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Carlos Alcaraz pumps his fist after a return against Alexander Zverev in the semifinals of the Cincinnati Open on Saturday.
TENNIS
Aug 17, 2025

Alcaraz to face defending champ Sinner in Cincinnati ATP final

Defending champion Sinner ruthlessly subdued 136th-ranked qualifier Terence Atmane, while Spanish second seed Alcaraz defeated an ailing Alexander Zverev.
Atomic bomb survivor Keiko Ogura (left) speaks with students in Sydney on Saturday.
JAPAN
Aug 17, 2025

Hiroshima hibakusha calls for nuclear abolition in Australia

Ogura has been talking about the devastation from the nuclear attack in about 50 countries.
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Russian leader Vladimir Putin on the tarmac after they arrived for a meeting on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 17, 2025

European leaders to join Zelenskyy for key meeting with Trump

The move comes as European nations shift their focus toward providing Ukraine with robust security guarantees as Trump pushes for a quick peace deal between Moscow and Kyiv.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a joint news conference with the European Commission president in Brussels on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 18, 2025

Trump’s peace-deal demands leave Ukraine's Zelenskyy with only bad options

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy faces an existential dilemma as he travels to Washington for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday.
Protesters shout slogans and hold photos of hostages during a demonstration calling for a hostages deal on Sunday in Tel Aviv.
WORLD
Aug 18, 2025

Anti-war protests erupt in Israel ahead of Gaza City operation

Organizers said that as many as half a million people attended the main rally at Tel Aviv’s "hostage square” in the evening, a massive turnout by Israeli standards.
Nissan workers walk outside its Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. Nissan plans to shut the plant by the end of fiscal 2027.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Aug 18, 2025

A factory town in crisis shows Japan’s fading manufacturing era

Nissan directly employs almost 10% of Oppama’s 29,700 residents, but its factory is set to shut down by 2028.
U.K. Prime Miniter Keir Starmer speaks at the Jaguar Land Rover automobile manufacturing plant in Solihull, U.K. Starmer declared in May that his trade deal with U.S. President Donald Trump included a cut in U.S. tariffs on British steel to zero.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 18, 2025

Trade partners grow restless waiting for Trump’s tariff breaks

While deals have been cut, the lower tariff rates agreed have yet to kick in.
Demonstrators hold placards and flags, as Air Canada flight attendants said they will remain on strike and challenge a return-to-work order they called unconstitutional, defying a government decision to force them back to their duties, at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 18, 2025

Striking Air Canada flight attendants defy back-to-work order

The refusal by the union to obey the order left many travelers at Toronto Pearson International Airport confused and frustrated on Sunday afternoon.
Tesla Megapack batteries at the Victorian Big Battery site operated by Neoen in Moorabool, Victoria, Australia, on Feb. 3, 2023
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 18, 2025

Wild power-price swings are driving an Australian battery boom

A rooftop solar boom has aided the shift but also created midday power gluts, giving big batteries the chance to buy electricity cheaply and sell it back when prices rebound.
Arsenal's Declan Rice celebrates after his club's win over Manchester United in Manchester, England, on Sunday.
SOCCER
Aug 18, 2025

Arsenal edges Manchester United at Old Trafford in season opener

The Gunners were far from impressive at Old Trafford but earned a huge three points thanks to a glaring error from United's stand-in goalkeeper Altay Bayindir.
A Pertamina fuel storage facility at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta in 2022
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 18, 2025

Indonesia’s ‘gasoline godfather’ targeted in $18 billion graft probe

Mohammad Riza Chalid is the most audacious target to date for the current administration, as it reshuffles its energy procurement and attempts to supercharge growth.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Independence Day ceremony in New Delhi on Friday
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 18, 2025

Modi bolsters India’s economy with tax cuts ahead of U.S. tariffs

Officials in New Delhi said the proposed changes to the goods and services tax would benefit a broad range of sectors, including consumers and small businesses.
Chen Yani (right), nicknamed "Keke," eats lunch with friends and guests in a female co-living space she founded called "Keke's Imaginative Space" in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, on July 14.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 18, 2025

Women-only communities flourish in China

A growing number of co-living spaces in the country are providing their exclusive clientele with a haven from social pressures and male judgment.
Pro Bowl defensive end Hendrickson has been seeking a new deal during the offseason.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Aug 18, 2025

