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New Zealand's No. 8 Layla Sae (top) and Japan's lock Yuna Sato reach for the ball from a line out during their Women's Rugby World Cup match at Sandy Park in Exeter, England, on Sunday.
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Sep 1, 2025

New Zealand sees off Japan to reach Women's Rugby World Cup quarterfinal

Japan produced one of the shocks of the tournament by opening the scoring against the six-time world champions in just the fourth minute.
Iraqi refugee Humam al-Gburi, 34, and retired nurse Ursula Panke, 85, in Altena, Germany, on July 15. Since Humam's arrival in 2015, he has been supported by Ursula, who volunteers as his mentor.
WORLD / Society
Sep 2, 2025

German town that welcomed migrants finds adding people won't fix fundamentals

Political failure to tackle rising inflation, job losses in the auto industry and a sense of economic decline now makes migrants a target for the anti-immigrant AfD.
Padres relief pitcher Jason Adam lies on the ground during the seventh inning against the Orioles at Petco Park in San Diego on Monday. Adam was taken away on a cart after the play.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 2, 2025

Padres All-Star reliever Jason Adam ruptures quadriceps tendon

Adam will undergo an MRI to confirm the rupture, which would end his outstanding 2025 season.
A partly-used, 10 gram bag of semaglutide powder made by China-based Sinopep-Allsino Biopharmaceutical, at a compounding pharmacy in Arlington, Virginia, in December 2024.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 3, 2025

Chinese companies turn to generics as patents expire on weight-loss drugs

U.S. regulators have restricted the sale of cheap copies of the drugs, slowing demand for raw ingredients Chinese firms supplied over the past two years.
While markets clearly reflect the belief that the United States is ahead in the AI arms race, early leadership does not mean victory — especially when it comes to innovation.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 4, 2025

Who’s winning the U.S.-China artificial intelligence race?

The winner will most likely be the country that provides greater support for basic research, in which case China is better positioned for the long haul.
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc after he crashed out of the Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday in Zandvoort
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Sep 4, 2025

Ferrari to celebrate past glory at home race amid present woes

Ferrari has yet to win this year and the home return comes hot on the heels of both cars crashing out in the Netherlands last weekend.
A man accused of killing four people, including two police officers, in Nagano in 2023 intends to remain silent at the first court hearing of his lay judge trial on Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 4, 2025

Suspect in 2023 Nagano quadruple murder plans to stay silent during trial

The defendant's attorney said his client is in a diminished state due to integration disorder syndrome and doubts he has the capacity to take criminal responsibility.

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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past