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GTC, Nvidia’s biggest conference of the year, begins Monday and runs till Friday in San Jose. TechCrunch will be on the ground covering the news as it happens — and we’re expecting a healthy dose of announcements. CEO Jensen Huang will give a keynote address at the SAP Center on Tuesday at 10 a.m. Pacific, focusing on — what else? — AI and accelerating computing technologies, according to Nvidia. The company is also teasing reveals related to robotics, sovereign AI, AI agents, and automotive — plus 1,000 sessions with 2,000 speakers and close to 400 exhibitors. Here’s how to watch…

More than one-third of billionaires who responded to Forbes’ survey thought Lincoln was the best president in U.S. history.Ed Vebell/Getty Images Billionaires poured hundreds of millions into Donald Trump’s presidential run and poured on praise when he won. They’ve congratulated him on social media, donated to his inauguration fund through their companies and in some cases changed company policies in hopes of earning his favor during a second term so far characterized by layoffs of federal workers, new tariffs and testy words with certain foreign leaders. The wealthy have always weighed in on politics, making massive donations and more recently…

According to a New York Times report, the travel ban could affect at least 40 countries.United States President Donald Trump‘s administration is mulling a new travel ban that is expected to affect citizens from dozens of countries to varying degrees, The New York Times reported. Quoting anonymous officials, the report published on Friday said the US government’s draft list featured 43 countries, divided into three categories of travel restrictions. The first group of 10 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Cuba and North Korea, would be set for a full visa suspension. In the second group, five countries – Eritrea, Haiti,…

Virat Kohli welcomed the inclusion of cricket in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and although the Indian great will not be coaxed out of retirement for the showpiece, he said he believed a new generation of Indian athletes would be ready to strike gold. Cricket is returning to the Games after more than a century with a proposed six-team Twenty20 format for men and women in Los Angeles. Kohli, 36, who retired from the sport’s shortest format last June after India’s World Cup triumph, said international leagues around the world had played a big role in elevating the profile of…

Caribbean leaders have hit back at a threat issued by the United States government to cancel visas for anyone working with or supporting Cuban medical facilities, citing allegations of forced labour and claiming these missions “enrich the Cuban regime”. Cuban medical missions, which provide doctors, nurses and other medical staff as well as medical facilities, are critical to healthcare systems in the Caribbean. So how have Caribbean nations responded to this threat and what would it mean for healthcare there? Why is the US government taking aim at Cuba’s medical programme? The targeting of Cuban medical missions is not new…

US State Secretary Marco Rubio has accused South Africa’s ambassador of hating the US and President Trump.South Africa has said the decision of the United States to expel Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool is “regrettable”, but the country “remains committed to building a mutually beneficial relationship” with Washington. South Africa’s presidency urged “all relevant and impacted stakeholders to maintain the established diplomatic decorum in their engagement with the matter” in a statement issued on Saturday morning, just hours after US State Secretary Marco Rubio called Rasool a “race-baiting politician” who hates the US and President Donald Trump. Rubio wrote on X that…

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Brightly dressed boys and girls mounted on horses and carts, accompanied by their guardians, make their way to a Buddhist monastery in southern Myanmar, as they prepare to enter a period of monkhood that can last anywhere between a few days to months.A novitiation, or “Shinbyu,” ceremony is mostly held in March across the Buddhist-majority country. It is followed by all Myanmar Buddhists and is said to date back more than 2 1/2 millennia, a religious gift given by Buddha to his own son, Rahula. On Saturday, the colors pink and gold seemed to dominate many…

These are the key developments on day 1,115 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Here is the situation on Saturday, March 15: Fighting Russian President Vladimir Putin called for beleaguered Ukrainian troops in the Russian region of Kursk to “surrender”, saying that “if they lay down their arms and surrender, they will be guaranteed life and dignified treatment”. Putin’s remarks were broadcast on Russian television hours after United States President Donald Trump said that “thousands” of Ukrainian troops were surrounded by the Russian military in Kursk, adding that he has “strongly requested” Putin to spare their lives. Ukraine’s General Staff denied again…

NEW DELHI: England batsman Harry Brook has been banned from the Ind­ian Premier League for two years after he pulled out at the last minute to focus on international cric­ket, local media reported Friday. The 26-year-old, considered a frontrunner to repl­ace Jos Buttler as England’s white-ball captain, was signed to Delhi Capitals for the IPL season beginning next week. Brook also withdrew from his contract with the Delhi side last season after the death of his grandmother. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has been informed about Bro­oks’s ban, an unnamed official from the Board of Control for Cricket…

PARIS: Bruno Fernandes netted a hat-trick as Manchester Uni­ted eased to a 4-1 win over Real Soci­edad to reach the Eur­opa League quarter-finals and Totte­nham Hotspur advanced after a 3-1 victory over AZ Alkmaar on Thursday. The second-tier tournament offers both Premier League clubs a chance for a trophy amid lacklustre domestic campaigns and get a welcome bonus of a spot in the Champions League next season. United will face Olympique Lyonnais in the last eight after the French side strolled to a 4-0 win over Steaua Bucharest, and Rangers overcame Fenerbahce 3-2 in a penalty shootout after a 3-3…