After nearly a decade in prison, the Romanian sought redemption on some of the world's most extreme routes. His story is portrayed in the documentary "The Ultra Runner," which premiered Friday at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Di...

The 28-year-old Washington native fell in four sets to compatriot Ben Shelton in a blockbuster US Open semi-final, coming up empty in his third trip to the last four in the last five years. "You never want to be too confident you can get back to it...

Eighth-seeded Shelton blasted 20 aces on his way to a thrilling 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 victory on the Arthur Ashe Stadium court that sends the 23-year-old into Sunday's championship match against top-seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany. A pulsating all-...

AFP watched tents being set up to accept 30 bodies brought from the M/V June Aster, which ran aground near the tourist hotspot after a fire erupted Wednesday evening and tore through the vessel "in seconds". Coast guard spokeswoman Noemie Cayabyab ...

The blaze in the city of Bukavu on Thursday began around 9:00 am (0700 GMT) while the children were in lessons, forcing some to try to escape by jumping from higher floors, a teacher told AFP. "In the middle of class, I suddenly heard students scre...

"We used to worry about having enough money for meat," the 42-year-old mother of four told AFP, inching forward in the queue. "Now we worry about bread," she said, saying it was the one thing her family cannot do without. Egyptian flatbread is a s...

The top-seeded German held off a battling Karen Khachanov 6-3, 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (8/6) on Friday to reach his third straight Grand Slam final. Zverev admits his US Open near miss against Dominic Thiem in 2020 left scar tissue, but all the doubts have ...

Eighth-seeded Shelton blasted 20 aces on his way to a thrilling 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 victory on the Arthur Ashe Stadium court. Top seed Zverev held off 50th-ranked Russian Karen Khachanov 6-3, 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (8/6) to reach his third straight Grand Sl...

In a report on misuse of its AI models on Thursday, Anthropic said it uncovered and disrupted the broad campaign it linked "with high confidence" to UAE government officials. Aimed primarily at the Muslim Brotherhood, the operation used the company...

Thomasson converted from close range early in the second half in Brittany after Mousa Al-Tamari had nodded the ball back across goal, as Rennes claimed a third consecutive win. The goal-scorer later saw another effort come back off the crossbar but...

With unmatched prize money totalling $10 million on offer over 28 disciplines, Duplantis and Ingebrigtsen walked away with $150,000 each for winning the men's pole vault and 5,000m respectively. Pitched as a season-ending championship to bring toge...

Duplantis has touched down in Hungary with an injury concern, the US-born Swede having withdrawn from the Brussels Diamond League finals as a precaution when tightness in his leg resurfaced. In his absence, Greek rival Emmanouil Karalis took the ho...

Here's a look at some of the cases, which have added to mounting worries over risks posed by rapidly advancing artificial intelligence. Spyware in Mali A tech consultant in Bamako, working with junta-led Mali's state intelligence service (ANSE), use...

The Springboks face the All Blacks in the fourth and final Test of their "Rugby's Greatest Rivalry" series at the M&T Bank Stadium after taking a 2-1 lead from the opening three Tests in South Africa. New Zealand coach Dave Rennie has made a raft o...

The top seeds hadn't dropped a set through their first four matches, and after a tense opening frame against Krueger and Montgomery -- the 2021 girls' doubles champions -- they pulled away relentlessly to win 5-7, 6-0, 6-2. American Townsend captur...