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Palestinians transport people who were killed or injured while trying to get humanitarian aid, into the Red Cross field hospital in the Mawasi area of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday.
WORLD
Jul 21, 2025

Gaza civil defense says Israeli gunfire kills 93 aid seekers

Israel's military disputed the death toll and said soldiers had fired warning shots as thousands gathered near Gaza City.
Firefighters work to remove the wreckage from a building after an air force training aircraft crashed into Milestone College campus in Dhaka on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 22, 2025

At least 20 killed as Bangladesh fighter jet crashes into school

Twenty people were killed, including the pilot, and 171 others were injured when the jet crashed following a mechanical failure.
The Microsoft logo is seen at the Hannover Messe, one of the world's largest industrial trade fairs in Hanover, Germany, on March 31.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 22, 2025

Microsoft rushes to stop hackers from wreaking global havoc

Unidentified hackers are exploiting a flaw in the SharePoint document management software to break into the systems of governments, businesses and other organizations.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) shakes hands with Indonesian Minister for Foreign Affairs Sugiono during the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting and related meetings in Kuala Lumpur on July 10.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 22, 2025

Western aid cuts cede ground in Southeast Asia to China, study suggests

"The center of gravity in Southeast Asia's development finance landscape looks set to drift East, notably to Beijing but also Tokyo and Seoul," according to the study.
Microsoft accused Chinese state-sponsored hackers of using flaws in its SharePoint document management software in a hacking campaign that has targeted businesses and government agencies around the world.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 23, 2025

Chinese hackers exploit Microsoft flaws with U.S. nuclear agency hit

The number of companies and agencies subjected to breaches as a result of exploits in the document-sharing software is mounting.
Palestinians, mostly children, attempt to receive a hot meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Society
Jul 23, 2025

More than 100 aid groups warn of 'mass starvation' spreading across Gaza

Israel is facing mounting international pressure over the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territory.
An external view of the Centenary Pool, which will be redeveloped to host the aquatics during the 2032 Olympics, at Spring Hill, Brisbane on Monday
OLYMPICS
Jul 23, 2025

Brisbane 2032 Olympics on track seven years out but with little wiggle room

The opening ceremony of Australia's third Summer Games will take place exactly seven years from Wednesday.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff threats seemed effective at first because markets expected him to back down, but as investors grow numb, the risk rises he’ll follow through, triggering the very economic harm his threats were meant to avoid.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 23, 2025

Why markets may soon call America’s tariff bluff

Complacency brings new risk: If markets tune out Trump’s tariff threats, they may stop checking harmful policies.
A protester runs onto the road near the finish of Stage 11 of the Tour de France on July 16.
MORE SPORTS / Cycling
Jul 24, 2025

Activists protest Gaza war during Tour de France and call for Israeli team ban

Dozens of pro-Palestinian activists waved flags and unfurled banners on Wednesday as the Tour de France peloton rode through Dieulefit.
Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmati (right) celebrates with teammate Patricia Guijarro after their side defeated Germany in the semifinals of the Women's European Championship on Wednesday in Zurich.
SOCCER
Jul 24, 2025

Spain reaches Euro 2025 final after extra-time win over Germany

The win sets up a decider against defending champion England in Basel on Sunday in a repeat of the 2023 World Cup final.
An image of the simulation technology developed by Fujitsu
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 24, 2025

Fujitsu and Nagoya University develop AI-based tech to spread ride-hailing

The new technology will be offered to local governments struggling to secure means of transportation for elderly residents and business operators facing a shortage of drivers.
Wakana, a Japanese fan of Thai BL, visits a temple in Thon Buri, Bangkok featured in the Thai adaptation of the Japanese series “Cherry Magic.” Her media consumption kindled an interest in Thai culture and language, and ultimately led her to relocate to Thailand. “I fell in love with the whole country,” she says.
COMMUNITY / Issues / The Foreign Element
Jul 28, 2025

Boys’ love dramas from Thailand make waves in Japan

Thailand has become a top producer of BL (boys’ love) dramas — and audiences in Japan are among the most ardent consumers.
A Thai mobile artillery unit fires toward Cambodia on Friday in Surin, Thailand.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 25, 2025

Thailand warns of war with Cambodia as 138,000 flee fighting

The conflict is still considered "an armed clash involving heavy weaponry" currently, acting Thai Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said.
Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya celebrates after winning women's marathon gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games at Sapporo Odori Park in Hokkaido, Japan on Aug. 7, 2021.
OLYMPICS / Athletics
Jul 25, 2025

Tokyo Olympic champion Jepchirchir relishes Japan return

Jepchirchir has been named as one of three Kenyan women in the marathon squad for the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on September 13-21.
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas (right) meets then-French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron, now France's president, in the West Bank city of Ramallah in 2015.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 25, 2025

