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Sky Sports’ Michael Atherton said England are “optimistic” that fast bowler Mark Wood will feature in the first Ashes Test against Australia in Perth from Friday.Wood suffered a left hamstring strain in the Tourists’ only preliminary game against the Lions last week, but the test results showed no cause for concern and he could be part of the five-man pace attack if he plays his first Test since August 2024. The 35-year-old, who has not played since February after undergoing knee surgery, appeared to put any lingering fitness concerns to rest by going “absolutely fast” in training on Tuesday, according…

Esch Collection | Digital Vision | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Wednesday, tracking losses on Wall Street as concerns about artificial intelligence valuations continued to weigh on tech stocks.Japanese benchmark Nikkei Stock Average The index reversed and rose 0.5%, and the TOPIX index rose 0.55%. The technology sector dragged down the Nikkei Stock Average in early trading, with semiconductor testing equipment maker Advantest falling more than 4% and ending with a 1.4% decline. Semiconductor company Renesas is trading 4.4% lower.South Korea’s Kospi index fell 0.67%, and the small-cap Kosdaq fell 1.02%. Major stocks in the index, Samsung Electronics and…

Freya Godfrey has been called up to the England women’s squad for the first time after Sarina Wigman named her in the Lionesses squad for friendlies against China and Ghana. London City Lionesses forward Godfrey scored his first two goals of the season against Tottenham earlier this month, breaking into the first team for the first time after being a regular for the Under-23s. Man City duo Lauren Hemp and Grace Clinton will return to the England squad after injury, while Lauren James and Jess Carter have not been selected to monitor their fitness. Use Chrome Browser for a more…

Wall Street’s enthusiasm for the artificial intelligence industry, a major driver of market gains in recent years, hit a tough patch this fall. And on Tuesday, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said further declines in AI stocks are possible.Looking at what caused the frenzy of AI trading to cool off, Cramer said the seeds of market concern were planted in September over Oracle’s earnings report, and from there the huge spending commitments for AI infrastructure, specifically ChatGPT maker OpenAI, have only snowballed.”You know I still believe in artificial intelligence,” he said. “I think we should go through more disruption before we reach…

microsoft Enterprise employees can now easily create AI agents that wake up and do their jobs. We are currently demonstrating tools that IT specialists can use to review and manage these agents.The software, called Agent 365, provides a list of artificial intelligence agents in a company’s systems, even those made by other companies, Microsoft announced Tuesday. The company plans to present the product to business leaders and information technology professionals at the Ignite conference in San Francisco this week.”The same way we provision identities for new hires and temporary workers, we’ll be provisioning identities and access controls for agents,” Judson…

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a warm welcome to the White House from US President Donald Trump, in a visit that highlights deepening ties between Riyadh and Washington.The White House rolled out a literal red carpet for Prince Mohammed, known as MBS, on Tuesday. Trump was welcomed in a ceremony that featured a marching band, horsemen carrying flags and a military flyover.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe lavish display of hospitality signaled President Trump’s embrace of a new Middle East driven by financial investment and U.S. partnership with allies in the region, primarily Saudi Arabia.After…

rio de janeiro AP — A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court judges on Tuesday sentenced a military official and a federal police officer to up to 24 years in prison after finding them guilty of attempting a coup and plotting to kill President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and others. In September, a Supreme Court panel sentenced former President Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and three months in prison for leading a criminal organization that tried to overturn the 2022 general election in which Lula defeated Bolsonaro. At the time, the commission also ruled on other close allies the judge…

With 21 races left and three to go in 2025, F1 returns to America for the first of three consecutive race weekends on the iconic Las Vegas Strip, ending the season with the final battle for the drivers’ championship.What has changed in Las Vegas in the third year of F1?For the third year, the city known as the entertainment capital of the world and one of the world’s largest sporting organizations come together to race Formula 1 under the bright neon lights of Las Vegas this weekend. The now-annual slot for F1’s takeover of the Vegas Strip, held in late…

After stocks fell on Tuesday. S&P500 CNBC’s Jim Cramer tells investors how to make the most of market-wide losses.”My favorite thing to do in a market like this is to buy popular small items that are way down from their highs,” he said. “Ideally, it’s something that just reported a great quarter and has zero ratings for it.”Cramer said investors can use sessions like Tuesday’s to “pick up stocks in blue-chip companies outside of the data center explosion zone,” adding that he doesn’t think the overall market decline is necessarily over. He added that he doesn’t mind “sneaking into the…

Waymo’s self-driving Jaguar taxi rides on the streets of Los Angeles, California on March 14, 2024.Tama Mario | Getty ImagesWaymo announced Tuesday that it will bring its robotaxi service to new cities in Texas and Florida in 2026.of alphabetThe company-owned company said in a blog post that it plans to begin operating its vehicles without human driver assistants in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Miami and Orlando in the coming weeks, before opening to the public in those markets next year.“Waymo has entered a new phase of commercial scale, doubling the number of cities we operate in without professionals in our…