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LIV Golf switching to 72-hole format in 2026: official
AFP, Published on 05/11/2025
» NEW YORK — LIV Golf will abandon its abbreviated 54-hole format in favour of 72-hole tournaments in 2026, officials said on Tuesday.
Computer pioneer Microsoft turns 50 in the age of AI
AFP, Published on 31/03/2025
» SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft has been at the heart of computing for half a century, becoming a tech stalwart almost taken for granted as lifestyles embraced the internet.
EU skewers Google, Apple over tech rules -- despite Trump threats
AFP, Published on 19/03/2025
» BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) - The European Union defied US threats of retaliation Wednesday by accusing Google of violating its digital rules -- which could trigger hefty fines -- and ordering Apple to make its iPhone interact better with rivals' devices.
All-women marching band livens up Taiwanese funerals
AFP, Published on 13/03/2025
» CHANGHUA — At a funeral in rural Taiwan, musicians wearing pleated mini-skirts and go-go boots march around a coffin to the beat of the 1980s hit "I Hate Myself for Loving You".
'Life or death consequences for millions': NGOs stunned by US aid freeze
AFP, Published on 06/02/2025
» PARIS - The freeze in aid funding by Donald Trump's new US administration has left humanitarian workers seeing a large proportion of their budget cut off and fearing millions will be affected as programmes are suspended.
DeepSeek’s ‘Sputnik moment’ exposes holes in US chip curbs
AFP, Published on 29/01/2025
» BEIJING - US export controls on high-tech chips may have inadvertently fuelled the success of the AI startup DeepSeek, sparking fears in Washington there could be little it can do to stop China in the push for global dominance in artificial intelligence.
Trump warns of 'wake-up call' as low-cost Chinese AI jolts Silicon Valley
AFP, Published on 28/01/2025
» SAN FRANCISCO - Fears of upheaval in the AI gold rush rocked Wall Street on Monday following the emergence of a popular ChatGPT-like model from China, with US President Donald Trump saying it was a "wake-up call" for Silicon Valley.
Chinese lion dance troupe shrugs off patriarchal past
AFP, Published on 27/01/2025
» SHANTOU (CHINA) - Flinging her male teammate into the air, performer Lin Xinmeng practises China's world-famous lion dance with a troupe that is shrugging off centuries of patriarchal norms.
PGA works to extend 'active and productive' Saudi merger talks
AFP, Published on 01/01/2024
» WASHINGTON - The PGA Tour worked Sunday to extend a deadline into 2024 for finalizing a merger agreement with Saudi Arabian investors, tour commissioner Jay Monahan calling talks "active and productive."
Russia's bruised space programme eyes comeback with lunar launch
AFP, Published on 10/08/2023
» MOSCOW - Russia is launching its first mission to the Moon's surface in nearly 50 years on Friday, hoping to reclaim prestige in space despite military and diplomatic setbacks at home over the Ukraine conflict.