France to recognize Palestinian state in September, Macron says

The French president's announcement prompted a harsh response from Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Located in Patina Osaka, P72 doesn't have a fixed menu, opting instead to rely on whatever is available from local suppliers and its on-site garden to create its innovative plant-based cuisine.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 25, 2025

P72 sows the seeds for a dynamic plant-based cuisine

With an ever-changing menu dictated by what's available from its garden and suppliers, the Osaka-based restaurant injects creativity and spontaneity into its green cuisine.
Pancreatic cancer, the third-leading cause of cancer death in Japan, has the lowest five-year survival rate of any cancer at just 8.5%.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 25, 2025

Kyoto University researchers find mechanism behind malignant pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer is the third-leading cause of cancer death in Japan.
Japan’s ruling coalition is weakening as rising populist parties like Sanseito gain support, raising concerns that Japan could shift toward unstable multiparty coalition politics similar to Israel’s fragmented Knesset.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 25, 2025

Is Japan drifting toward fragmented and ineffective politics?

In a system with many small parties, even minor players can hold the balance of power in forming coalitions.
Palestinians carry parcels of donated food while others hurry toward a distribution point northwest of Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip, as humanitarian aid arrives on June 16.
WORLD
Jul 27, 2025

Israel declares Gaza fighting pause amid deepening hunger crisis

The Israeli military also said it had begun air-dropping food into the territory and angrily rejected allegations it was using starvation as a weapon against Palestinian civilians.
Ichiro Suzuki speaks during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cooperstown, New York, on Sunday.
BASEBALL
Jul 28, 2025

Ichiro leads latest class into Baseball Hall of Fame with humor and grace

Ichiro mixed a sharp sense of humor with a serious tone in discussing what made him a Hall of Famer.
Palestinians gather to receive food from a charity distribution point in Gaza City on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 28, 2025

Israel eases Gaza aid curbs, hoping to defuse hunger outcry

As the aid curbs were rolled back, Israel said it had not abandoned its goals of destroying Hamas.
Paul Weaver, director and head of cannabis at U.S.-based Boston Beer Company, shows the company's weed-themed product catalogs in his office in Toronto in June.
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2025

U.S. alcohol sector prepares to fight back against buzzy cannabis drinks

Alcohol makers are still suffering a hangover following America's pandemic drinking binge, when sales spiked as cash-flush consumers splurged on pricey bottles of liquor.
Fever guard Caitlin Clark claps during team introductions at a game against the Las Vegas Aces at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on July 3.
BASKETBALL
Jul 29, 2025

Man jailed for stalking and harassing Fever star Caitlin Clark

Michael Lewis pled guilty to felony stalking after allegedly sending repeated threats and sexually violent messages to Clark.
Eighty percent of high school students in Japan expressed interest in wage rules, followed by working hour rules, at 79.5%, according to the results of a questionnaire survey released by the labor ministry on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2025

80% of high schoolers in Japan show interest in wages and labor systems

Civics classes were cited as good opportunities for high school students to learn about social security systems.
Japan's oldest person, Miyoko Hiroyasu, died Tuesday at the age of 114, according to the health ministry.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 31, 2025

Japan's oldest person dies at 114

Miyoko Hiroyasu, from the city of Nakatsu in Oita Prefecture, was born in January 1911. She died on Tuesday.
Germany's Laura Dahlmeier died after a mountaineering accident in Pakistan, her management team said Wednesday.
OLYMPICS
Jul 31, 2025

German Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier dies after mountaineering accident

The accident occurred around noon on Monday, at an altitude of approximately 5,700 meters at Laila Peak, the Alpine Club of Pakistan said on Tuesday.
Palestinians carry aid supplies from the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in the central Gaza Strip, on Thursday.
WORLD
Aug 1, 2025

U.S. shifts toward Israel after envoy meets Netanyahu in bid for Gaza aid and truce

The U.S. also announced sanctions on officials of the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization, which run a state France, the U.K. and Canada may recognize.
The team of researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo has found that cells often labeled "villains" for their roles in atopic dermatitis and asthma can alleviate lung inflammation.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 1, 2025

Immune cells that worsen asthma can ease lung inflammation, Japan study shows

The surprise findings, published in the European Respiratory Journal, may pave the way for new treatments.
Israeli soldiers drive a tank in southern Israel, on the border with the Gaza Strip, earlier this year.
WORLD
Aug 2, 2025

Israeli military intelligence goes back to basics with focus on spies, not tech

The agency is reviving an Arabic-language recruitment program for high school students and training all troops in Arabic and Islam.
Lakers star Luka Doncic speaks during an interview on Saturday in El Segundo, California, after his contract extension was announced.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Aug 3, 2025

Doncic embraces championship hopes after inking $165 million contract extension

Doncic, 26, arrived in Los Angeles in a stunning February trade that sent Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks.

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Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight