Celtics incinerate Heat to advance, Mavs trounce Clippers
The Boston Celtics crushed the Miami Heat 118-84 to complete an emphatic 4-1 series victory Wednesday and book their place in the second round of the NBA playoffs.
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Microsoft announces $2.2 bn AI, cloud investment in Malaysia
Microsoft pledged a $2.2 billion investment in artificial intelligence and cloud computing in Malaysia on Thursday to help develop the country's AI infrastructure.
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Arrests, evictions continue on US campuses
Police tore down a protest encampment at the University of Texas on Wednesday, arresting more than a dozen people, as unrest over Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza simmered on US campuses.
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'Cricket reasons' for white-dominated S. Africa T20 World Cup squad
"My number one imperative is to create a winning Proteas team," said South Africa coach Rob Walter when asked to explain the white-dominated racial make-up of the 2024 T20 World Cup squad.
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New 'underground cathedral' opens ahead of Paris Olympics
It has no spire, stained glass windows or nave, but the cavernous underground stormwater facility set to be inaugurated in Paris on Thursday has been compared to Notre-Dame cathedral, which is being rebuilt after a fire.
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Yen slips after rallying on suspected intervention, stocks mixed
The yen weakened Thursday following another surge against the dollar that fuelled speculation Japanese authorities had intervened for a second time this week, after Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell warned interest rates would stay higher for longer.
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Morocco's farming revolution: defying drought with science
In the heart of sun-soaked Morocco, scientists are cultivating a future where tough crops defy a relentless drought, now in its sixth year.
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Colombian school, a grim reminder of atrocities of rubber fever
A modest wooden school in the middle of the Colombian Amazon preserves the memory of atrocities perpetrated against Indigenous people by rubber industrialists more than a century ago.
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Chad ruler's charge to vote triumph faces surprise rival
General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, proclaimed head of state by Chad's army three years ago, is the favourite to win Monday's presidential election after the junta violently repressed much of the opposition.
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Death toll from south China road collapse rises to 36
The death toll from a highway collapse in southern China's Guangdong province has risen to 36, state media said Thursday, as rescue work continued.
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