2+ hour, 20+ min ago  (941+ words) Australia ordered a string of China-linked shareholders to sell their stakes in a rare earths firm on Monday, citing the need to protect the sector from foreign control. Northern Minerals is vying to challenge China's dominance of dysprosium production, a…...

1+ hour, 1+ min ago  (250+ words) Two men claiming to be U. S. nationals have been arrested following a trespassing incident at the enclosure of Punch, a Japanese macaque abandoned by his mother who has gone viral for clinging to an orangutan plushie, at a zoo near Tokyo,…...

11+ hour, 14+ min ago  (569+ words) A North Korean women's soccer team arrived in South Korea on Sunday to compete in a regional tournament, the first visit by North Korean athletes in eight years amid political tensions between the two nations. A total of 39 players and…...

1+ hour, 1+ min ago  (363+ words) Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday her government will consider compiling a supplementary budget for fiscal 2026 amid concern over the impact of elevated crude oil prices stemming from the Middle East conflict. The government has been providing subsidies to oil…...

11+ hour, 15+ min ago  (778+ words) New York Gov. Kathy Hochul implored unions representing workers for the Long Island Rail Road, North America's largest commuter rail system, to resume bargaining Sunday, saying a long strike hurts workers and hundreds of thousands of commuters. "This is my…...

1+ hour, 1+ min ago  (616+ words) G7 finance ministers gathering in Paris on Monday will try to find common ground on tackling global economic tensions and coordinating critical raw material supplies, even as geopolitical differences threaten to "test the group's cohesion. The two-day meeting follows a summit…...

4+ hour, 37+ min ago  (264+ words) Roki Sasaki yielded one run and struck out eight over seven sharp innings, Kyle Tucker had three hits and drove in three runs, and the Los Angeles Dodgers swept the weekend Freeway Series with a 10-1 victory over the Los Angeles…...

10+ hour, 15+ min ago  (974+ words) The deadliest animals are not lions, spiders or snakes, but the tiny mosquitoes that suck our blood, make us itchy and infect us with disease. Mosquitoes kill around 760, 000 people every year, according to research site Our World in Data, with…...

11+ hour ago  (229+ words) Police on Sunday arrested a couple in their 20s for allegedly directing four teenagers in a robbery-murder case in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo. Kaito Takemae, 28, was arrested on the verge of leaving the country at Tokyo's Haneda airport, while his…...

11+ hour, 14+ min ago  (793+ words) Italian tennis fans had waited for this moment for a half century. For Jannik Sinner, though, it wasn't just about becoming the first Italian man to win the Italian Open since Adriano Panatta 50 years ago. The top-ranked Sinner's 6-4, 6-4 victory over…...