NBA: Rudy Gobert named 2024 Defensive Player of the Year

Agence France Presse 05/08/2024

Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert won the 2024 NBA Defensive Player of the Year award on Tuesday, matching a league record by taking the honor for the fourth time. The 31-year-old Frenchman previously captured the award in…

Destruction of Gaza in numbers: ‘Unlike anything we have studied’

Agence France Presse 05/08/2024

As well as killing more than 34,000 people and causing catastrophic levels of hunger and injury, the seven-month war between Israel and Hamas has also caused massive material destruction in Gaza. “The rate of damage being registered…

Israel seizes Rafah crossing as Gaza truce talks resume

Agence France Presse 05/08/2024

Israel sent tanks into Rafah in southern Gaza, seizing the border crossing with Egypt Tuesday in an operation the United Nations said denied it access to the key humanitarian passage. The thrust into the eastern sector of Rafah, packed with…

Inoue KOs Nery in 6th after 1st round scare to defend titles

Agence France Presse 05/07/2024

Japan’s undisputed super-bantamweight world champion Naoya Inoue said an early scare got him “fired up” after he stopped Mexico’s Luis Nery in the sixth round to defend his titles at the Tokyo Dome on Monday. Around 43,000 fans packed…

Victor Wembanyama of France named NBA Rookie of the Year

Agence France Presse 05/07/2024

San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama won the 2024 NBA Rookie of the Year award, the league announced on Monday, marking the first time a Frenchman has captured the honor. The 20-year-old center, a 7-foot-4 (2.24m) prodigy who…

Ode to joy: How Austria shaped Beethoven’s Ninth

Agence France Presse 05/06/2024

The night Ludwig van Beethoven’s monumental Ninth Symphony rang out in a Vienna concert hall for the first time almost exactly two centuries ago, the great German composer was anxious for all to go well. He needn’t…

NBA: Cavaliers beat Magic in Game 7, to meet Boston in 2nd round

Agence France Presse 05/06/2024

Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers silenced the young guns of Orlando, beating the Magic 106-94 in game seven of their NBA playoffs first-round series Sunday to book a meeting with Eastern Conference top seeds Boston. READ MORE: NBA:…

‘Radicalized’ 16-year-old shot dead by Australian police

Agence France Presse 05/05/2024

SYDNEY — Western Australian police shot and killed a “radicalized” 16-year-old boy with a knife who had wounded a member of the public in Perth, police and the state premier said Sunday. The teenager “rushed” at police…

Israel builds ‘cyber dome’ against Iran’s hackers

Agence France Presse 05/03/2024

Israel’s Iron Dome defence system has long shielded it from incoming rockets. Now it is building a “cyber dome” to defend against online attacks, especially from arch foe Iran. “It is a silent war, one which is…

NBA: Celtics destroy Heat to clinch series

Agence France Presse 05/02/2024

The Boston Celtics crushed the Miami Heat 118-84 to complete an emphatic 4-1 series victory Wednesday and book their place in the second round of the NBA playoffs. The postseason top seeds — upset by Miami in…

Colombia cuts ties with Israel over ‘genocidal’ Gaza campaign

Agence France Presse 05/02/2024

President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday that Colombia will sever diplomatic ties with Israel, whose leader he described as “genocidal” in its war in Gaza. “Tomorrow (Thursday) diplomatic relations with the state of Israel will be severed… for…

ChatGPT faces complaint for providing ‘inaccurate information’

Agence France Presse 04/30/2024

VIENNA—A Vienna-based privacy campaign group said on Monday it would file a complaint against ChatGPT in Austria, claiming the “hallucinating” flagship AI tool invents wrong answers, which creator OpenAI cannot correct. NOYB (“None of Your Business”) said…

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