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Trump blasts 'sick conspiracy' against AI as warnings mount

Women athletes condemn 'sexualised' Sydney Sweeney commercial

For Laura Linney, role in Parkinson's-themed movie marked a turning point

UN calls for 'urgent action' to rein in AI in face of 'unprecedented risks'

Doctors face life sentence over Greek pop star's death

Richarlison not in Spurs League Cup squad: De Zerbi

Slow the AI race? Investors weigh the potential cost

French defence group Thales calls on governments to regulate AI

Three talking points from the Spanish Grand Prix

Germany seeks guarantees from Italy's UniCredit over Commerzbank takeover

Saudi football body vows action against Jota chants, Ronaldo urges life ban

Liverpool will have to accept 'ups and downs', says Iraola

North Korea win 10-0 in Asian Games football mismatch

Inaugural Ultimate a hit with the athletes, says Coe

Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian folk legend, dead at 84

Canadian singer and performer Gordon Lightfoot, who rose to international fame as a folk music star in the 1960s and '70s, died on Monday. He was 84.

Ice-cool Harden scores 45 as Sixers stun Celtics

James Harden scored a career playoff high 45 points as the Philadelphia 76ers overcame the absence of Joel Embiid to stun the Boston Celtics in game one of their Eastern Conference semi-final series on Monday.

Europe's produce at stake in Spain's water war

Spanish farmer Juan Francisco Abellaneda's salads and watermelons fill the shelves of European supermarkets winter and summer. But maybe not for much longer.

Harden scores 45 as Sixers stun Celtics

James Harden scored a career playoff-high 45 points as the Philadelphia 76ers overcame the absence of Joel Embiid to stun the Boston Celtics in game one of their Eastern Conference semi-final series on Monday.

Australia targets Big Tobacco in crackdown on vaping

Australia announced a sweeping crackdown on vaping Tuesday, accusing tobacco companies of hooking the next "generation of nicotine addicts" by deliberately targeting teenagers.

Qantas names Vanessa Hudson as first female chief executive

Australia's Qantas Group named Vanessa Hudson as its first female chief executive on Tuesday, replacing the cost-cutting Irish-Australian Alan Joyce.

Search still on for alternatives to Musk-owned Twitter

Since Elon Musk took over Twitter in October, users irked by the platform's new regime have vowed to move their online presence elsewhere, though this has proved harder than some had banked on.

Chewed for millennia, coca leaf gets flavorsome makeover in Bolivia

Bitter and tough, the coca leaf chewed throughout the South American Andes for thousands of years as a natural pick-me-up has been getting an appetizing makeover in Bolivia.

Two Kenyan pastors face courts over cult massacre

Two pastors are due to appear on Tuesday before Kenyan courts suspected of being behind the deaths of at least 109 people found buried in what has been dubbed the "Shakahola forest massacre".

Serena Williams debuts baby bump at Met Gala

Retired tennis superstar Serena Williams unveiled her latest project on the red carpet at the Met Gala in New York on Monday -- she is pregnant with her second child.

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