Like father, like daughter, for son: Haiti's trailblazing new generation honors its soccer roots
Haiti may only have a slim chance of advancing to the knockout stages, but the team say they won't go down without a fight Tuesday as some players draw on family history to lay down a legacy on their Women's World Cup debut.
1970-01-01 08:00
Heineken's profit hit by drop in beer sales in Asia
People in Asia aren't guzzling as much beer as they used to.
1970-01-01 08:00
China's factory sector contracts for fourth straight month, raising urgency for more stimulus
China's factory sector has contracted for a fourth straight month, while a gauge of its services sector has slipped to a seven month low, raising pressure on policymakers to deliver more stimulus to reinvigorate a stumbling economy as global and domestic demand softens.
1970-01-01 08:00
Medvedev says Russia could use nuclear weapon if Ukraine's fightback succeeds in latest threat
Russia may be forced to use a nuclear weapon if Ukraine's counteroffensive succeeds, senior Russian official Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday -- the latest in a series of nuclear threats made during Moscow's invasion by the key ally of President Vladimir Putin.
1970-01-01 08:00
Thousands flee homes as Typhoon Doksuri soaks Beijing and a second storm approaches China
Tens of thousands of people fled their homes in Beijing after Typhoon Doksuri, one of the strongest storms in years, dumped torrential rain across China as forecasters warned another hurricane-level storm was on its way.
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From the World Cup sidelines, Afghanistan's women's team is fighting for the right to play
Half-time and thousands of tiny cellphone lights are swaying in time to Coldplay's "A Sky Full of Stars" on a mild winter night at Brisbane Stadium for Australia's World Cup match against Nigeria.
1970-01-01 08:00
Ukraine's top fencer granted place at Olympics after disqualification for Russia handshake snub
The Ukrainian fencing champion banned from the world championships in Italy for refusing to shake hands with a Russian opponent has been readmitted to the tournament and given an automatic place at next year's Paris Olympics.
1970-01-01 08:00
Japan sends yen soaring and stocks tumbling with hint it could join rate-hiking party
Japan's central bank kept interest rates unchanged Friday despite rising inflation but hinted that it could gradually abandon years of ultra-cheap money, sending the yen soaring and stocks tumbling.
1970-01-01 08:00
Bollywood film 'Bawaal' accused of trivializing Holocaust and demeaning victims
A Bollywood film has been accused of trivializing the murder of millions during the Holocaust with flippant dialogue and a storyline that uses the Nazi's death camps as a metaphor for relationship woes, prompting a prominent Jewish rights group to call for its removal from streaming platforms.
1970-01-01 08:00
China was once a women's soccer superpower. This year's World Cup is a first step in reclaiming that status
With a tied score and two minutes left to play after a stunning second-half comeback, China's women's soccer team finally scored the goal that had eluded them for 16 years.
1970-01-01 08:00
Wagner chief Prigozhin seen back in Russia for first time since rebellion
Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner private military company, was spotted inside Russia on Thursday for the first time since he led an armed rebellion against the Russian military last month.
1970-01-01 08:00
Japan's population fell by 800,000 last year as demographic crisis accelerates
Japan's population crisis is accelerating, with the number of nationals falling by more than 800,000 in the past year -- echoing similar trends seen in other East Asian countries.
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