Sarandi levee expansion project following the devastating 2024 floods, in Porto Alegre, Brazil, June 8, 2026. REUTERS/Diego Vara Published'Jun 19, 2026, 06: 04 PM PORTO…...
Deadly Philippines quake turns seabed into shore
2+ hour, 9+ min ago (687+ words) A woman walks past a collapsed building a day after a 7. 8-magnitude quake struck southern Philippines on June 8. Published'Jun 19, 2026, 05: 52 PM Updated'Jun 19, 2026, 05: 55 PM GLAN, The Philippines " Arsenio Butil Jr fell to his knees and began to pray when last week's deadly…...
Indonesia to capture last-known wild Bornean rhino for IVF
4+ hour, 44+ min ago (488+ words) The Bornean rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni) is one of three subspecies of the Sumatran rhinoceros, but it is noticeably smaller than the other two. Published'Jun 19, 2026, 02: 55 PM Updated'Jun 19, 2026, 03: 19 PM JAKARTA " Indonesia's government is racing to capture the last-known Bornean rhino in…...
Scientists discover "hyperparasite" in Malaysia Borneo jungle
5+ hour, 25+ min ago (286+ words) The new species targets ants and manipulates the infected insect's nervous system before making it behave erratically and killing it. Published'Jun 19, 2026, 02: 35 PM Updated'Jun 19, 2026, 02: 38 PM KUALA LUMPUR " Malaysian scientists have discovered a new species of parasitic fungus in Borneo's jungles that…...
Paris opens canal to swimmers as France braces itself for heatwave
23+ hour, 18+ min ago (406+ words) Young people diving into the Bassin des Recollets, on the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, on June 17. Published'Jun 18, 2026, 10: 34 AM Updated'Jun 18, 2026, 08: 46 PM PARIS " France braced itself for another heatwave, with Paris on June 17 allowing swimming in one of its canals so residents…...
World's oldest tortoise named Guinness World Records Icon
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (419+ words) Believed to be born around 1832, Jonathan is even older than the Victorian Age, London's Tower Bridge and Paris' Eiffel Tower. Published'Jun 18, 2026, 12: 29 PM Updated'Jun 18, 2026, 02: 24 PM Jonathan, a 194-year-old tortoise recognised as the world's oldest living land animal, has snapped up another…...