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Palestinians sit next to the rubble of houses destroyed in Israel's military offensive in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 7
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2024

Nobel laureate Nihon Hidankyo co-chair worries about children in Israel and Gaza

While the group's co-chair said the prize would give a boost to efforts to show that it was possible to abolish nuclear weapons, he expressed sorrow over ongoing wars.
Kodai Senga will get the ball for the Mets in Game 1 of the NLCS against the Dodgers in Los Angeles on Sunday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 13, 2024

Mets hurler Senga ready to take on Dodgers in game one of NL Championship Series

New York Mets pitcher Kodai Senga says he'll "go at it 100%" when he takes the mound against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series.
An aerial view shows people paddling through a flooded street in South Daytona, Florida, following the passage of Hurricane Milton on Friday.
WORLD
Oct 13, 2024

Hurricane Milton’s floodwaters are hiding a dirty secret

Even though the risks from rising, fast-moving water is past, standing water remains treacherous to navigate and likely harbors dangerous diseases.
Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, arrives at the Vostochny Сosmodrome before a meeting of Russia's President Vladimir Putin with her brother in the far eastern Amur region of Russia in September last year.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 13, 2024

North Korean leader's powerful sister warns of 'horrible' response to drones

The drones allegedly sent by the South had dropped anti-regime propaganda, North Korean state media claimed.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks during a news conference in Saitama in 2019.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Oct 13, 2024

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says league could return to China for games

China's state broadcaster CCTV took the NBA off the air for 18 months.
This image provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a microscopic view of the H5N1 bird flu virus.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 13, 2024

Australia commits $64 million to protect against looming bird flu threat

Oceania is the last region free of the H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b avian influenza, which has killed hundreds of millions of birds since emerging in 2020.
Ruth Chepngetich celebrates after breaking the women's marathon world record to win the Chicago Marathon on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Oct 14, 2024

Ruth Chepngetich shatters women's marathon world record

Chepngetich, who also won in Chicago in 2021 and 2022, dedicated her latest victory to Kelvin Kiptum, who died in a car accident at the age of 24 in February.
Houseboats of the indigenous seaborne Bajau Laut community anchor in the waters of Semporna, Malaysia, on Aug. 20.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 14, 2024

Malaysia's eviction of sea nomads casts light on precarious lives

Many face impoverished, precarious lives and are denied access to health, education or financial services due to a lack of basic paperwork.
A North Korean soldier outside the Panmungak pavilion on the North Korean side of the border is seen from the South Korean side in the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone Paju, South Korea, on May 1, 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 14, 2024

North Korea put border troops on high alert after drone claims

The order was issued on Saturday and was active until Sunday.
Nick Kyrgios is planning to make his return in Abu Dhabi in December.
TENNIS
Oct 14, 2024

Nick Kyrgios determined to win Grand Slam to 'shut up' doubters

The one-time world No. 13 has played just one ATP Tour singles match in two years after suffering knee, foot and wrist injuries.
A building that houses a museum of penises and an H&M in Reykjavik, Iceland, has become the virtual home to some of the world’s worst perpetrators of identity theft, ransomware, disinformation, and other wrongdoing.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 14, 2024

Some of the web’s sketchiest sites share an address in Iceland

The street address of the Icelandic Phallological Museum is also the registered address for a company that allows people to shield their identities online.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba during a debate session with other political party leaders at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Saturday
BUSINESS
Oct 15, 2024

Japan’s sales tax likely to remain 10% as big parties avoid third rail

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba aims to fund social security programs without changing the current tax rate of 10%.
Australia's Kye Rowles (right) vies for the ball against Argentina's Lionel Messi during a friendly in Beijing on June 15, 2023.
SOCCER
Oct 14, 2024

Australia looking to 'flip the script' with first win in Japan

Japan is the leading team in Asia at 16th in the FIFA rankings and tops qualifying Group C with a perfect three victories, scoring 14 goals and conceding none.
India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk III-M1 blasts off carrying Chandrayaan-2, from the Satish Dhawan Space Center at Sriharikota, India, on July 22, 2019.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 14, 2024

India creates space strategy to capture market beyond SpaceX

At stake is a launch market worth $14.54 billion by 2031.
Renault R4 E-Tech electric cars are displayed during the media day at the 2024 Paris Motor Show on Monday.
BUSINESS
Oct 15, 2024

China-Europe rivalry heats up at Paris car show as EV tariffs loom

Struggling European automakers need to prove they are still in the game, while Chinese rivals are aiming to get a foothold in a competitive market.
Organic, unpasteurized butter is prepared at a milk farm in Saint-Colomban, near Nantes, France, in 2017.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 15, 2024

