The big-hitting American claimed his first career win over Alcaraz, 6-7 (5/7), 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (10/7), ending the Spaniard's hopes of retaining his title in his first tournament back after a four-month injury absence. It took a brutal four hours...

The amount surpasses the 944 billion won awarded in the divorce settlement between SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won -- whose business also owns chip giant SK hynix -- and his ex-wife, Roh Soh-yeong. Kwon founded Smilegate in 2002 and has built it int...

The protesters across from the large US embassy compound in Seoul waved signs saying "Do not join a war of aggression" as their leaders weigh a "contribution" to the waterway's security. US President Donald Trump has pressured ally South Korea to ...

Poverty, unemployment and bureaucratic red tape force tens of millions of Africans into work that is not regulated, taxed or protected by the government. From Abidjan to Dakar and Abuja, mechanics, scrap dealers, motorcycle taxi drivers and street ...

Roughly 300,000 children in the east African nation have a hearing impairment, according to the Kenya Society for Deaf Children, but just 20,000 were enrolled in schools as of 2024. Kenyan start-up ZeroBionic, co-founded by 22-year-old Norah Kimat...

The European Commission is to lay out conditions under which local authorities can limit short lets, as part of an "affordable housing" package that seeks to address what EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has called a "social crisis". "Nurses, teachers...

"I'm the only one born in Sweden here today. The rest are born abroad," said Johanna Bjorkman, a nurse at the NU Hospital Group in the southern city of Trollhattan. "There wouldn't have been any operations without them," she told AFP outside the op...

Under nationalist Prime Minister Janez Jansa Slovenia is launching a diplomatic reset of its relationship with Israel, which will send its foreign minister to open its first embassy in Ljubljana on Wednesday. It is an about-face from the policies o...

Bayern fell agonisingly short against eventual champions Paris Saint-Germain in a wild semi-final last campaign. PSG won a manic first leg 5-4 and then frustrated Bayern in a 1-1 draw in the second in Munich to advance to the final, where they beat...

Volpato was reported in July to have allegedly tested positive for cocaine after he was pulled over for speeding in Sydney. New South Wales police said on Wednesday that a second sample taken at the time had also tested positive. They said a 22-ye...

Three men are charged in the killing of Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, aged 30 and 33, respectively, and their 30-year-old American friend Jack Carter Rhoad, who were on a surfing trip to Mexico's Pacific coast in April 2024. Authori...

Aircraft tracking website FlightRadar24 said 177 flights scheduled for Wednesday had already been axed, following 1,300 cancellations to and from UK airports a day before. Nearly all the latest affected flights were at Britain's busiest airport He...

Sabalenka beat Pegula in the 2024 final in Flushing Meadows and beat her again in the semis last year on the way to a second crown. Third-seeded Pegula needed two hours and 20 minutes to get past Navarro, recovering an early break in the third set ...

Rainwater also leaked into some competition venues, with more wet weather forecast for the coming days. About 104mm (four inches) of rain fell in an hour in part of Nagoya on Tuesday, prompting municipal officials to issue an evacuation order for p...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Britain's Prince William, Spain's royal couple, the presidents of Finland, Germany and the Czech Republic as well as the French and Thai prime ministers were among those due in Oslo to pay their respects to th...