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Winter is a terrific time to visit some of Italy’s top destination without the tourist hordes.

You can absolutely adore Asia’s various cuisines, but there still comes a point where you just want to eat something that doesn’t come with rice.

Lawyers always know a “faster” route. Kids hate talking to strangers. Women are scared. And sometimes, talkative 20-somethings just nail it.

Professor Georgina Long, 2024’s Australian of the Year with fellow melanoma researcher Richard Scolyer, on life, death – and what young women need to know.

Bianca Jackson is set to make a return to EastEnders in the coming months - but little does she know that her father David Wicks is hot on her tail

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Daniel Cormier is against the recent rule change to legalize 12-to-6 elbows in MMA.

It comes after the return of David, played by Michael French, was announced last month.

Human-beating ping-pong AI learned to play in a simulated environment.

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would be open to debating Vice President Kamala Harris three times in September.

Tebogo, 21, was able to ease up at the end and still clocked an African record of 19.46sec for gold with American Kenny Bednarek taking silver in 19.62sec and Lyles fading to bronze in 19.70sec. The sole African to have won a short sprint title at an Olympic Games is South African Reggie Walker, over 100m at the 1908 Games in London. His time saw him leapfrog American Erriyon Knighton to go fifth fastest in the all-time list. The gold was also Botswana's first ever at an Olympics. "It was really a beautiful race for me," Tebogo said. Читать дальше...

How UNICEF has helped increase birth registration rates in Chad — an essential component of child protection work — through digital innovation.

"To those on the outside, this may look like an embarrassing failure."

A group of scientists has revealed the mechanism whereby Salvator merianae—the black and white tegu, also called the Argentine giant tegu—is able to keep warm by raising its own body temperature during the reproductive season even while it is in a dark burrow. This had never been observed before in reptiles.

Watch as Great Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson throws a new shot put personal best of 14.44m in the women's heptathlon at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

SoundHound AI acquired enterprise artificial intelligence company Amelia, saying the move will expand its conversational AI capabilities to new verticals and hundreds of enterprise brands. The combined company will offer AI-powered customer service support to a range of businesses, as it already serves nearly 200 companies, according to a Thursday (Aug. 8) press release. Amelia […]

From breakfast faves to dessert delights, it's time to vote for your top picks. Ready, set, munch!

Achieving a level of precision to create complex medicines and materials with extreme accuracy is a longstanding goal of scientists and pharmaceutical companies. If achieved, that precision could lead to the development of more effective drug treatments.

1. Taylor Swift fans come together in Vienna after concerts cancelled due to terrorist plot  The Guardian
2. Teen planned 'explosives and knives' attack at Swift concert  BBC
3. AP PHOTOS: Hundreds of Taylor Swift fans come together in Vienna after concerts cancelled  The Independent
4. Taylor Swift terror plot suspect 'planned to kill as many people as possible'  Sky News
5. Terrorists Threatened a Taylor Swift Concert. Here’s How the Swifties Fought Back  Rolling Stone

The image of Vance approaching Air Force Two with his team of nearly all-male advisers made some feel deeply uncomfortable

Determining the relationship between microstructure features and their properties is crucial for improving material performance and advancing the design of next-generation structural and functional materials. However, this task is inherently challenging.

A record multi-million dollar gift to Florida’s only public historically Black university has completely gone up in smoke. More than $237 million donated by little-known entrepreneur Gregory Gerami have been under intense scrutiny since Florida A&M University announced the contribution in May. A third-party report released this week says officials failed to vet his “fraudulent” stock donation and that Gerami's self-valuation of his fledgling hemp company was “baseless.” Gerami has a documented... Читать дальше...

British sport climber Molly Thompson-Smith hangs on by her fingertips.