Afghanistan’s Taliban government has accused Pakistan of violating Kabul’s “sovereign territory”, describing it as an “unprecedented, violent, and provocative act”. The allegation comes after two loud blasts were heard in the city late on Thursday. Pakistan had also bombed a civilian market in the border province of Patika, in Afghanistan’s south-east, the Taliban Defence Ministry…
OpenAI says the latest version of its text-to-video artificial intelligence (AI) tool Sora was downloaded over a million times in less than five days – hitting the milestone faster than ChatGPT did at launch. The app, which has topped the Apple App Store charts in the US, generates ten second long realistic-looking videos from simple…
MILAN: Tadej Pogacar is red-hot favourite to match a feat only ever achieved by cycling icon Eddy Merckx as the Slovenian superstar bids to win the Tour of Lombardy for the fifth consecutive year. No-one but Merckx has ever won three Monument races in the same season but world champion Pogacar is on course to…
GLASGOW: Scotland stepped up their bid to qualify for the World Cup as Lewis Ferguson’s first international goal paved the way for a vital 3-1 win against Greece in Glasgow on Thursday. Steve Clarke’s side trailed to Kostas Tsimikas’s 62nd-minute goal at Hampden Park. But Ryan Christie levelled within two minutes and Ferguson marked his…
In the first best-of-seven series in WNBA history, the Phoenix Mercury are attempting to do something that no team has ever done in the WNBA or NBA: Climb out of an 0-3 hole in the Finals. They had an opportunity to take Game 3 on Wednesday. Phoenix rallied from down 17 in the fourth quarter…
Writer-director Mac Nixon knows that you have sheep and lush green landscapes in mind when thinking about Wales. That’s why he plays with these tropes in his 20-minute black-and-white short Flock, which world premieres at the 69th editionof theBFILondon Film Festival (LFF) with other shorts grouped together under the theme “Pulling the Rug Out.” The…
Alibaba Group Holding has established a robotics artificial intelligence team at its Qwen laboratory, marking its entry into the AI-powered hardware industry as tech giants accelerate their development in the field, according to a researcher from the lab. “In case you don’t know, I set up a small team for robotics and embodied AI inside…
Zimbabwean opposition lawmaker Desire Moyo has died after the vehicle he was travelling in hit an elephant, local media report. The accident happened in the early hours of Friday morning while Mr Moyo and four other MPs were travelling along the Bulawayo-Gweru highway, according to state-owned broadcaster ZBC. He died instantly while his fellow lawmakers…
LONDON: Bukayo Saka’s stunning strike and a first international goal for Morgan Rogers inspired England in a 3-0 win over Wales, but Thomas Tuchel slammed “silent” fans at Thursday’s friendly. Tuchel’s side delivered their second successive dominant display to maintain the feelgood factor after their 5-0 rout of Serbia in a World Cup qualifier last…
Michael VoepelOct 10, 2025, 09:00 AM ET Close Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. PHOENIX — The Mercury rallied to overcome a 17-point deficit in Game 3 of the WNBA…
