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Hundreds of Japanese flights and trains were cancelled Thursday in the middle of a major holiday week as another typhoon roared towards the archipelago.Days after Tropical Storm Maria dumped record rains, Typhoon Ampil was set late Thursday to skirt the Tokyo region -- home to almost 40 million peop...
Sports,Football
Kylian Mbappe struck on his Real Madrid debut to help his new side claim a record sixth UEFA Super Cup with a 2-0 win over Atalanta on Wednesday in Warsaw.The superstar French forward has waited years to play for his dream club and after finally signing for Los Blancos this summer at the end of his ...
The head of Russia's Belgorod declared a state of emergency Wednesday, saying the situation was "extremely difficult" in the border region under Ukrainian bombardment."The situation in our Belgorod region remains extremely difficult and tense due to shellings from the Ukrainian Ar...
Women's accessories sold by some of the world's most popular online shopping firms contained toxic substances sometimes hundreds of times above acceptable levels, authorities in Seoul said Wednesday.Chinese giants including Shein, Temu and AliExpress have skyrocketed in popularity around the...
Business & Commerce
New Zealand's central bank cut interest rates Wednesday for the first time in four years as worldwide efforts to rein in inflation draw to an end, though officials offered a warning about the global economic outlook.The Reserve Bank of New Zealand announced a 25-basis-point reduction in borrowin...
Singapore on Tuesday upgraded its economic growth forecast for this year after beating expectations in the second quarter and on optimism that the manufacturing sector will gradually recover.The trade ministry said it sees the export-driven economy growing 2.0-3.0 percent this year, compared with a ...
Asian stocks mostly rose again Tuesday as worries about a US recession that sent markets into turmoil last week eased ahead of key inflation data, while oil prices held gains on concerns about a broader war in the Middle East.Tokyo's Nikkei returned from a long weekend to lead the rally and brie...
Iran on Tuesday rejected Western calls to stand down its threat to retaliate against Israel for the killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran late last month.The Islamic republic and its allies have blamed Israel for Haniyeh's killing on July 31 during a visit to the Iranian cap...
Torrential storms lashing South Asia have killed hundreds of people since June, official data showed Tuesday, with flooding and landslides causing widespread devastation during the treacherous monsoon season.Weather-related disasters are common during the monsoon season from June to September, but e...
Hansi Flick's Barcelona fell to a bruising 3-0 defeat against Ligue 1 side Monaco in a final tune-up friendly before La Liga starts later this week.The German coach took charge of his first home match since he was appointed in May, but after solid results on their US tour, including a win over R...
Atletico Madrid have signed Argentine forward Julian Alvarez from Premier League side Manchester City on a six-year contract, the LaLiga club said on Tuesday.Financial details about the transfer were not disclosed by either club, but British media reported that the deal was worth around 75 million e...
Sports
The stands have fallen quiet and the Athletes' Village is emptying. What happens to all the equipment now the 2024 Paris Olympics are over? Organisers have plans for it.Over decades, the Olympics have forged a reputation for monumental waste, with whole stadiums sometimes left to rot once the tw...
The death toll from a landslide at a vast garbage dump in Uganda's capital Kampala has risen to 13, police said on Sunday, as rescue personnel continued to dig for survivors.After torrential rain in recent weeks a chunk of garbage from the city's only landfill site broke off late on Friday, ...
At least 20 people died in a boat accident in southern Nigeria earlier this week, the country's emergency agency and police said on Saturday.Emergency workers have recovered 11 "burnt" bodies and are still searching for others, an official of the National Emergency Management Agency (N...
At the Olympic Games Paris 2024, Germany had a breakthrough in rhythmic gymnastics, as Darja Varfolomeev soared to all-around gold at the Olympic Games Paris on Friday. "It's amazing. I think I will only realise it all later. I can't express my emotions, I'm still focused,"...
India's market regulator chief rejected Sunday allegations by US short-seller Hindenburg Research that claimed past offshore investments may have prevented her from properly investigating corporate malfeasance allegations against the Adani Group.Last year, Adani Group, the sprawling ports-to-pow...
World,Back Page
An airplane carrying 57 passengers and four crew crashed Friday in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, killing everyone on board, the airline said.The aircraft, an ATR 72-500 operated by Voepass airline, was traveling from Cascavel in southern Parana state to Sao Paulo's Guarulhos international airpor...
E-commerce tycoon Colin Huang has become China's richest man, an index showed Friday, capping an ascent for the former Google employee whose shopping site Temu has sucked in consumers with its lowprices and all-powerful algorithms.Huang, the founder of PDD Holdings -- which owns Temu and Chinese...
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