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Musk fails in bid to block OpenAI becoming for-profit business

Lakers’ James first NBA player to score 50,000 combined points in regular season, playoffs

China’s Liu Jiakun wins Pritzker Prize, ‘Nobel’ for architecture

Wounded Ukrainian veteran & choreographer gets prosthetic leg thanks to donations  

VOA Mandarin: Who has better humanoid robots, US or China?

Trump, Taiwanese chipmaker announce new $100 billion plan to build five new US factories

List of winners: 97th Academy Awards

‘Captain America: Brave New World’ on top during weak Oscars’ weekend

Oscars take the stage on Sunday with best picture up for grabs

Private lunar lander Blue Ghost touches down on the moon with special delivery for NASA

Pope Francis stable in hospital, had peaceful night, Vatican says

Singer Charli XCX wins top prizes at BRIT Awards

Judge blocks Trump order threatening funding for transgender youth care

David Johansen, singer from New York Dolls punk band, dies at 75

2 lunar landings in a week for NASA’s private moon fleet

What is Ramadan and how do Muslims observe the Islamic holy month?

Measles: What to know, how to avoid it

Voices Unheard: Living with disability in Libya

Gene Hackman likely died Feb. 17, last day of activity on pacemaker, official says

Investigation into deaths of Gene Hackman, wife continues in New Mexico

Southern Africa pushes for better energy access

Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky dies at 88

With $500B US investment, Apple pulling away from China, analysts say

Harsh flu season has health officials worried about brain complications in children

Modern-day moonshot blasts off from Earth

Epic journey of bringing ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ to the screen

Actor Gene Hackman, wife found dead at New Mexico home

Japan’s births fell to record low in 2024

Survey: Decline in number of US Christians is leveling off

Private company’s craft rockets toward moon in latest rush of lunar landing attempts

What we know about Congo illness that has sickened 400, killed 50

First measles death reported in West Texas outbreak that’s infected more than 120 people

Newly discovered asteroid will bypass Earth

Unknown illness kills over 50 in part of Congo with hours between symptoms and death

Talks to protect Earth’s biodiversity resume with money topping the agenda

Musicians release silent album to protest UK’s AI copyright changes

Oscar performers include Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Doja Cat

Roberta Flack, Grammy-winning singer with an intimate style, dies at 88

Apple to build 23,200-square meter facility in Texas

‘Conclave’ triumphs at SAG Awards and Timothée Chalamet wins best actor, upending Oscar predictions

Kamala Harris receives prestigious Chairman’s prize at NAACP Image Awards

Australia fines Telegram for delay in answering child abuse, terror questions

‘Captain America’ dives in 2nd weekend, ‘The Monkey’ boosts Neon’s successes

Beauty market targets young at heart in aging Japan

Rich in cash, Japan automaker Toyota builds city to test futuristic mobility

Vatican: Ailing Pope Francis ‘rested during a peaceful night’

Philippine village battles dengue by offering bounties for mosquitos — dead or alive

Though his movie tops Spirit Awards, ‘Anora’ director says indie industry still struggles

Cholera kills 58, sickens 1,300 over 3 days in Sudanese city

VOA Spanish: Argentina prays for Pope Francis

Nearly 100 cases of measles reported in Texas, New Mexico

Soul singer Jerry ‘Iceman’ Butler dies at 85

Half-billion people attend Hindu festival in India

Global glacier melt is accelerating, scientists say

Why an asteroid is unlikely to hit Earth in 2032

VOA Mandarin: How will China help developing countries promote AI?

EU approves $960 million in German aid for Infineon chips plant

First Egyptian pharaoh’s tomb discovered since King Tut’s

VOA Mandarin: Chinese netizens prefer DeepSeek to Musk’s Grok 3

Does AI detect breast cancer better than doctors can?