India uses AI to stop stampedes at world's biggest gathering

Prayagraj (India) (AFP) – Keen to improve India’s abysmal crowd management record at large-scale religious events, organisers of the world’s largest human gathering are using artificial intelligence to try to prevent stampedes.

As many as 400 million pilgrims will visit the Kumbh Mela, a millennia-old sacred show of Hindu piety and ritual bathing

Sinner, Swiatek eye quarter

Melbourne (AFP) – Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek are eyeing a place in the Australian Open quarter-finals on Monday while golden couple Gael Monfils and Elina Svitolina hope to extend their family odyssey.

Iga Swiatek hits a return against Emma Raducanu

Three talking points from the Premier League weekend

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Liverpool extended their lead at the top of the Premier League in dramatic fashion as two late Darwin Nunez goals beat Brentford before Arsenal stumbled at home to Aston Villa.

Darwin Nunez scored twice in stoppage time in Liverpool's 2-0 win at Brentford

'Mufasa' claws its way back atop N.America box office

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) – Disney’s “Mufasa: The Lion King” topped the North American box office on a long holiday weekend after ceding the top spot a week earlier, analysts said Sunday.

Blue Ivy Carter -- the daughter of Beyonce and Jay-Z -- stars in Disney's 'Mufasa: The Lion King'

Swiss police clear hundreds of anti

Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) – Some 300 people including two millionaires protested in Davos Sunday ahead of next week’s gathering of the global elite at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss Alps.

Engelhorn, who gave away the bulk of her multi-million fortune, and British millionaire Phil White, joined the protest

Weary LA firefighters brace for 'last' dangerous winds

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) – Exhausted Los Angeles firefighters on Sunday braced for the return of yet more dangerously strong gusts, as California’s governor slammed “hurricane-force winds of misinformation” surrounding blazes that have killed 27 people.

The Palisades Fire has killed at least 10 people in western Los Angeles