Chinese billionaire Jack Ma on Monday took up a visiting professor position at a Japanese university, another new academic role for the founder of tech giant Alibaba.
The Taliban will be absent from UN-led talks that open Monday in Qatar on how to handle Afghanistan's rulers and press them to ease a ban on women working and girls going to school.
Coach Eddie Jones insisted Monday he had enough time to transform the Wallabies into a World Cup winning team, boosted by the imminent return of some key players from injury.
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Hollywood faced a cliffhanger moment Monday as talks to avert a potentially catastrophic strike by thousands of TV and movie writers remained unresolved just hours before a crunch deadline.
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Paraguayans voted Sunday for a president they hope will tackle endemic corruption, crime and poverty in elections with possible consequences for ties with Taiwan and Israel.
April 30, 2023
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Stephen Curry scored 50 points in a record-shattering performance Sunday to send the defending champion Golden State Warriors into the second round of the NBA playoffs while a Jimmy Butler ankle injury raised tensions for the triumphant Miami Heat.
April 30, 2023
All Britons will be called on to swear allegiance to King Charles III at his coronation, an oath hitherto reserved for British nobility, in a move that has upset anti-royalists.
April 30, 2023
New Zealand's Scott McLaughlin held off Romain Grosjean in a strategic duel for the IndyCar Alabama Grand Prix on Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park near Birmingham.
April 30, 2023
Sports
Mark Selby became the first player to compile a maximum 147 break in a snooker World Championship final as he reduced Luca Brecel's lead to just one frame on Sunday's opening day of the showpiece match.
April 30, 2023
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American Tony Finau held off the threat from Masters champion and world number Jon Rahm to win the Mexico Open on Sunday, shooting a final round 66 to win by three strokes from the Spaniard.
Mark Selby became the first player to compile a maximum 147 break in a snooker World Championship final when he achieved the feat against Luca Brecel on Sunday.
Paris Saint-Germain's lead at the top of Ligue 1 was cut to five points on Sunday after Achraf Hakimi was sent off in their 3-1 home defeat by Lorient and nearest rivals Marseille beat Auxerre 2-1.
Paraguayans voted Sunday for a president they hope will tackle endemic corruption, crime and poverty in tight elections that could end decades of ruling right-wing hegemony and alter the South American country's ties with Taiwan.
April 30, 2023
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Shovels in hand and helmets on heads, Ukrainian soldiers jumped out of a military truck and prepare to dig a trench near Bakhmut, in the conflict-hit east of the country.
April 30, 2023
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Jimmy Butler scored 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Miami over New York 108-101 on Sunday but suffered a right ankle injury that stole some joy from the Heat.
Morocco should investigate alleged failures that led to a football fan's death when a massive crowd filled a Casablanca stadium beyond capacity, a local official told AFP on Sunday.
World number two and defending champion Carlos Alcaraz on Sunday set up a Madrid Open last 16 duel with Alexander Zverev, the German rival who handed him a heartbreaking, reality-check defeat at Roland Garros last year.
At least 10 people were killed overnight when heavily armed assailants opened fire outside a shop in Guayaquil, Ecuador's main port city and economic hub that is under a state of emergency due to rising drug violence, police said Sunday.
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