Andreeva, 16, says Murray 'maybe' helped her French Open breakthrough
Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva said on Tuesday that a good luck message from Andy Murray "maybe" helped her win on her French Open debut.
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How drone warfare has evolved in Ukraine
From tiny quadcopters buzzing over front-line trenches with cameras and grenades to flying bombs lugging warheads weighing dozens of kilogrammes (pounds) into Kyiv and Moscow, drones have marked the Ukraine war like none before it.
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AI poses 'extinction' risk, say experts
Global leaders should be working to reduce "the risk of extinction" from artificial intelligence technology, a group of industry chiefs and experts warned on Tuesday.
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Paris Olympics torch relay will involve 10,000 runners
There will be 10,000 torchbearers to carry the Olympic flame as it passes through some 60 French departments ahead of the 2024 Games, Paris Olympic organisers announced on Tuesday.
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Elon Musk meets Chinese FM in Beijing
Elon Musk met China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Beijing on Tuesday, the ministry said, on the Tesla CEO's first trip to the country since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Crime-ridden S.Africa records three murders per hour
Almost three people were murdered every hour in South Africa during the first three months of the year, according to police statistics released on Tuesday.
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Stock markets wobble as traders await US debt ceiling vote
Stock markets wobbled Tuesday as a deal to hike the US debt ceiling and avoid a painful default goes to a vote in Congress this week.
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Swiatek starts French Open bid as Djokovic defiant in Kosovo row
Iga Swiatek begins her bid to become the first woman in 16 years to successfully defend the French Open title on Tuesday as Novak Djokovic remained defiant after controversially weighing in on the Kosovo crisis.
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Ugandan activists call for sanctions after tough anti-gay law passed
Ugandan activists called on foreign donors to impose sanctions on rights abusers after President Yoweri Museveni signed an anti-gay law described as among the world's harshest.
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S.Africa faces legal bid to force Putin's arrest
South Africa's leading opposition party said on Tuesday it had taken legal action to force the government to arrest Vladimir Putin if the Russian President were to attend a planned summit in the country.
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