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Kohli holds firm against Australia in WTC final thriller
AFP, Published on 11/06/2023
» LONDON - Virat Kohli defied Australia on Saturday to give India hope of an extraordinary win in the World Test Championship final at The Oval.
OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, casts spell on Microsoft
AFP, Published on 14/01/2023
» PARIS: The hottest start-up in Silicon Valley right now is OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed developer of ChatGPT, a much-hyped chatbot that can write a poem, college essay or even a line of software code.
'Suisse Secrets' puts Swiss banking back in spotlight
AFP, Published on 22/02/2022
» ZURICH: The "Suisse Secrets" data leak claiming to reveal how Credit Suisse handled billions of dollars in dirty money has renewed pressure on Switzerland's financial sector, which has spent years trying to clean up its image.
Virginia goes to polls in too-close-to call bellwether election
AFP, Published on 02/11/2021
» WASHINGTON - The US state of Virginia prepared to vote Tuesday for its next governor in a margin-of-error skirmish seen as the first major test of President Joe Biden's political brand.
British PM Johnson upbeat despite UK's woes
AFP, Published on 03/10/2021
» MANCHESTER (UNITED KINGDOM) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday vowed to press on with his post-Brexit agenda for Britain, even as the country faces a growing supply chain crisis made worse by its EU departure.
Russia handed two-year doping ban in 'catastrophic blow to clean sport'
AFP, Published on 18/12/2020
» LAUSANNE: Sport's highest court on Thursday banned Russia from the international stage for two years, including the Tokyo Olympics next year and 2022 Beijing Winter Games, but the halving of the initial punishment was blasted as "a catastrophic blow to clean athletes and the integrity of sport".
USADA calls Russia doping ruling a 'tragedy'
AFP, Published on 18/12/2020
» LOS ANGELES: The United States Anti-Doping Agency condemned the Court of Arbitration for Sport's decision to halve Russia's doping ban on Thursday as a "tragedy" for the global fight against drug cheats, slamming the ruling as a "weak and loophole-riddled outcome."
ESports fights cheating bugs, bots and hacks
AFP, Published on 14/10/2020
» PARIS - The rapid growth of eSports has increased the financial gains at stake and created a pressing need to fight the cheats and maintain the booming sector's integrity.
Iran, US heat up war of words on Iraq despite virus pandemic
AFP, Published on 02/04/2020
» TEHRAN - Iran said Thursday it "only acts in self-defence" after President Donald Trump warned it against attacks on US troops in Iraq, as a new war of words heated up despite the coronavirus pandemic.
Russia to decide on appeal against doping ban
AFP, Published on 19/12/2019
» MOSCOW: Russia's anti-doping agency will on Thursday decide whether to launch an appeal against a four-year ban from major sporting events over systematic violations, a prohibition denounced by the country's leadership as politically motivated.