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Musk Confirms Tesla Operated A Test Vehicle On Public Roads In Austin With No One In The Driver’s Seat.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a post confirmed the company has been testing self-driving Model Ys in Austin with no incidents “For the past several days, Tesla has been testing self-driving Model Y cars (no one in driver’s seat) on Austin public streets with no incidents. A month ahead of schedule. Next month, first self-delivery from factory to customer.” A Tesla engineer was riding in a passenger seat of a Model Y SUV, which drove autonomously with no remote operation.
Texas Push To Ban Minors Under 18 From Social Media Fades With Time Running Out
A push in Texas to ban social media accounts for children under 18 faded Thursday after lawmakers did not take a key vote on creating one of the nation’s toughest restrictions aimed at keeping minors off platforms such as TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram. The bill, which already passed the GOP-controlled state House, aims to go further than a Florida social media ban for minors under 14. Australia banned social media accounts for anyone under 16. But earlier momentum behind the Texas measure slowed at the eleventh hour in the state Senate as lawmakers face a weekend deadline to send bills to Republican Gov. Greg...
Chinese Students Anxious And Angry After Rubio Vows To Revoke Visas
Chinese students studying in the U.S. are scrambling to figure out their futures after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday that some students would have their visas revoked. The U.S. will begin revoking the visas of some Chinese students, including those studying in “critical fields”, and “those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party,” according to the announcement. China is the second-largest country of origin for international students in the United States, behind only India. In the 2023-2024 school year, more than 270,000 international students were from China, making up roughly a quarter of all foreign students in...
Family Of An Israeli Held Hostage In Iraq For 800 Days Hangs On To Hope For Her Freedom
With the world’s attention fixed on efforts to free Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, talks are quietly continuing to liberate an Israeli hostage held in Iraq by a different Iranian-backed militant group. A 38-year-old Middle East scholar from Israel was kidnapped in 2023 while doing research in Iraq, and officials from several countries say progress is being made to secure her release. The family of the scholar – Elizabeth Tsurkov, who also holds Russian citizenship – is trying to remain optimistic. Even though the circumstances are completely different, the release of hostages from Gaza earlier this year gave the family reason to...
Fleeing US Deportations, It Took This Family Three Tries To Enter Canada
The Rainbow Bridge, which crosses the Niagara River between the United States and Canada, has for decades been a symbol of peace connecting two countries. But for Araceli, a Salvadorian migrant, and her family, the bridge represented a seemingly insurmountable hurdle. Along with her partner and two daughters, aged four and 14, the family first attempted to cross the bridge on 17 March. They had arrived with a suitcase and documents that they believed assured them they would soon be reunited with Araceli’s siblings on Canadian soil and escape the threat of US President Donald Trump’s mass deportations. But the...
New Zealand Court Discharges Australian Diplomat’s Husband After Drunken Spitting Assault
A New Zealand court on Thursday discharged the husband of an Australian diplomat without convicting him, months after the man pleaded guilty to assault for drunkenly spitting on a teenager during a street altercation on the night of a rugby match in Wellington. The man was granted permanent name suppression. Judge Paul Mabey, presiding at the Wellington District Court, said he didn’t accept the man’s arguments that the potential harms to him justified the discharge, but the magistrate agreed that his wife’s diplomatic career could be curbed by an assault conviction and the publication of his name. The man could be barred from travel abroad to...
Tears And Heartbreak Over Tragic Story Of South African Girl Sold By Her Mother
A video clip of a laughing Joshlin Smith, who was six years old when she went missing more than a year ago in South Africa, left most people in the courtroom sobbing. It was shown during a hearing in Saldanha Bay, near Cape Town, ahead of the sentencing of Joshlin’s mother – a drug addict who is believed to have sold her for money. Racquel Smith, also known as Kelly Smith, was convicted of kidnapping and trafficking her daughter earlier this month. The 35-year-old mother of three was found guilty along with her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis and their friend Steveno...
South Korean Navy Patrol Plane Crashes In Country’s South, Killing At Least 2
A South Korean navy plane with four crew members crashed during a training flight on Thursday, killing at least two and leaving emergency workers searching for the others, the navy said. The P-3 patrol plane took off from its base in the southeastern city of Pohang at 1:43 p.m. but fell to the ground due to unknown reasons, the navy said in a statement. Cho Young-sang, a navy officer overseeing the search efforts, said in a televised briefing that workers found the bodies of two crew members and were preparing to transfer them to a nearby hospital. He said workers...