Biometric Update, by Masha Borak: Payments giant Visa showcased its pay-by-palm biometric payment technology at an event marking the transformation of its Singapore Innovation Center last week. During the event, visitors were invited to use the palm reader and link…

MSN, by Widlore Mérancourt and Samantha Schmidt: On a ride through the gang-controlled streets of Haiti’s capital on Friday, past an improvised barricade, the motorcycle taxi reached a crossroad. First came the smell — of something burning. Then, the sight:…

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Futurism, by Noor Al-Sibai: A controversial theory posits that life began when RNA spontaneously began to replicate itself — and now researchers are claiming they’ve replicated part of that process in a lab. In interviews with the Washington Post, scientists say…

The Jerusalem Post: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected field training of troops at a major military operations base in the western region of the country on Wednesday and ordered heightened readiness for war, the state Korean Central News…

Daily Star, by Reanna Smith: Haiti’s most notorious gang leader has vowed to oust the country’s prime minister as a spike in gang violence has plunged the Caribbean nation into chaos. A state of emergency was declared after thousands of…