LeBron James became the first player in NBA history to score 50,000 combined points as he helped the Los Angeles Lakers to victory over the New Orleans Pelicans. The 40-year-old American surpassed the mark early in the first quarter of his side’s 136-115 win, gathering a pass from Luka Doncic and sinking a sublime 25-foot…
Rarely in the past decade and a half of Qatari ownership have Paris St-Germain entered the spring with this kind of confidence. On Saturday evening, the runaway Ligue 1 leaders wasted little time in dismantling a Lille side who also had a midweek Champions League tie to look forward to, scoring four goals in what…
Many major stocks connected to artificial intelligence have lost their luster of late, but perhaps none more so than Microsoft Corp. Shares in the software giant have been struggling for months, as repeated earnings disappointments have caused a reassessment of when the tens of billions of dollars it has plowed into AI-related investments will show…
The University of Oxford has announced a new five-year partnership with OpenAI – the maker of the world’s best-known artificial intelligence tool, ChatGPT. The collaboration will see students and staff gain access to funding and “cutting-edge” artificial intelligence (AI) tools to “enhance teaching, learning and research”, the university said. Some of the Bodleian Library’s public…
Newcastle would be “crazy” to to sell top players like striker Alexander Isak after posting a significant reduction in losses in their 2023-24 accounts, according to chief executive Darren Eales. Newcastle have announced a loss of £11.1m in their 2023-24 accounts, compared to a loss of £71.8m in the previous season. The improved figures were…
Olympic champions Simone Biles, Mondo Duplantis, Leon Marchand, Faith Kipyegon, Sifan Hassan and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone are among a star-studded shortlist for the Laureus World Sports Awards. American Biles, the world’s most decorated gymnast, is a three-time winner of the women’s award and also claimed the comeback award last year. She won three golds in Paris…
By Tolulope Lewis Tamoka AFRICA stands at a crucial point, where the decisions made today can advance opportunities for economic growth and prosperity. This month (February) we launched the GABI 2024…
Andy Murray will reprise his coaching role with Novak Djokovic at the upcoming Indian Wells tournament and stay with the 24-time major champion for the Miami Open. Djokovic, 37, plans to compete at both ATP Masters events – played back-to-back and known as the ‘Sunshine Double’ – for the first time since 2019. Murray’s team…
By Shepard Kembo WHILE the recent policy intervention on the mandatory use of point-of-sale (POS) machines has attracted widespread criticism by many who argue that it should not be shoved down the throats of informal businesses, let us focus on the positives for a moment.The recent policy shift and focus on the informal sector, while…
By Musawenkosi RC Dzheka THE ongoing friction between the government and retailers is not a targeted vendetta against the sector but rather a case of strategic misalignment in the broader 2030 de-dollarisation agenda. Retailers have inadvertently become the primary instrument in the push for a mono-currency system, making them disproportionately affected.A major challenge in this…
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