Being a back-up goalkeeper can be a thankless task but patience paid off for Japan's Shunsuke Ando this week -- when he played a match for the first time in nine years.
LaMelo Ball sparked a second-half fightback as the struggling Charlotte Hornets upset the Los Angeles Lakers 100-97 on Wednesday.
Lionel Messi shrugged off sub-zero temperatures to score the only goal as Inter Miami defeated Sporting Kansas City 1-0 in their weather-delayed CONCACAF Champions Cup first-leg clash on Wednesday.
- Northern Japan snowed under after two-week whiteout
- Two of a kind: Najin and Fatu, the last northern white rhinos
Technology
Two rhinos munch serenely on grass as the sun rises over Mount Kenya, oblivious to the massive global endeavour to prevent them being the last of their kind.
February 20, 2025
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Two trials, one president: South Korea's Yoon in the dock
Politics
February 20, 2025
- Hamas set to hand over bodies of four Israeli hostages
- Trump accuses Zelensky of treating US envoy 'rudely'
- Zelensky to meet US envoy after Trump brands him a 'dictator'
- G20 foreign ministers meet in South Africa without US on board
Japan's trade minister is arranging a visit to the United States in coming weeks to seek exemptions from President Donald Trump's tariffs, local media said Thursday.
February 20, 2025
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How do you solve Europe's lagging economic growth and reverse its industrial decline? That is the challenge the EU faces as the bloc comes under fierce pressure from US President Donald Trump's tariffs and a rising China.
February 20, 2025
Donald Trump said Thursday his administration was "looking at alternatives" to Boeing following delays in delivering two new models of the US presidential Air Force One plane.
February 20, 2025
South Korean director Bong Joon-ho said Thursday his new film highlights the resilience of ordinary people against the powerful in a time of creeping authoritarianism at home and abroad.
February 20, 2025
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Iran executed at least 975 people last year in a "horrifying escalation" of its use of capital punishment, two human rights groups said on Thursday.
February 20, 2025
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A Sri Lankan passenger train derailed Thursday after smashing into a family of elephants, with no passengers injured but six animals killed in the island's worst such wildlife accident, police said.
Afghanistan has been cloaked in "darkness" since the return of the Taliban government three and a half years ago, but the country's former women's affairs minister insists the problem "can be solved".
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the Russians "have the cards" in any negotiation to end the war in Ukraine, after branding Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a "dictator" who refuses to hold elections.
Eleven-year-old Yeat Saly lies in a hospital bed, a piece of shrapnel lodged in his forehead -- one of the many injuries inflicted by an old mortar he found near his village in Cambodia.
February 20, 2025
Economy
From office lights switched off to out-of-service lifts, Indonesian civil servants are feeling the pinch after President Prabowo Subianto ordered sweeping budget cuts across government that he said will fund his big-ticket campaign pledges.
February 20, 2025
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US President Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday that a trade deal was "possible" with China -- a key target in the US leader's tariffs policy.
Mercedes-Benz said Thursday it planned hefty cost cuts after its 2024 profits plunged by almost a third amid a slump in China and weak electric car sales, as Germany's auto sector reels.
Films laying bare the strains and difficulties of modern motherhood are grabbing the spotlight at this year's Berlin film festival, with three fresh takes on an age-old theme all produced by women directors.
Renault confirmed on Thursday it defied headwinds in the car industry by boosting revenue and attaining record profitability in 2024 thanks to the success of its new line up of vehicles, although net profit sank as it scaled back its partnership with Nissan.
February 20, 2025
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- Eyeing China and US, EU hopes clean tech boost will spark growth
- Trump considering 'alternatives' to Boeing for Air Force One contract
- 'Parasite' director says new film highlights strength of ordinary people
- Iran executed 975 people in 'horrifying' 2024 escalation: rights groups