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Love or hate Caitlin Clark. Love or hate her Iowa roots. Love or hate her because she’s white. Love or hate her because she’s straight. Love or hate the media obsession with her. Love or hate the historic TV ratings and sold-out crowds. Love or hate her interviews.But there is one thing we all know to be true.With Caitlin Clark joining the 2024 U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team, players who have been largely ignored by the sports media at every Summer Olympics I have covered since 1984 will finally be given the spotlight they so rightfully deserve from a national…
Asian stock markets fell on Monday as fresh uncertainty over federal interest rate cuts dampened sentiment and the holding of a general election in France sparked widespread political concern. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares ex-Japan fell 0.33% despite thin trading due to market holidays in Australia, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. But Japan’s Nikkei average bucked the trend as a weaker yen boosted export-related stocks and higher domestic yields lifted financial stocks. Also reported by AF: European countries pursue Chinese EV factories as EU eyes tariffs The Nikkei Stock Average rose 0.92% to 39,038.16, its highest close since May…
Kerri Walsh Jennings, Missy Franklin, Allyson Felix Monica Schipper/Getty Images, Slaven Vlasik/Getty Images, Araya Doheny/Getty Images Later this summer, media outlets from around the world will converge on Paris, France, to cover the 2024 Olympic Games. The media landscape is crowded, and in the US it is made even more complicated by the fact that NBC is the exclusive rights partner and has access to footage and behind the scenes that other media cannot match. So what can sports media outlets that want to compete do? Yahoo Sports has decided to hire a number of gold medalists as Olympic correspondents.…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is still fighting foreign foes on multiple fronts, but on Monday he woke up to a new political battlefield at home.Benny Gantz and his centrist National Unity Party quit Israel’s emergency wartime government this weekend, but Netanyahu’s grip on power is unlikely to be immediately broken: His ruling coalition still holds a slim 64-seat majority in the 120-seat parliament.But Gantz’s moves mean Netanyahu will rely entirely on his far-right and ultra-Orthodox Jewish coalition partners as he wages the war in Gaza in the face of growing international condemnation, leaving him increasingly isolated and at risk…
According to Todd McKinnon, CEO of cybersecurity company Okta, Microsoft is outsourcing virtually all of its top artificial intelligence research and development (R&D) to OpenAI. McKinnon told CNBC that he sees Google’s AI research and development efforts as more organic, adding that the internet giant pioneered much of the research that led to today’s generative AI. McKinnon added that there was a risk that Microsoft’s AI position would be reduced to a consultancy role. LONDON — Microsoft is outsourcing the development of all of its best artificial intelligence tools and software to OpenAI, in a move that could be a…
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins his third term, the world is watching to see what changes and continuities emerge. While Modi may appear constrained by domestic politics, that is unlikely to have a significant impact on India’s foreign relations. PM Modi has fundamentally transformed India’s foreign relations, a trajectory that will continue to unfold under his leadership over the next five years. This is a critical moment in the world order, and India’s central place in the new order is now secured. The Modi government’s continuity in power will provide India’s partners and adversaries with new opportunities to assess…
NCP (SP) leader Sharad Pawar on June 10 asked party workers to prepare for the Maharashtra Assembly elections scheduled for later this year and asserted that power in the state would be in the hands of party workers after the elections.He was addressing party workers as NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) celebrated its 25th anniversary at its Pune office, days after his party contested the 2024 general elections from Maharashtra as part of the opposition alliance and won eight of the 10 seats in the Lower House of India.Pawar hoisted the party flag in the presence of his daughter and Baramati New…
Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. Gay sex is punishable by prison in Pakistan. Ruma Akhtar/Getty Images A Pakistani man who tried to set up a gay club has been detained in a psychiatric hospital, according to The Telegraph.Friends told the outlet they have been barred from visiting him and are concerned for his safety.In Pakistan, same-sex sex is punishable by prison time, including life in prison. A man who tried to set up Pakistan’s first gay club has been detained in a psychiatric hospital by local authorities, according to The Telegraph.The newspaper said the…
Qilai Shen/Bloomberg/Getty Images A Tesla showroom in Shanghai, photographed on April 29, 2024 Editor’s note: Sign up for CNN’s “Meanwhile, China” newsletter to find out what you need to know about the country’s rise and its impact on the world. Hong Kong CNN — Tesla has reached an agreement with Baidu to upgrade its mapping software, bringing it one step closer to introducing fully self-driving (FSD) technology in China. The Chinese tech giant announced on Saturday that it will provide lane-level navigation services for Tesla vehicles. Baidu (BIDU) said this level of navigation can enhance safety by providing drivers with…
Gareth Southgate is faced with some key selection dilemmas ahead of United’s Euro 2024 opener against Serbia on Sunday.England will be without Harry Maguire for the first time in a major tournament under Southgate, leaving the manager with a big choice to make on who to partner John Stones at centre-back, while the left-back position is also in question. Trent Alexander-Arnold has finally got his chance to play in a major tournament but will he start in midfield? Conor Gallagher, Kobe Mainu and Adam Wharton are also in the running for a spot in the midfield. For a more accessible…