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August 14, 2025 2:05 PM

Could robotics and timber tackle Britain’s housing challenges?

Gigantic robot arms controlled by artificial intelligence glide around a vast factory in Oxfordshire, England, making building frames from timber, one of the world's oldest construction materials. With the British government committed to building 30...

August 14, 2025 2:02 PM

UK economy slows less than expected in second quarter

Britain's economy slowed less than expected in the second quarter of 2025 after a strong start to the year, despite the shock of U.S. trade tariffs and a weaker jobs market, offering some relief to finance minister Rachel Reeves. Official figures pu...

August 14, 2025 12:10 PM

Ethiopian fossils reveal new species in human evolutionary lineage

Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2.65 million years ago of a previously unknown species in the human evolutionary lineage, one that lived in the same time and place as the earliest-known member of the genus Homo to...

August 14, 2025 12:49 PM

North Korea says South Korea’s peace overtures a ‘pipedream’

The North Korean leader's powerful sister said on Thursday that the country has never taken down propaganda loudspeakers and will not do so, calling South Korea's belief that Pyongyang was responding to its peace overtures a "pipedream." Kim Yo Jong...

August 14, 2025 12:51 PM

Tropical storm Podul disrupts travel and schools in southern China

Tropical storm Podul on Thursday dumped torrential rain on southern China, still reeling from record downpours last week, and disrupted hospitals, schools and law courts in Hong Kong after tearing through Taiwan and leaving 143 people injured. The h...

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