Dawn of driverless minibuses in China
The existence of autonomous vehicles is nothing new. What we haven’t seen is a vehicle that took the wheel entirely on its own – unless you count a racing car in a film last…
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Iran’s chief negotiator says: ‘None of these measures which have been cited in our words are legitimate’
Echoing threats Iran and President Hassan Rouhani has been making in recent days, Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran’s chief negotiator, warned on Wednesday that all measures should be exhausted in negotiating a nuclear deal with…
This Landing Was Truly a ‘Miracle on the Fly’
A moment of crazy luck that brought a luxury plane from Spain to the Australian coast miraculously stopped short of the cliffs that now mark it in history as the “lucky” landing of a…
Anti-Vaccination Activists Against Plan to Allow Vaccinated Kids to Play at the Australian Open
Cyndi Hoyland won the National Junior Championship, 6-2, 6-0. And she wasn’t immune to criticism over her non-vaccinated son Andrew. (AP Photo/Greg Wood) As flu season grips the U.S., anti-vaccination advocates are steaming over…
Land of romance: how a woman lost her heart to a Brazilian beat
Bachata fan Penelope Buer is 20 years old, well educated and to this day, when she and Oscar Lewis are together, lives her life only through dancing Their flights were canceled and they spent…
Former France captain speaks out against racism
Lilian Thuram is the first ever French captain to receive the Order of Merit in the French Republic. In an exclusive interview with the Telegraph, the former Juventus and Chelsea defender talks about how…
Afghan women who make a living from folklore
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Maqsouda Zoha, the founder of the Fiqh Academy in Dari, in Kabul Fiqh Academy has been founded by a group of 16 mid-career women who left schools at the…
Record-breaking Thanksgiving travel expected
Thanksgiving travelers are set to set a new record with more than 2.3 million traveling between Nov. 22 and Nov. 25, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said on Thursday. The previous record of 2.1…
Maura Brunger: ‘I don’t think you should be trying to sabotage a person for the political impact of that’
Valerie Jarrett, White House Senior Advisor When asked about current events, Jarrett quips, “People are so petty, right? And they just want to bag somebody on TV.” To manage a celebrity-hungry environment where there…
Tony Abbott says Turnbull govt to join Labor in bidding to fight a pandemic
The Turnbull government and Labor have emerged with a more than $300m plan to help address the risk of a pandemic before it breaks out in Australia. The bipartisan support comes after a full…