Taiwan's TSMC says net profit rose 57% in fourth quarter
Taiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC on Thursday announced a better-than-expected net profit for the fourth quarter as it benefits from booming demand for AI technology.
Read moreIndia achieves 'historic' space docking mission
India docked two satellites in space Thursday, a key milestone for the country's dreams of a space station and manned Moon mission, the space agency said.
Read moreSwiatek powers into Raducanu clash as Fritz fires Melbourne warning
Iga Swiatek romped into a third-round showdown with Emma Raducanu in the Australian Open on Thursday while Taylor Fritz was just as emphatic in his pursuit of a maiden Grand Slam title.
Read moreSouth Korea's Yoon avoids fresh questioning after dramatic arrest
South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol refused to appear for fresh questioning by investigators Thursday, a day after his dramatic arrest over a failed martial law declaration.
Read moreOlympic push for kho kho, India's ancient tag sport
The ancient game of kho kho is enjoying a resurgence in India, with organisers of the first international tournament hoping their efforts will secure the sport's place in the Olympics.
Read moreDangerous Fritz sets up Monfils clash at Australian Open
Fired-up Taylor Fritz scorched through to an Australian Open third-round clash against Gael Monfils with another emphatic win Thursday, dropping just eight games in the tournament so far.
Read moreAFP photographer's search for his mother in the Nazi camps
AFP photographer Eric Schwab recorded the horrors of the Holocaust -- the crematoria, the piles of skeletal bodies and emaciated faces -- as he went from one Nazi extermination camp to the next in the spring of 1945 searching for his mother.
Read moreLife after the unthinkable: Shoah survivors who began again in Israel
For years, Auschwitz survivor Naftali Furst kept his story to himself.
Read moreIsraeli cabinet to vote on Gaza ceasefire deal
Israel's cabinet was expected to meet Thursday to approve a ceasefire and hostage-release deal with Hamas, Israeli media reported, a day after mediators announced an agreement they hope will lead to a permanent end to the Gaza war.
Read moreJabeur finds it 'hard to breathe' as asthma flares up in Melbourne
A bad bout of asthma nearly derailed the comeback of former world number two Ons Jabeur at the Australian Open Wednesday, with the Tunisian saying she found it hard to breathe and nearly gave up.
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