AI's hunger for power sparks US private gas plant boom
As US tech companies race to build the data centers fueling the AI boom, they are increasingly putting up their own power plants -- off the grid and running on gas -- to get online faster.
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Farage vs Count Binface: What to know about UK snap poll
Hard-right UK politician Nigel Farage will be fighting for his parliamentary seat Thursday, going head-to-head with parody candidate Count Binface in snap polls.
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Memphis AI data center fuels pollution fight in Black neighborhood
The stench of rotten eggs and burning debris fills the air in Boxtown, a predominantly Black neighborhood in Memphis. Just a few miles away, a power plant fuels one of SpaceXAI's data centers, which are popping up all over Tennessee.
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Torment of Afghan fathers as daughters deprived of education
Father after father AFP spoke to in Afghanistan about the education ban that stops their daughters going beyond primary school choked up in despair.
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Ceuta leader wants migrant detention centre after influx
The leader of Ceuta demanded on Monday the detention and expulsion of the thousands of migrants wandering the Spanish north African territory's streets after last month's mass influx from Morocco.
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Return of displaced Syrian Kurds to hometown suspended after violence
The return of displaced Syrian Kurds to their northeastern hometown of Ras al-Ain was suspended on Monday after a first group of returnees was attacked, prompting protests in other Kurdish-majority parts of Syria.
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Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 111
Colombian volunteers and rescuers sifted through rubble with bare hands and buckets Monday, hunting for survivors following a massive 7.4-magnitude quake that has claimed the lives of at least 111 people.
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Swiatek races past Shnaider into Toronto semi-finals
Former world number one Iga Swiatek raced into the Toronto Masters semi-finals on Monday, taking just 64 minutes to sweep past Russian Diana Shnaider 6-2, 6-1.
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Rain postponements wreck Montreal Masters schedule
Evening rain and the threat of lightning forced postponement of the first two quarter-finals at the ATP Montreal Masters on Monday.
Read moreMeta pushes global AI vision amid race with OpenAI, Anthropic and China
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg laid out a vision for how the United States and the social media giant could win a global race to dominate AI amid fierce competition from China.
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