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It took teenager Marc Guiu just 23 seconds to make history for Barcelona as he scored on his debut in the team’s 1-0 win against Athletic Bilbao. Guiu was brought on as a second-half substitute and made an instant impact, put through on goal by João Félix before firing a shot past Unai Simón. At the age of 17 years and 291 days, it made him the youngest player to score on debut for Barcelona. “I can’t breathe. I’m just enjoying the moment, I’m still flying,” Guiu said after the match. “I have been working hard all season to take any chances should they…

At the United States Grand Prix, Williams driver Logan Sargeant ended a three decade-long wait for an American driver to score points in an F1 race, grabbing a 10th place finish on home soil in Austin, where the drama continued even after the checkered flag. Sargeant had initially crossed the line in 12th position, but after Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc were disqualified post-race for a technical infringement, the American was bumped up two places to 10th, giving him his first ever point at the Circuit of the Americas. Williams also gained a double points finish, with Alex Albon promoted to P9. Sargeant,…

When you read “artificial intelligence,” you might think of new innovations such as Chat GPT, but AI has been used in video games since the 1950s. From Pacman’s trademark ghosts to autonomous decision-making in “The Sims,” AI is essential for things like creating adaptive characters and storylines. Now, the rapid development of generative AI is opening up a new frontier for video games: endless open worlds, unique content, autonomous characters, and the potential for faster game development. Act natural Generative AI – artificial intelligence that creates text, images and audio in response to a prompt – is set to shake up one of the signature components of…

Oil prices rose above $91 a barrel Monday as diplomatic efforts to address the crisis in the Middle East intensified, but slipped back later in the day, falling below $90 on reports that that US was nearing a deal to ease sanctions on Venezuela. Prices dropped on Monday afternoon after the Washington Post reported that the United States and Venezuela had agreed to a deal that would ease restrictions on Venezuela’s oil industry in exchange for a freer presidential election in the country next year. Brent crude futures, the international oil benchmark, rose as high as $91 a barrel in Asian hours…

Officials in China have launched a crackdown on stray, unregistered, and “oversized” dogs. But the move has been widely criticised after reports that dogs without owners are being rounded up and sometimes euthanised. It comes after a vicious attack on a two-year-old girl by a Rottweiler last week that shocked the country. The toddler suffered a ruptured kidney, fractured ribs and lacerations across her body. She is reportedly stable. Footage of the incident shows the child’s mother initially putting herself in-between her baby and the dog, but the Rottweiler moves around the woman and snatches the child. The mother desperately…

The killing of the president of a synagogue in Detroit does not appear to be a hate crime, police have said. Samantha Woll was found stabbed to death near her home after police responded to a call in the Lafayette Park area on Saturday. “No evidence has surfaced suggesting that this crime was motivated by antisemitism,” said Detroit Police Chief James White. Officials paid tribute to Ms Woll as “one of Detroit’s great young leaders”. A trail of blood led police from her body to her house, where they believe the killing took place. They have been searching the area…

Chinese authorities are investigating after a viral video appeared to show a worker from Tsingtao urinating into a tank, believed to contain ingredients for its popular beer. The clip has received tens of millions of views on social media. The company said it alerted police immediately after the video came to its attention, adding that the batch of ingredients had been sealed. Tsingtao is one of China’s top beer producers and its biggest exporter. In the clip which appeared online on Thursday, a worker, dressed in uniform with a helmet on, can be seen climbing over a high wall and…

Billionaires should face a minimum tax rate, according to a report which found some of the world’s mega-wealthy are paying little to no tax. The EU Tax Observatory said most people pay a higher rate than the super-rich, who, it said, are able to use complex business structures for avoidance. It suggested a minimum 2% tax rate on billionaires’ global wealth would raise $250bn (£205bn) a year. There around 2,500 billionaires with combined wealth of $13 trillion. The report by EU Tax Observatory, part of the Paris School of Economics, examined how successful efforts to ensure individuals and companies pay…

Scientists say they may have made the biggest breakthrough in treating cervical cancer in 20 years, using a course of existing, cheap drugs ahead of usual radiotherapy treatment. Trial findings, revealed at the ESMO medical conference, show the approach reduced the risk of women dying from the disease by 35%. Cancer Research UK, which funded the work, called the results “remarkable”. It hopes clinics will soon start doing the same for patients. Cervical cancer affects thousands of women each year in the UK, many in their early 30s. Despite improvements in radiotherapy care, cancer returns in up to a third of cases, meaning…

India will resume issuing visas to Canadian citizens if it “sees progress” in the safety of its diplomats there, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has said. India had stopped visa services in September, saying that “security threats” were disrupting work at its missions in Canada. The two countries are in the midst of a row over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada. Ottawa has said earlier that it takes “safety of diplomats very seriously”. But it has not responded to India’s specific allegations about threats to its diplomats in Canada. Ties between the countries plummeted after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in September…