Chinese robot beats Usain Bolt's 100m world record at humanoid games Chinese robot beats Usain Bolt's 100m world record at humanoid games A Chinese humanoid robot ran 100m in 9.39 seconds, beating Usain Bolt's 9.58 second world record. 'Tianzhuo', developed by Beijing Innovation Centre of Humanoid Robotics, outpaced two other China-made robots to win the race at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. Thousands flee Sudan's Kordofan fighting for relative safety of El Obeid Iran threatens countries that join US'economic D-Day' More than 200,000 newly displaced in Sudan's Kordofan region Putin warns Ukraine has opened'Pandora's box', rejects peace proposals Canada to match US tariffs "dollar for dollar," PM Carney says Israel's Chief Rabbi says Palestinians are not a people and have no rights

Usain Bolt's 100m record broken at World Humanoid Robot Games A humanoid robot developed by Chinese smartphone maker Honor ran 100 metres (328ft) in 9.32 seconds, China's state broadcaster has reported, beating the human world record held by Jamaican sprinting great Usain Bolt. The robot, dubbed Lightning, reached a peak speed of 14.5 metres (47.6ft) per second during a preparatory test event for the second World Humanoid Robot Games, which opened in Beijing on Saturday. China has been promoting humanoid robots as a strategic emerging industry, with policymakers and companies betting that advances in AI and hardware will accelerate their deployment in manufacturing, logistics and consumer applications. Lightning also won the 21km (13-mile) Beijing half marathon in April in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, faster than the elite men's human world-record pace. The robot stood 169cm (5.5ft) tall and had 95cm (3.1ft) legs at the half marathon.

The maglev test vehicle is nearing commercial aircraft speeds. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy . A nearly 2,550-pound, experimental maglev train car in China recently has beat its own short-distance acceleration world record for the third time in six months.

Kenya's Sabastian Sawe has become the first man to run a marathon in under two hours, winning the London Marathon in 1:59:30. Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa defended her London Marathon crown on Sunday, breaking her own world record. The 31-year-old, who has never lost a marathon, smashed the world record by 65 seconds. Yomif Kejelcha of Ethiopia stayed on Sawe's heels for most of the 42.195km course before fading down the final stretch to take second in his marathon debut with 1:59:41, while Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda won bronze in 2:02:28. All three finished under Kiptum's previous record time.

Technology Robots Brothers build a robot to solve Rubik's cubes in record-setting time The robot completed the puzzle in just 45.3 seconds, breaking its own record of 55 seconds made just moments earlier. The Revenger set a world record. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. A pair of brothers in the U.K. have officially broken the Guinness World Record for the fastest time solving a four-by-four Rubik's Cube with a robot. Their DIY machine, which the brothers call The Revenger, completed the puzzle in only 45.3 seconds.

A Hungarian man has set a new record for longest video game marathon by playing the rhythm-based music game Dance Dance Revolution for six days. Szabolcs Csépe, from Budapest, bopped to over 3000 songs and burned more than 22,000 calories in his quest to romp into the record books. The 34-year-old, known as GrassHopper on his gaming channels, said that preparation for the marathon took six months and included physical training, focusing on his legs and glutes, as well a a diet plan. Playing DDR is always fun for me, he told BBC News, so this challenge was best described as tediously joyful. His feat has been officially recognised by Guinness World Records.

A tornado tore through Val-d'Oise, north of Paris, on Monday, toppling construction cranes, damaging properties and uprooting trees in its path. One person was killed and four others critically injured, authorities said. The town of Ermont, about 20 km (13 miles) northeast of Paris was hardest hit by the sudden twister, which caused damage in multiple districts. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on the X social media platform that it had been a storm of rare intensity. Drone footage shows blaze destroying the historic Bernaga Monastery in Italy.

BBC at scene of'brazen' Louvre jewel theft A manhunt is under way for a gang of thieves who carried out a broad daylight raid on Paris's Louvre Museum, and stole jewels described as priceless. The gang appear to have used a mechanical ladder to reach a first-floor window, before breaking into display cases and escaping on motorbikes. The BBC's Hugh Schofield is outside the museum where the extraordinary, daring and brazen robbery took place. Drone footage shows blaze destroying the historic Bernaga Monastery in Italy. Could a Corrie cameo be on the cards for Daniel O'Donnell?

Drone footage has emerged showing a blaze destroying the historic Bernaga Monastery in Italy. Founded in La Valletta Brianza in 1628, it is located about 30km (19 miles) east of Milan. More than 20 cloistered nuns were evacuated from the scene, according to Italian media reports. Could a Corrie cameo be on the cards for Daniel O'Donnell? Daniel O'Donnell said making a cameo on Coronation Street is on his bucket list.

Drone footage has captured a group of polar bears living inside an abandoned research station on Russia's Kolyuchin Island. Travel blogger, Vadim Makhorov, shared video that shows several bears inside the scattered building, looking through windows and walking around the island. A bear could be seen trying to catch the blogger's drone as it approached. The Kolyuchin weather station was abandoned in the early 1990s, after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Russian Alexey Molchanov breaks his own 2024 world record in one of the most technically challenging freediving events.