Tuesday, 22, October, 2024

World

Tesla is giving all its new cars the hardware for “full self-driving capabilities,” the company announced today, including 8 cameras with 360-degree viewing at up to 820 feet of distance, as well as 12 ultrasonic sensors that can detect both hard and soft objects. A new forward-facing radar helps see through rain, fog, and dust. 

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2016 to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end.

Portugal’s former Prime Minister Antonio Guterres was yesterday appointed as the next Secretary-General of the United Nations by the General Assembly.

A delegation of the Uzbekistan’s Central Election Commission headed by the Deputy Chairman Adilov K. is taking part in monitoring of the parliamentary elections to Lithuania Seimas that are to take place on October 9.

Lower prices for staple grains more than offset by rising sugar and dairy prices in FAO Food Price Index.