Elena Rybakina and Yulia Putintseva powered Kazakhstan into the Billie Jean King Cup finals with an emphatic romp over Colombia on Friday, dropping just four games between them.
Washington's 90-day pause on higher tariffs is of little comfort to southern African economies facing the collapse of a preferential trade deal and a 25-percent hike on car imports, analysts say.
In most places, a night at the opera conjures up images of polite audiences in eveningwear sitting upright to enjoy a bit of Bel Canto.
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Dressed in flowers, finery and makeup, scores of boys were paraded around a temple in Thailand before having their heads shaved -- a symbolic start to a centuries-old Shan monkhood ordination.
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US President Donald Trump's delay of steeper tariffs may have won brief respite on Wall Street, but analysts say his actions -- which hit China especially hard -- already bring the average US effective tariff rate to its highest in over a century.
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A basketball court in the Dominican town of Haina became a makeshift chapel Thursday, hosting funeral ceremonies for two dozen residents whose lives were abruptly cut short when a nightclub's roof collapsed with hundreds of people inside.
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US troops will be able to deploy to a string of bases along the Panama Canal under a joint deal seen by AFP Thursday, a major concession to President Donald Trump as he seeks to reestablish influence over the vital waterway.
April 11, 2025
Health
They whimper, drink from baby bottles and crawl oh so tentatively -- they look like cute white puppies, not the fruit of a daring project to resuscitate an extinct species.
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Grief-stricken Dominicans on Thursday began holding funerals for loved ones who were among at least 220 people killed in a nightclub rooftop collapse, even as dozens remained unaccounted for.
Ludvig Aberg's disciplined approach paid off on Thursday as he positioned himself for another run at the Masters one year after a runner-up finish in his major championship debut.
The head of the US auto workers union endorsed car tariffs Thursday as a way to address the "free trade disaster" while rejecting use of the levies for "political games."
An Australian IVF clinic has admitted a mix-up led to a mother giving birth to someone else's baby.
April 11, 2025
Sports
Justin Rose says he has played well enough to win the Masters, but lacks a green jacket to show for it, a void the 44-year-old Englishman intends to fill on Sunday.
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Justin Rose, leading after round one of the Masters for the fifth time, isn't surprised that statistically Augusta National favors front-runners -- even though he has yet to claim a green jacket.
Justin Rose fired a scorching seven-under-par 65 on Thursday to take the first-round lead at the Masters, three strokes clear of a trio led by defending champion Scottie Scheffler.
The Tesla electric vehicle company owned by billionaire Elon Musk on Thursday opened its first showrooms in oil-rich Saudi Arabia -- where hybrid cars remain a rare sight.
A new Oscar for stunts will be handed out when Hollywood's glitziest party celebrates its 100th birthday, awards officials said Thursday.
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