Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to visit native Pakistan for girls' summit
Islamabad (AFP) – Nobel peace prize laureate Malala Yousafzai will attend a summit on girls' education hosted by her native Pakistan, where she was nearly killed by militants as a…
Shotgun watch: LA fire evacuees guard against looters
Altadena (United States) (AFP) – Nicholas Norman managed to save his home using little more than buckets of water when towering flames ripped through his neighborhood in a suburb of…
'Control freak' Swiatek describes shock and 'chaos' over doping ban
Melbourne (AFP) – Iga Swiatek described the inner turmoil and "chaos" of her doping ban Friday ahead of the Australian Open, calling it "the worst time in my life". Issued…
Vietnam jails ex
Hanoi (AFP) – A Vietnamese court sentenced a prominent former lawyer to three years in jail Friday over Facebook posts it ruled undermined the state by criticising a leading judge.…
US President
New York (AFP) – Donald Trump will be sentenced Friday for covering up hush money payments to a porn star despite the US President-elect's last-ditch efforts to frustrate a process…
AI comes down from the cloud as chips get smarter
Las Vegas (AFP) – Artificial intelligence is moving from data centers to "the edge" as computer makers build the technology into laptops, robots, cars and more devices closer to home.…
Englishman Hall grabs share of Sony Open lead
Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) – England's Harry Hall carded a six-under-par 64 to grab a share of the lead at the PGA Tour's Sony Open in Hawaii on Thursday.…
Olympic champ Zheng says 'getting closer' to top
Melbourne (AFP) – Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen said at the Australian Open Friday that she is getting "closer and closer" to Aryna Sabalenka, having been well beaten in last year's…
Tajikistan bets on giant dam to solve electricity crisis
Rogun (Tajikistan) (AFP) – In a remote village in Tajikistan's soaring mountains, Muslikhiddin Makhmudzoda relies on a mobile phone to light his modest home as his family spends another winter…