Shnaider beats Fernandez to win Tokyo title
Russia's Diana Shnaider won her first title of the year on Sunday with a hard-fought 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 victory over Canada's Leylah Fernandez in the Pan Pacific Open final in Tokyo.
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Winds of change: Laos looks up for renewables push
Rising from verdant ridgelines of southern Laos, 133 Chinese-built wind turbines help power Vietnam's surging growth and represent part of a regional rush to diversify energy sources.
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Trump says US looking 'closely' at report Nvidia CEO target of China spy plot
President Donald Trump voiced on Saturday his support for the "brilliant" head of US chip giant Nvidia, Jensen Huang after a report he was targeted by a Chinese spy plot.
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Sri Lanka's war widows and the long search for the missing
Seated outside a church, Saradhadevi Thadcanamoorty recites four handwritten pages of names -- 124 husbands, fathers and brothers who vanished during Sri Lanka's civil war.
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Maxey scores 38 to lead Sixers 'fighters' to another comeback win
Tyrese Maxey scored 38 points to spark the Philadelphia 76ers in a fightback 109-104 NBA victory at Charlotte on Saturday while LeBron James and Joel Embiid were rested with injuries.
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'Air-con nation' Singapore eyes alternatives to cool down
Long dubbed an "air-conditioned nation", Singapore is experimenting with cooling alternatives from chilled beams to "passive displacement" to curb its thirst for energy-guzzling air conditioning.
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Valkyries defeat Dream to capture first WNBA crown
Gabby Williams scored 30 points and the Golden State Valkyries captured their first Women's NBA title on Saturday, defeating the Atlanta Dream 68-63 in a winner-take-all championship showdown.
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US judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein letter
A US judge on Saturday dismissed President Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and media magnate Rupert Murdoch over a report that Trump sent a bawdy birthday letter to notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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'Seen and heard': Uruguay neighborhood places hopes in pope
In one impoverished neighborhood of Uruguay's capital, Catholics and evangelical Christians are unusually harmonious ahead of Pope Leo XIV's visit, with both communities viewing it as an opportunity to shed light on local suffering.
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Slave or not? US gallery shows early photos of African Americans
Is the person in that photo portrait a slave or not?
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