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J.J. Spaun uses Presidents Cup snub as motivation in BMW PGA Championship victory
Spaun said he played with a "with a huge chip on my shoulder."
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Daily food spending below ¥500 among low-income people in Japan
About 85.5% of those surveyed reported that they had been unable to buy the groceries their families needed during the past year.
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Macron and Carney pledge closer ties amid strains with Trump
The French president and Canadian prime minister's meeting came weeks after the U.S. president made a controversial post on social media.
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Carney’s glitzy summit lures international investments to Canada
The prime minister's effort to charm the world's largest investors at a VIP summit in Toronto is paying quick dividends for Canadian investm
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Bessent hails ‘very successful’ China talks on AI, trade
Bessent said the two sides agreed to set up a dialogue on AI aimed at reaching a common understanding on goals and threats.
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New test coach Stephen Fleming wants to restore identity of English cricket
Fleming was appointed in July following England's slide in results and a series of off-field incidents.
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Retiring umpire Laz Diaz bemoans ‘nasty’ environment around MLB
According to USA Today, Diaz is one of seven umpires to accept a buyout.
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Powerful Typhoon Dujuan zeroes in on Tokyo area
The storm is forecast to bring heavy rains to the region before moving east, with Level 4 danger warnings issued for some areas.
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Clinical trials for Alzheimer’s treatment face global shortage of participants
The shortage of trial participants risks slowing progress in dementia therapies, Alzheimer's Disease International warns.
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Merz’s conservatives set to crash out of German state parliament
The German Chancellor's Christian Democratic Union won 4.9% of the vote on Sunday — the far-right AfD party won with 38.3%.
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Trump administration prepares sanctions against International Criminal Court, sources say
U.S. officials want the court to drop its arrest warrants against Israeli leaders as well as a past probe into American troops in Afghanista
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U.S. warns of rapid escalation in Middle East war
A recent Houthi offensive seized swathes of Yemeni territory, left hundreds dead and displaced more than 110,000 people.
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In superaged Japan, athletes are making waves well into their 90s
Regardless of age, engaging in sports brings multiple health benefits — the greater one's physical fitness, the longer one tends to live.
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Senior Taiwan official makes rare trip to China
Labor Minister Hung Sun-han took flew Sunday to the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing, where he will attend meetings on Monday before returnin
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Germans vote in elections threatening fresh blow to Merz
The far-right, pro-Trump and Moscow-friendly AfD party dealt the German leader a defeat two weeks ago, fueling speculation his support is wo
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Drones hit Moscow as Russians go to the polls
The ruling United Russia party, which backs President Vladimir Putin, has won every parliamentary election in Russia since 2003.
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North Korea fires off second apparent ballistic missile
North Korea fired off a second missile on Sunday evening, hours after it launched an apparent short-range ballistic weapon, Tokyo said.
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Philippine tribe in limbo over U.S.-led tech hub
Philippines pushes ahead with semiconductor hub while local tribe warns of unclear boundaries and forced relocation.
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Myanmar captures first Asian Games teqball gold as Spain great Carles Puyol watches
Teqball was invented 14 years ago in a garage in Hungary and features players kicking a ball over a curved table, incorporating elements of
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Rams anxious to get back on field after stunning Week 1 collapse
Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald, freshly unretired but inactive for Week 1, could play for the first time since January 2024, and signs a
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Public-private railway fully reopens in Kumamoto six years after flooding
The 6-kilometer section between Hitoyoshi Onsen Station and Higo Nishinomura Station reopened after restoration work.
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Soy sauce maker Kikkoman opens third U.S. plant
The plant will start shipping products in October and is scheduled to produce some 4,000 kiloliters of soy sauce by March next year.
Sport
MLB teams turn to pop culture as way to draw new fans to ballpark
According to MLB, 56% of theme night attendees last year were new buyers, with 45% being female.
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IOC President Kirsty Coventry impressed by accommodations at Asian Games
Asia's biggest sporting spectacle, which opened on Saturday in Nagoya, has split with past Games by having no traditional athletes' village.
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