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A view of the Ant Group buildings in Chongqing, China, on March 23, 2025.Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesBEIJING — Alibaba-affiliate Ant Group is using both Chinese and U.S.-made semiconductors for building more efficient artificial intelligence models, according to a source familiar with the matter.The combination of chips not only reduces the time and cost of training AI models, but also limits reliance on a single supplier such as Nvidia, the source said, noting the industry trend of tapping multiple networks, known as mixture of experts — a technique that allows models to be trained with much less compute.The…

TOKYO — Twenty minutes from the Tokyo Dome sits another of Japan’s most revered ballparks, the 99-year-old Meiji Jingu Stadium, one of the few fields still in use anywhere that can claim Babe Ruth as a batter. Jingu’s home club, the Yakult Swallows, held a spring exhibition Tuesday afternoon against the Hanshin Tigers, creating a crosstown doubleheader opportunity for fans lucky enough to also have tickets for the Dodgers-Cubs season opener at the Dome that night.Swallows fans bob small umbrellas at their seats during coordinated cheers — an umbrella dance — and unlike at the Tokyo Dome, a contest at…

A stolen Holden Commodore is one of many items seized during raids on multiple properties in Melbourne last week, though it’s not what will get the mainstream headlines.On Thursday, March 20, officers from the Caulfield Divisional Response Unit, Mornington Peninsula and Moorabbin Crime Investigation Units and the Dog Squad executed warrants in Braeside, Hampton, Moorabbin, and Port Melbourne, following a five-month investigation into drug trafficking.According to Victoria Police, a search of an automotive centre on Chesterville Road, Moorabbin uncovered two vehicles, one of which was a Holden Commodore allegedly stolen from Dandenong a fortnight ago – just one of many…

The family of a University of Missouri student who died during a trip to Nashville has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against his former fraternity and pledge brothers nearly a year after his death. Riley Strain, 22, was found dead in the Cumberland River nearly two weeks after he disappeared from a night out in Nashville on March 8, 2024.The lawsuit, filed by Strain’s family on March 21 in Boone County, Missouri, is against the University of Missouri chapter of the Delta Chi, as his family is working to hold his fraternity responsible for his death.Strain’s family claims that his death…

El-Bireh, occupied West Bank – In a modest Ramallah hotel, nearly 100 displaced Palestinians from Gaza, most receiving medical treatment, wait silently for iftar. They sit on plastic chairs around long tables, bathed in the golden light of sunset. They carry stories of loss. Some lean on crutches, missing limbs. Parents watch over sick children, exhaustion etched into their faces. Ahmed Abu al-Am and his volunteers move quickly, distributing meals. A handful of volunteers offloaded trays and boxes of food from two vehicles which had just arrived from the kitchen, some 15 minutes away. Abu al-Am has run the Sidi…

Second lady Usha Vance will visit Greenland later this week, the White House announced Sunday, the most high-profile visit yet as the Trump administration eyes the Danish territory. The second lady has already made a number of overseas trips, having visited Paris in February and India earlier this month. According to the White House, Vance will visit “historical sites, learn about Greenlandic heritage, and attend the Avannaata Qimussersu, Greenland’s national dogsled race.” She is set to arrive on Thursday and return on Saturday. Her son will join her on the trip, the White House said, along with a U.S. delegation. National security adviser Mike…

Anthony Albanese has weighed in on the incident surrounding the Rabbitohs mascot and a child following Saturday’s NRL contest.

Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, who served from 2015 to 2019, died on Sunday at her home in Utah. She was 49.Her family confirmed the death in a post on one of Ms. Love’s social media pages. She had been diagnosed in 2022 with a glioblastoma, an aggressive type of brain tumor.Ms. Love’s parents immigrated to the United States from Haiti in the 1970s and settled in Brooklyn, where she was born. Her family later moved to Norwalk, Conn., where she attended high school. After graduating from the University of Hartford, she held a series…

Thousands of firefighters battled dozens of forest fires over the weekend.

Members of Hollywood took shots at President Donald Trump on Sunday while gathered in Washington, D.C., for the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to honor television host and comedian Conan O’Brien, weeks after Trump unveiled sweeping changes to the structure of the Kennedy Center. Trump, who removed the Kennedy Center’s leadership in February, is now serving as the Kennedy Center Board Chair. New members on the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees include second lady Usha Vance, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino. Comedian Sarah Silverman took aim at Trump several times…