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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Iranian wrestler Sardar Pashaei, like many, feels concern about the Iranian women’s soccer players who are returning to their home country after not standing for the national anthem and being offered asylum by Australia. Pashei, who won the 1998 World Youth Championship, knows how athletes who protest are treated in Iran, and he especially knows how female athletes are treated there. “If you are a woman, you have a different layer of discrimination. You know, so it’s a sexual harassment. It’s forcing you to wear something that you don’t want. And also, as…

The Manus logo is displayed on a smartphone screen, with the Meta logo visible in the background.Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesArtificial intelligence start-up Manus, recently acquired by Meta, launched a new desktop application Monday that brings its AI agent directly onto personal laptops.The company’s general agent — which can execute complex, multi-step tasks — previously operated exclusively in the cloud, and was typically accessed through a web interface.  However, through the new Manus Desktop application, a feature called ‘My Computer’ lets its agents work directly with local files, tools and applications on a user’s device.The expanded offering aligns…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A convicted cybercriminal in Georgia is accused of targeting professional athletes in a brazen phishing scheme that prosecutors say escalated into fraud, identity theft and a disturbing sex trafficking operation.Kwamaine Jerell Ford, 34, of Buford, Georgia, is charged with nine counts of wire fraud, seven counts of computer fraud, one count of access device fraud, four counts of aggravated identity theft and one count of sex trafficking, according to a news release from the Northern District of Georgia. Ford pleaded not guilty Friday in federal court and will be held without bail pending…

Disability advocates and Alberta’s Opposition NDP is calling on Premier Danielle Smith’s government to up its game when it comes to accessibility, saying it’s about dignity. Alberta is one of just two provinces to not have overarching accessibility legislation and standards, which critics say continues to be a blemish on the province.The NDP is trying to fix that through a private member’s bill, which aims to have the government form a committee to create standards for most aspects of daily life, including public transit, employment accommodations and access to services like health care.Advocates like Bean Gill and Zachary Weeks, speaking…

He was born in Sydney and is an Aussie rules fan, but Newcastle Jets midfielder Lachlan Bayliss is looking to make his mark for New Zealand at the World Cup.

BANGKOK: A Thai man broke into the zoo enclosure of Moo Deng, an endangered baby pygmy hippo and internet sensation, police said on Wednesday (Mar 18), as the zoo filed a trespassing complaint.Moo Deng, whose name translates as “bouncy pork”, has gained global attention thanks to social media videos showing her adorable antics, drawing tens of thousands of visitors and boosting zoo ticket sales.Khao Kheow Open Zoo, about a two-hour drive from the capital Bangkok, said a Thai national had unlawfully entered the animal’s pen on Tuesday.Footage of the close encounter released by local media showed a man wearing a…

Attack kills two people in central Israel’s Ramat Gan area and damages a Tel Aviv train station.Published On 18 Mar 202618 Mar 2026Iran has fired deadly cluster missiles at central Israel in what it says is “revenge” for Israel’s assassination of its security chief Ali Larijani, as the war the United States and Israel triggered against Iran rages towards a third week.The attack overnight on Tuesday used multiple-warhead missiles that can better evade defence systems, killing two people in Israel’s Ramat Gan area near Tel Aviv.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listFalling shrapnel injured several others and caused significant…

The leader of Cuba is vowing to put up “resistance” against the U.S. as President Trump suggests he may “take” the island nation, whose communist government has faced months of intense U.S. pressure and has languished under severe energy shortages.”In the face of the worst scenario, Cuba is accompanied by a certainty: any external aggressor will clash with an impregnable resistance,” Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez wrote in a post on X late Tuesday, accusing the U.S. of threatening to overthrow the Cuban government and exploit its resources.The Cuban leader’s comments came hours after Mr. Trump hinted during a White…

Microsoft is considering legal action against Amazon and OpenAI over a multibillion-dollar agreement that could reshape how advanced artificial intelligence is delivered to businesses. At the centre of the dispute is a reported $50 billion deal tied to OpenAI’s new commercial product, Frontier. The issue raises questions about whether Amazon Web Services can distribute OpenAI’s models without breaching Microsoft’s long-standing cloud partnership with the ChatGPT maker. The situation highlights growing tensions in the AI industry, where infrastructure control is becoming as important as the technology itself.Cloud exclusivity disputeMicrosoft’s partnership with OpenAI gives Azure a central role, including being the exclusive…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Border authorities arrested 23 illegal immigrants over the weekend in a failed alleged smuggling operation off the California coast. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) air and marine crews intercepted a panga-style vessel Saturday just west of San Clemente Island near San Diego, the agency said. When a crew intercepted the boat at around 1 p.m., it found 23 illegal immigrants on board.ICE BUSTS HUMAN SMUGGLING RING THAT KIDNAPPED FAMILY, SEXUALLY ASSAULTED PREGNANT WOMAN Authorities arrested 23 illegal immigrants off the California coast on Saturday who were found in a panga-style boat, officials said. …