Spin-heavy Pakistan hit form, but India boycott risks early T20 exit
Pakistan's spin-heavy squad are in winning form ahead of the T20 World Cup, but a controversial decision to forfeit their marquee clash against India could still trigger another early exit.
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Japan eyes Premier League parity by aligning calendar with Europe
Japan's J. League can one day compete with England's Premier League if a calendar switch helps clubs bring in bigger transfer fees, its chairman told AFP ahead of the new season.
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Whack-a-mole: US academic fights to purge his AI deepfakes
As deepfake videos of John Mearsheimer multiplied across YouTube, the American academic rushed to have them taken down, embarking on a grueling fight that laid bare the challenges of combating AI-driven impersonation.
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Love in a time of war for journalist and activist in new documentary
An unlikely love story blossoming in the thick of war provides the backdrop to a new documentary that raises questions about how modern media cover conflict.
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'Unprecedented mass killing': NGOs battle to quantify Iran crackdown scale
When the first pieces of information circumvented a near-total blackout during Iran's protests last month, rights defender Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam was already ready to say the scale of the crackdown was "unbelievable".
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Seahawks kid Cooper Kupp seeks new Super Bowl memories
How do you top winning the Super Bowl and being named MVP of American football's biggest game? If you're Cooper Kupp, you try to win another with your childhood team.
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Thousands of Venezuelans march to demand Maduro's release
Thousands of backers of Venezuela's former leader Nicolas Maduro, who was ousted in a deadly US military operation, marched in Caracas on Tuesday to demand his freedom.
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AI, manipulated images falsely link some US politicians with Epstein
Using AI-created or manipulated images, social media users have sought to falsely associate prominent US politicians such as New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, researchers said Tuesday.
Read moreRussia resumes large-scale Ukraine strikes in freezing weather
Russia launched the "most powerful" attack this year on Ukraine's battered energy facilities overnight, Kyiv said on Tuesday, leaving hundreds of thousands without heating in frigid temperatures ahead of talks to end the four-year war.
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Move on, says Trump as Epstein files trigger probe into British politician
US President Donald Trump made a fresh plea Tuesday for Americans to move on from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, even as it left a prominent British politician facing a criminal probe on the other side of the Atlantic.
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