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AMD on Monday announced its new artificial intelligence chips for everything from cutting-edge data centres to advanced laptops, ramping up its challenge to the runaway market leader Nvidia.

The Netflix hit "Heeramandi" depicts the plush and powerful lives of courtesans in the 1940s, but there is little glamour for modern Pakistani sex workers in the faded red-light district where the series is set.

Airlines may not be replacing pilots with artificial intelligence anytime soon, but aviation industry experts say the new technology is already revolutionising the way they do business.

The executive editor of the Washington Post, Sally Buzbee, has abruptly stepped down from the role, as the storied American newspaper undergoes a major restructuring, its chief executive said late Sunday.

The European Central Bank is expected to begin cutting eurozone interest rates from historic highs this week, but sticky inflation means the move is unlikely to kickstart a rapid easing cycle.

Fresh strikes were reported in the Gazan city of Rafah overnight into Monday, as mediators urged Israel and Hamas to agree to a truce and hostage release deal outlined by US President Joe Biden.

Asian markets rallied and the dollar weakened on Monday as a closely watched US inflation gauge dipped in April, reviving hopes that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year.

China on Monday accused Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) of recruiting a couple who worked for the central government to spy for the UK, adding to months of mutual espionage allegations between Beijing and Western powers.

India's six-week election was staggering in its size and logistical complexity, but also in the "unprecedented" scale of online disinformation.

Connor McDavid scored one goal and set up another as the Edmonton Oilers reached the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2006 by defeating Dallas 2-1 on Sunday in the NHL playoffs.

Claudia Sheinbaum was set to be elected Mexico's first woman president on Sunday, exit polls showed, a milestone in a country plagued by rampant criminal and gender-based violence.

Prince William and former teammate Kevin Sinfield led the tributes to rugby league great Rob Burrow, who died on Sunday from motor neurone disease, aged 41.

Commonwealth Games gold medallist Jess Stenson was named in Australia's Paris marathon team Monday at the expense of four-time Olympian Lisa Weightman after an ugly selection row.

Simone Biles won a record-extending ninth US all-around gymnastics title Sunday, signalling she's a force in the sport as the Paris Olympics approach even as a couple of miscues gave her something to work on before the US trials.

Mexicans were expected to make history Sunday by electing their first woman president -- a milestone in a country plagued by rampant criminal and gender-based violence.

Scotland's Robert MacIntyre won his first PGA Tour title on Sunday, holding off American playing partner Ben Griffin down the stretch to capture the Canadian Open by one stroke.

Japan's Yuka Saso powered away on the back nine to win her second US Women's Open title Sunday, carding a two-under-par 68 for a three-shot victory at Lancaster Country Club in Pennsylvania.

Chicago Sky player Chennedy Carter has been retrospectively sanctioned following a hit on rookie phenomenon Caitlin Clark which triggered widespread condemnation.

Hundreds of thousands of people took over central Sao Paulo Sunday for the city's annual Pride parade, many dazzling in green and yellow as part of a campaign to "reclaim" Brazil's flag colors appropriated by the political right.

Thousands of Georgians gathered Sunday in the capital Tbilisi for a charity concert aimed at raising funds for those arrested during weeks of protests against a controversial "foreign influence" law.

Mexicans voted for a new president Sunday in a contest dominated by women -- a historic first that was overshadowed by election day violence in the crime-plagued Latin American nation.

Real Madrid celebrated the Spanish title with thousands of supporters in May, pledging to return in June with the Champions League trophy.

Ignored by Russia and Israel, the International Court of Justice is hamstrung by a dysfunctional global system that sees countries comply with its rulings -- or not -- based on their own double standards, experts say.

New Zealand veteran Scott Dixon won the IndyCar Detroit Grand Prix on Sunday to seize the lead in the season standings in pursuit of a seventh series crown.

Belgium's far-right Flemish nationalist Vlaams Belang party vowed Sunday to score a stunning victory in next weekend's elections and become the leading political force in the Dutch-speaking north.

French rugby star Antoine Dupont, one of the home pin-ups for the Paris Olympics, helped France to a 19-5 victory over Argentina in the grand final of the Rugby Sevens Series in Madrid on Sunday.

Thousands of protesters rallied in Istanbul Sunday in outrage at the Turkish government's proposals to put down stray dogs, yelling: "No to the massacre!"

President Cyril Ramaphosa urged South African party leaders to work together in the public interest Sunday, after his ANC lost its 30-year-old governing majority in a bruising general election.

Former England rugby league star Rob Burrow died on Sunday aged 41 after a lengthy battle with motor neurone disease.

Femke Bol marked her outdoor debut ahead of the Paris Olympics with victory in the 400m hurdles while Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis went close to bettering his own pole vault world record at the Diamond League meet in Stockholm on Sunday.

Two-time Champions League winning coach Jose Mourinho arrived in Istanbul on Sunday to be unveiled as the new manager of Fenerbahce and was accorded a welcome fit for a popstar by the 19-times Turkish champions' fans.

Mexicans voted Sunday in a presidential election dominated by two women -- a historic first in a country plagued by rampant criminal and gender-based violence.