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Amazon expands same-day service to perishable groceries in 1,000 cities
Amazon expands same-day service to perishable groceries in 1,000 cities

NEW YORK CITY, New York: Amazon is making a significant push into perishable grocery delivery, allowing Prime subscribers in over 1,000...

U.S. stocks finish little changed Thursday on inflation scare
U.S. stocks finish little changed Thursday on inflation scare

NEW YORK, New York - Investors and traders sobered up on Thursday following the Producer Prices Index reading for July which showed...

Chrome faces $34.5 billion takeover bid from AI startup Perplexity
Chrome faces $34.5 billion takeover bid from AI startup Perplexity

SAN FRANCISCO, California: AI startup Perplexity has made an unsolicited US$34.5 billion all-cash offer to acquire Alphabet's Chrome...

Musk alleges Apple blocking X, Grok in favour of OpenAI
Musk alleges Apple blocking X, Grok in favour of OpenAI

AUSTIN, Texas: Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, owner of SpaceX, Tesla, and the social media platform X, says he plans to sue Apple...

AI to help YouTube verify viewer ages in U.S. safety pilot program
AI to help YouTube verify viewer ages in U.S. safety pilot program

SAN BRUNO, California: YouTube will start testing an AI-driven age verification system in the U.S., using artificial intelligence to...

U.S. stock markets continue higher to new records
U.S. stock markets continue higher to new records

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks continued their record-breaking run on Wednesday with both the Standard and Poor's 500 and Nasdaq...

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South Africa's earliest newspapers made money from slavery: book offers new evidence
South Africa's earliest newspapers made money from slavery: book offers new evidence

Share article Print article In a recently published book, Reconsidering the History of South African Journalism: The Ghost of the...

(SP)CHINA-CHENGDU-THE WORLD GAMES 2025-BOULES SPORTS-WOMEN'S PETANQUE PRECISION SHOOTING SEMIFINALS (CN)
(SP)CHINA-CHENGDU-THE WORLD GAMES 2025-BOULES SPORTS-WOMEN'S PETANQUE PRECISION SHOOTING SEMIFINALS (CN)

(250815) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 15, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Sandrine Poinsot of France competes during the Boules Sports Women's Petanque Precision...

Khamzat Chimaev aims to dethrone Dricus du Plessis at UFC 319
Khamzat Chimaev aims to dethrone Dricus du Plessis at UFC 319

(Photo credit: Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images) CHICAGO -- UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis will battle his opponent as well...

Independence Day 2025: Google Doodle pays tribute to India's glory in sports, space missions, cinema
Independence Day 2025: Google Doodle pays tribute to India's glory in sports, space missions, cinema

New Delhi [India], August 15 (ANI): The search giant Google celebrated the 79th India Independence Day by unveiling a special doodle...

New Zealand men's team selector Sam Wells announces departure
New Zealand men's team selector Sam Wells announces departure

Wellington [New Zealand], August 15 (ANI): New Zealand selector Sam Wells has stepped down from his role in a massive change of guard...

Egyptian startup brings ancient hieroglyphs to life with AI-powered app
Egyptian startup brings ancient hieroglyphs to life with AI-powered app

by Mahmoud Fouly CAIRO, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- In the dimly lit main hall of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, a small crowd...