Bakers brace for costly Christmas as butter prices surge

Strong demand, tight supply and dairy processors' preference to use more milk for more profitable products such as cheese have driven the price surge.
The Iron Dames car shared by Rahel Frey, Sarah Bovy and Michelle Gatting is pushed into the garage during the World Endurance Championship race in Austin, Texas, earlier this year.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Oct 15, 2024

While motorsports' inclusivity has improved, there's still work to be done

The Iron Dames team is among those battling for a more welcoming motorsports environment for women.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange's push to get companies to outline capital allocation plans has spurred investors to question management teams seen falling short, said Georgeson CEO Cas Sydorowitz.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 15, 2024

Japanese company shareholders increasingly challenge management

Shareholder resistance is now routinely a feature of Japan's annual general meeting season.
The prospect of the yen's further depreciation is prompting strategists to warn of increased intervention risk near the ¥150 level, or the 200-day moving average of ¥151.25.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 15, 2024

Intervention back on investors’ radars as yen weakens against dollar

The yen had its worst loss against the dollar since 2009 in the five days through Oct. 4.
The winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry are announced in Stockholm, Sweden, on Oct. 9. They are, as seen on the display screen, David Baker (left), of the University of Washington; Demis Hassabis (center) and John M. Jumper (right), both from Google DeepMind, U.K.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 15, 2024

Google's DeepMind Nobel Prize showcases AI’s medical potential

Google’s AlphaFold tool is already widely used by pharmaceutical researchers searching for groundbreaking new medicines.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends the East Asian Summit in Vientiane, Laos, on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 15, 2024

Ishiba openness to nuke ban treaty involvement puts pact in spotlight

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has said his government will “seriously consider” participating as an observer in a conference of signatories to the U.N. treaty.
With projections indicating a population drop in Japan from around 125 million to 63 million by 2100, traditional solutions like immigration and labor reforms are unlikely to be effective in time.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 15, 2024

Japan should master, not resist, its demographic destiny

Japan needs a strategic reorientation toward accepting and mastering its demographic changes rather than resisting them.
Japan's Ayase Ueda (left) and Australia's Patrick Yazbek compete for the ball during World Cup qualifying action on Tuesday in Saitama.
SOCCER
Oct 16, 2024

Japan fights back to secure draw with Australia in World Cup qualifying

Australia had never beaten Japan on Japanese soil but a Shogo Taniguchi own goal gave the home side a shock before Samurai Blue earned a draw.
Nearly two-thirds of parents of Australian teenagers reported concerns about their children's social media use, according to a 2024 survey by youth service ReachOut.
WORLD / Society
Oct 16, 2024

Australia's planned social media ban raises teen isolation fears

For teenagers from migrant, LGBTQIA+ and other minority backgrounds, an age block could cut off access to essential social support.
Police officers gather ahead of a campaign speech in Hachioji, Tokyo, on Tuesday, as campaigning for the Oct. 27 Lower House election kicked off.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 16, 2024

Police on high alert in first big race after Abe shooting

Authorities often face difficulty providing protection to key figures in elections due to a shortage of time to draw up security plans and secure manpower.
People walk along a street during morning rush hour near the Financial Street in Beijing on Oct. 8.
BUSINESS
Oct 16, 2024

Chinese finance professionals switch careers amid industry crackdown

The tightening scrutiny of trading, financing and dealmaking in China has brought pay and job cuts.
The Saudi Aramco logo at the Hyvolution exhibition in Paris on Feb. 1
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 16, 2024

Aramco cancels Saudi chemical project as it focuses on Asia

Aramco is pursuing a series of deals in China that would guarantee long-term demand for Saudi crude.
Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu prior to a World Cup qualifying match against Australia on Tuesday in Saitama.
SOCCER
Oct 16, 2024

Hajime Moriyasu frustrated after Australia end Japan's winning run

Japan had won all nine of their preliminaries for the 2026 tournament without conceding a goal until Shogo Taniguchi sliced the ball into his own net on Tuesday.
In his July Republican Party acceptance speech, Donald Trump vowed to launch the largest deportation operation in U.S. history.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 16, 2024

Who wants to buy the miracle tonic of mass deportation?

Donald Trump's mass deportation plan could result in thousands of deaths, tear families apart, and devastate communities.
Then-Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel on April 27 in Munich. The Football Association announced on Wednesday that Tuchel will become England manager on Jan. 1.
SOCCER
Oct 16, 2024

Thomas Tuchel appointed England manager

The 51-year-old, out of work since leaving Bayern Munich at the end of last season, succeeds Gareth Southgate as permanent coach.

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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear