Malinin back to his best as third world skating title beckons
Ilia Malinin pulled off a stunning short programme a month after his Winter Olympics collapse, finishing his routine with a smile on Thursday as a third consecutive world figure skating gold beckons.
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Cuban children's heart hospital makes tough choices amid US blockade
Doctors at Cuba's main pediatric heart hospital face wrenching decisions as a US fuel blockade further strains an already fragile health system: which children receive life-saving treatment first -- and which must wait longer.
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Oil climbs, stocks slide on uncertainty over US-Iran talks
Oil prices jumped and equities slid Thursday as hopes for a peace deal between the US and Iran wavered after Tehran rejected Washington's bid to wind down the nearly four-week war.
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Nepal's PM-to-be delivers first post-election message in rap, urges unity
Nepal's rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah, set to be sworn in as the new prime minister, issued his first post-election message via a rap song on Thursday, urging unity.
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Vernon wins wind-hit Tour of Catalonia stage as Pidcock climbs to second
British sprinter Ethan Vernon won stage four of the Tour of Catalonia on Thursday after a high wind warning in the mountains caused a hasty switch from a summit finish to a flat one.
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ChatGPT's taste for literary nonsense sparks alarm
OpenAI's GPT models can often be fooled into declaring that "pseudo-literary" nonsense is great, a German researcher has found.
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Paul McCartney recalls Yesterday with first album in five years
British pop legend and former Beatle Paul McCartney on Thursday released a new single and announced his first album in over five years, examining his life in Liverpool before global stardom.
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'True miracle': Napoleon's long-lost hat to go on display
A newly discovered hat believed to have been worn by Napoleon Bonaparte during his exile on the island of Saint Helena is set to go on display outside Paris later this year, historians said on Thursday.
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Lost in space: Sperm struggles to navigate during weightless sex
Scientists have used a tiny plastic "obstacle course" to test how much sperm would struggle to navigate during sex in the weightlessness of space.
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G7 meets in France hoping to heal transatlantic Iran rift
European and allied nations on Thursday looked for ways to narrow differences with the United States on the Middle East war as a two-day meeting of G7 foreign ministers got underway outside Paris.
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