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Motorway traffic drones are coming to UK roads, but will they drive us to distraction?
Jun 20, 2026 - World 
National Highways agency uses virtual reality test to see if drivers are distracted by introduction of low-flying dronesI’m barrelling down the motorway at 70mph, swerving from lane to lane, with cars speeding past me. There’s just one problem, I don’t have a driving licence.Or at least it would be a problem were this a real road test. But despite the life-like surroundings, I am in fact trialling a complex simulation created by virtual reality company MXT on behalf of National Highways, the government-owned agency responsible for the UK’s major roads. Continue reading...
Top banker tried to sway Pope Leo XIV on rare earth mining
Jun 20, 2026 - World 
The head of Latin America’s top development bank has made a case to Pope Leo XIV about the potential of rare earth mining
Nobel Prize Winner John Jumper Quits Google DeepMind For Anthropic
Jun 20, 2026 - World 
John Jumper won the chemistry Nobel Prize alongside Deepmind CEO Demis Hassabis for creating an AI model that can predict the structure of proteins called AlphaFold.
2 freight trains collide in Germany, sending 2 wagons plunging off bridge; 1 dead
Jun 20, 2026 - World
Two freight trains collided on a railway bridge in Germany overnight
India's Cockroach Party supporters bang plates to call for education minister's resignation
Jun 20, 2026 - World
Supporters of India’s viral Cockroach Janta Party have banged steel plates with spoons in a protest demanding the education minister's resignation
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