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This ethnic community turns a village into a symbolic kingdom for a day
As an accordion plays, 80-year-old Maime Kapten spins across the grass field, her embroidered skirt swirling and silver chains and coins around her neck jangling. Kapten ... -
World Cup star Vozinha finally lands in Chile to join Colo Colo
Vozinha, the 40-year-old goalkeeper who made history with Cape Verde at the recently concluded World Cup, arrived in Chile yesterday [Macau time] to join Colo Colo ... -
UEFA warns FIFA of legal action over Infantino’s failed World Cup sell-off plan
European soccer body UEFA has threatened FIFA with legal action over Gianni Infantino’s failed plan to sell a stake in future World Cup profits to private ... -
PM visits quake-hit southern Japan as cleanup begins in intense heat
Residents in Japan’s quake-hit southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto put out heaps of debris for collection and the prime minister visited as the region baked under intense ... -
Factory activity unexpectedly slips into contraction in July
China’s factory activity unexpectedly slowed in July, the first such contraction in five months, weighing on the pace of broader growth for the world’s second-largest economy. The ... -
Beijing holds military drills near disputed shoal in the South China Sea
China conducted military drills near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Saturday as territorial tensions with the Philippines intensify. The joint naval ... -
Britain’s new leader shifts power from Downing Street to Manchester with ‘No. 10 North
Britain has a new hub of power: a bland modern office block about 165 miles (260 kilometers) from the prime minister’s official London office and residence ... -
Women’s Professional Baseball League makes a rainy debut in front of enthusiastic crowd
Sarah Hodel and Rachel Koehler arrived at Robin Roberts Stadium more than four hours before the first game of the Women’s Professional Baseball League. Once inside, ... -
Hundreds of thousands line Amsterdam canals for the annual Pride boat parade
Hundreds of thousands of people lined Amsterdam’s canals on Saturday to watch the city’s canal boat parade, the highlight of an annual Pride festival that this ... -
EU lays out USD11.4 billion for seven AI gigafactories as it aims to catch up with US and China
The European Union is offering 10 billion euros ($11.4 billion) in funding for firms to erect seven AI gigafactories as it seeks to close the AI ... -
Hope dwindles for rescue in southwestern Japan quake as death toll climbs to 23
Rural communities in southwestern Japan were struggling to get their lives back to normal yesterday, two days after a powerful earthquake set off an explosion at a mall, ... -
Lebanese banker faces possible arrest at home after dining with Netanyahu
A Lebanese judge issued an order Wednesday that could lead to the arrest of prominent banker Antoun Sehnaoui if he returns to Lebanon over allegations of ... -
US and Iran trade missile barrages as hopes dim for a quick resolution to the five-month conflict
The United States and Iran each fired barrages of missiles yesterday, as the pattern of back-and-forth strikes took hold again and hope dimmed for a quick end to ... -
In ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ a lonely superhero grows up and looks inward
Are the ears playing tricks on us? Or does Tom Holland’s Peter Parker sound, at the beginning of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” like more of a native New Yorker than ... -
Record-low Danube River affects tourism and industry as drought and heat grip Central Europe
As wildfires rage in France and Spain and a renewed heat wave is bearing down on Western Europe, a prolonged drought half a continent away is ... -
India’s capital part of aggressive electric vehicle targets in bid to curb air pollution
In an affluent neighborhood in Delhi, electric vehicle charging stations near a popular shopping area were busy with drivers powering up their scooters, trucks and cars. ... -
Amateur cricket match goes viral after cheating allegation
An amateur cricket match in England has become a viral sensation after allegations of cheating were shared on social media. A video, which claims to show ... -
Death toll rises to 18 as rescuers comb through quake rubble
Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors yesterday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 18 ... -
Netanyahu’s first meeting with Trump since the Iran war began is a chance to smooth over strains
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with President Donald Trump yesterday is the first since the two leaders launched a joint war against Iran and a chance for ... -
VAR panel says Embolo red card was wrong
Soccer’s law-making panel clarified its guidance to referees which confirmed Switzerland forward Breel Embolo should not have been sent off in the World Cup quarterfinals against Argentina. Embolo’s second yellow ... -
A belly dancer turns grief into joy after fatal attack on Berlin’s Pride festival
Haidar Darwish, a Syrian belly dancer and artist, took the stage at Berlin’s Museum Island wearing a flamboyant hoop skirt and red fez. He asked the ... -
Displaced from wildfires share their stories of uncertainty and narrow escapes
Elvira Menéndez knows how lucky she is that her house is not a charred ruin like so many others in Spain and France devastated by deadly wildfires. ... -
Replica of the Virgin Mary’s House draws Catholic devotees in the Philippines
The House of the Virgin Mary is a shrine located in Ephesus, Turkey, where the mother of Jesus is believed to have spent her final years. Thousands of miles ... -
Formula 1’s Bahrain Grand Prix rescheduled to take place in Malaysia in October
Formula 1 is heading back to Malaysia for the first time in nine years as the Bahrain Grand Prix was rescheduled there for Oct. 4. The ... -
Norris ends wait for F1 win in Hungary as Antonelli stretches championship lead
Lando Norris ended an eight-month wait by “flying” to a Formula 1victory with strong pace and a dose of good fortune at the Hungarian Grand Prix on ... -
Mediators see progress in diplomatic efforts to halt Iran war, two regional officials say
Mediators have achieved progress in efforts to get the United States and Iran back to negotiations and avert an all-out war in the Middle East, two regional officials ... -
Super Bowl champion Seahawks open training camp with key players on PUP
Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald is ready to turn the page after capturing the franchise’s second Super Bowl in his second season at the helm. ... -
UNESCO adds France’s D-Day landing beaches, Greece’s Mount Olympus to World Heritage List
World War II’s D-Day landing beaches in northern France and the iconic Mount Olympus in Greece were among the sites added to the World Heritage List on Sunday at a U.N. ... -
Rubio, Lavrov discuss Ukraine war as China defends military moves
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov yesterday in the Philippines for talks where he was expected to renew the prospect of the ... -
June 1 trial date set for Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro in his drug trafficking case
Former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife will go on trial on drug trafficking charges next June, a judge said Wednesday, as their lawyers continue ... -
Mideast oil producers step up plans to bypass the Strait of Hormuz
Before the war in Iran, roughly 15 million barrels of Persian Gulf oil were shipped each day through the Strait of Hormuz. Within a few years, much of ... -
Pickleball is the star of the sports comedy ‘The Dink’
It’s the tennis establishment versus pickleball enthusiasts at an uptight club in “The Dink,” a kind of spiritual descendant of “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.” The story itself ... -
Madonna, BTS and more World Cup halftime performers see jump in song streams, Justin Bieber up 110%
It was the 11-minute performance heard around the world. Madonna, Justin Bieber, BTS and Shakira each brought abridged hits to the World Cup’s first halftime show in a whirlwind performance Sunday just outside ... -
EU hits Google with USD1 billion fine over its Play app store and search
The European Union yesterday hit Google with a fine of 890 million euros ($1 billion) after it said the technology behemoth broke digital antitrust regulations by ... -
Britain’s new Prime Minister must solve the old riddle of how to reinvigorate a slow-growing economy
U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s announcements during his first 24 hours on the job underscore the political and financial challenges he faces as he tries to jump-start the ...
