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NY attorney general tasked with investigating alleged Cornell gang rape

US posts weak job growth data in September

Man City launch appeal against explosive financial ruling

Turkey's football referee chief faces judge in graft probe

Verstappen goes own way to avoid the rain

Philippines tennis star Eala says 'I get overwhelmed sometimes'

Ferrari chief Vasseur has support from rival team bosses

Pilot in flydubai attack says could not let 'all those people die'

Eurozone inflation hits three-year high at 3.8% in September

Taiwan boxer Lin wins gold as virtual taekwondo makes Games debut

Ancelotti says Brazil 'respects' India ahead of showdown

Man City face appeal deadline after explosive financial verdict

Pole vault superstar Duplantis to skip indoor season

Germany's crisis-hit rail operator looks to AI future

Salah sends Liverpool three points clear atop Premier League

Mohamed Salah scored twice as Liverpool stretched Newcastle's miserable run with a 4-2 victory at Anfield to open up a three-point lead at the top of the Premier League on Monday.

Major Japan quake kills four, triggers tsunami waves

At least four people have been confirmed dead after a major earthquake struck central Japan on Monday, triggering tsunami waves over a metre high, damaging homes and sparking a major blaze.

Pope urges dialogue as more Nicaraguan priests arrested

Fourteen Nicaraguan priests have now been arrested in a crackdown on the Catholic Church in the Central American country, prompting Pope Francis to call for dialogue during his Monday prayer.

South African anti-apartheid photographer Peter Magubane dies aged 91

Peter Magubane, a South African photojournalist who chronicled decades of violence during the country's apartheid era including the Soweto student uprising of 1976, died Monday aged 91, his family announced.

Ethiopia, Somaliland agree deal on port access

Ethiopia on Monday struck a "historic" agreement to secure a stake in the main port in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland as the landlocked country eyes more access to the sea, officials said.

Fireworks, war and quakes as world tumbles into 2024

Fireworks lit up skies across the world to welcome 2024, but airstrikes marred the year's earliest hours in Gaza, Israel and Ukraine, and a major earthquake hit Japan triggering tsunami warnings.

Japan call on Mitoma to help erase Asian Cup 'frustration'

Brighton winger Kaoru Mitoma was named in Japan's Asian Cup squad on Monday despite an ankle injury, as coach Hajime Moriyasu looks to erase the "frustration" of their 2019 final defeat.

Major Japan quake triggers tsunami waves, residents told to run

Tsunami waves over a metre high hit central Japan on Monday after a series of powerful earthquakes that damaged homes, closed highways and prompted authorities to urge people to run to higher ground.