Bengals entertaining trade offers for Pro Bowl defensive end Trey Hendrickson

Hendrickson, who is slated to make $15.8 million in base salary in 2025, has been seeking a new deal.
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.
BASEBALL / Sac Bunts
Aug 18, 2025

Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award

The prize’s committee did not deem anyone worthy last year and simply did not name a winner.
Stocks are hitting new highs on a daily basis as quiet market optimism takes hold.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 18, 2025

Tokyo stocks hit record highs for the third time in a week

A general sense of optimism has taken hold despite the lack of specific market-boosting news.  
Fujifilm's X Half digital camera allows users to take film camera-style photos in vertical format.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 18, 2025

Japan's digital camera-makers boost lineups as global shipments of devices rise

Among new products, digital compact cameras with fixed lenses are drawing attention in particular.
A new Facebook data center is under construction in Eagle Mountain, Utah, in May 2019. Manufacturers and builders are reaping windfalls from the AI-driven data center surge.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 18, 2025

The AI building boom is bound to bust

For now, the boom has room to run. The introduction of artificial intelligence into the workplace and society will match the rollout of electricity and the internet.
Beijing imposed a ban on imports of Japanese fisheries products in August 2023.
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2025

JETRO struggles to expand scallop supply chain in U.S.

Steep tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump left prospects for the project uncertain, apparently making businesses reluctant to invest in it.
A pyrocumulus cloud forms as smoke rises from a wildfire as seen from a cemetery in the village of Vilarmel, Lugo area, Galicia region, Spain, on Saturday.
WORLD
Aug 19, 2025

Spain and Portugal continue to battle deadly wildfires

Two firefighters were killed on Sunday — one in each country, both in road accidents — taking the death toll to two in Portugal and four in Spain.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Choe Hyon destroyer in this photo released Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 19, 2025

North Korea's Kim threatens rapid nuclear expansion amid U.S. war games

The call by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un comes amid escalating tensions with the U.S. and South Korea as the allies conduct joint military drills.
A Palestinian child in need of medical treatment is evacuated through the King Hussein Bridge crossing in Jordan on March 4.
WORLD
Aug 19, 2025

U.S. charity says halt in visitor visas for Gazans will harm wounded kids

The U.S. State Department said it was stopping all visitor visas for Gazans while it conducted "a full and thorough" review.
Carlos Alcaraz poses for a photo with the Rookwood Cup after his match against Jannik Sinner (ITA) during the Cincinnati Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Monday.
TENNIS
Aug 19, 2025

Alcaraz and Swiatek clinch Cincinnati Open titles

World No.1 Jannik Sinner retired due to illness in the first set of the men's final.
Two boys pose with Pocari Sweat and Aquarius sports drinks in a park near Tokyo.
SPORTS
Aug 19, 2025

The great sports drink debate: What’s best for athletes?

When it comes to the classic debate of Pocari versus Aquari, fans on both sides have strong opinions about which sports drink reigns supreme.
A child collects chunks of coal near the Duvha coal-based power station in Emalahleni, in Mpumalanga province, South Africa, in 2021.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 19, 2025

South Africa artisanal miners want stake in critical minerals boom

As the nation moves away from the planet-heating coal industries toward renewables, miners — both formal and informal — fear mass unemployment.
Leeds United striker Lukas Nmecha celebrates after scoring the opening goal from the penalty spot during the Premier League match against Everton at Elland Road in Leeds on Monday.
SOCCER
Aug 19, 2025

Nmecha penalty gets Leeds up and running on Premier League return

James Tarkowski's handball gave the hosts the opportunity to snatch victory six minutes from time.
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and U.S. President Donald Trump. Son has promised to invest $100 billion in the United States.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 19, 2025

SoftBank buying about 2% of Intel for $2 billion

CEO Masayoshi Son earlier pledged to invest a total of $100 billion in the United States.
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 19, 2025

Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot

Japan’s capital topped the rankings for its “exceptional broadband speeds, transport infrastructure, safety, culture, and new digital nomad visa.”
Tokyo stocks moved higher on Tuesday morning in uninspired trading.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 19, 2025

Tokyo stocks hit a fourth all-time high in six trading days

Nikkei 225 ekes out another record and then falls back to end the day down.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with European leaders in Washington on Monday amid signs of U.S. and its NATO partners drifting further apart. 
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 19, 2025

All is not quiet on the Western front

The Trump-Putin Alaska summit is further evidence that the U.S. and its NATO partners are drifting further apart with each passing month.

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