Omkring 180 poliser ur Brasiliens elitstyrkor har stationerats i en favela i norra Rio de Janeiro, som ett led i en permanent polisnärvaro i det av narkotikahandeln hårt ansatta bostadsområdet.

Honduras inför striktare säkerhetsåtgärder för att återta kontrollen över landets fängelser.

USA håller 19 beskickningar stängda i Mellanöstern och Nordafrika till den 10 augusti.

En ung man blev vid halv niotiden på måndagskvällen påkörd av ett tunnelbanetåg vid Kungsträdgårdens station i Stockholm.

En kiosk började brinna i centrala Trollhättan vid 20-tiden.

M-politiker vill polisanmäla. ”Folk som klär sig snuskigt”.

Bismillah writes "CAPTCHA may be popular with with webmasters and others running different sites, but it's a source of annoyance to blind and partially sighted people — and dyslexic people and older ones — who often end up being locked out of important websites as they can't read wonky, obfuscated letters any more than spambots can. A campaign in Australia has started to rid sites of CAPTCHA to improve accessibility for everyone."

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sciencehabit writes "Lying in bed, unable to move a muscle, so-called locked-in patients have few ways to communicate with the outside world. But researchers have now found a way to use the widening and narrowing of the pupils to send a message, potentially helping these patients break the silence. The trick is a webcam-like setup that tracks pupil dilation. When people focus on a hard problem--say a math problem--their pupils dilate. Employing the approach, some locked-in patients could answer 'yes' and 'no' questions just by dilating their eyes."

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Nuclear plant's operator needs to take "new measures" to stop radioactive water seeping into ocean, regulator says.