Japan ruling party approves plans to beef up intelligence
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's ruling party has approved plans to beef up the country's intelligence capability, a party official said Friday, as the premier pushes ahead with a defence overhaul.
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India aim for 'fearless cricket' ahead of West Indies showdown
India revived their T20 World Cup campaign with their "fearless" brand of cricket ahead of a winner-takes-all decider against the West Indies for the last semi-final berth.
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Texas at heart of Amazon's AI push in United States
Tech titan Amazon is working to step out of Nvidia's shadow with custom "Trainium" chips designed specially for machine learning as billions of dollars are poured into artificial intelligence (AI).
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Spurs roll to 11th straight NBA victory, Rockets' Durant hits milestone
The San Antonio Spurs rolled to an 11th straight NBA victory on Thursday, beating the Brooklyn Nets 126-110 to inch closer to the Oklahoma City Thunder for first place in the Western Conference.
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UK Labour party loses parliamentary seat to left-wing Greens
Britain's ruling Labour party on Friday lost a crunch local poll in one of its traditional northern English heartlands to the left-wing Greens, adding to the woes of unpopular Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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Marquez sixth-fastest in first Thailand MotoGP free practice
Defending MotoGP champion Marc Marquez was sixth-fastest behind leader Marco Bezzecchi in the first free practice in Thailand on Friday as the new season got underway.
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Melania Trump to preside over UN Security Council meeting
Melania Trump will preside over a UN Security Council meeting next week, her office has announced, in the first such appearance by a US first lady.
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Philippines, US, Japanese planes drill over Bashi Channel
The Philippine, US and Japanese militaries conducted joint exercises this week over the Bashi Channel that separates the Philippines from Taiwan, officials said Friday.
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Bill Clinton to face grilling on significant Epstein ties
Former US president Bill Clinton will be grilled by a Congressional panel on Friday on his well-documented links to Jeffrey Epstein, as Democrats seek to shift focus onto Donald Trump's own ties to the convicted sex offender.
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Nepal PM hopeful eyes 'change' in post-uprising elections
Nepali student leader-turned-politician Gagan Thapa has sought to rejuvenate his party's stale image, campaigning on generational change ahead of the Himalayan nation's first elections since a deadly youth-led uprising.
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