The southeastern city of Yangsan saw the temperature reach 42.5C at 1:26 pm (0426 GMT), the Korea Meteorological Administration said on its website. Yangsan has been the epicentre of the ongoing heatwave, where temperatures exceeded 40C for a fifth...

Deputy police inspector-general Sanjeewa Medawatte said the situation was under control after inmates destroyed multiple buildings on Saturday inside Mahara Prison, just outside the capital Colombo. "We got reinforcements from the armed forces and ...

Fears had been mounting that the fighting could escalate once again after Trump threatened to hit Iran "very hard" and was reportedly considering renewed heavy attacks, including against energy infrastructure. But the US leader appeared to a have c...

Two weeks after Argentina's loss to Spain in the World Cup final, Messi was back on the pitch, entering in the 53rd minute to the delight of fans at Miami's Nu Stadium. But Messi could not mark his return with a goal, twice shooting wide. Uruguaya...

Five of 15 provinces had no power due to a "partial collapse" of the electricity grid at 6:07 pm (2207 GMT), Cuba's UNE said on X. Cuba is reeling from its worst economic crisis in decades -- one made worse by the fuel blockade imposed by US Presid...

Dressel posted his fastest 50m free time in four years with a victory in 21.35sec, four-tenths of a second quicker than runner-up Quintin McCarty. He captured his second title of the week after a victory in the 100m free, his first triumph in a maj...

Four-and-a-half years later, his new startup Pdkinematics builds precision guidance systems that help drones strike targets more accurately even when GPS signals are jammed, which are supplied to both Ukraine and its European allies. He is one of s...

The enlarged Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries will likely increase production by 188,000 barrels per day, following several months of similar hikes, said Jorge Leon, an analyst at Rystad Energy. However, the September increase is l...

Teams of sellers hawk their filming services to passersby, many of whom have been drawn to the city and its cyberpunk image by motorbiking videos on social media shot against the neon-lit nightscape. "I flew from Shanghai to Chongqing this morning,...

Seven Italians, two Germans and two Spaniards were killed, along with two crew members, a spokesman for the transport ministry said. The incident occurred shortly after 1:00 pm (1800 GMT) after the Cessna 208 Caravan took off from the airport in P...

The 29-year-old Richarlison reinforced his importance with a last-minute winner as 10-man Spurs beat Chelsea 2-1 on their pre-season tour in Sydney on Saturday. He also scored in their 2-0 win over Auckland FC last weekend. Richarlison's fate has ...

Hollywood news outlet Deadline reported that the veteran actor, a native New Yorker, was found dead Saturday in his home in The Bronx. The manager, Robert Attermann, confirmed his death to AFP, but did not offer details about the circumstances. Bo...

The Italian spent more a week in New Zealand and Australia with his squad as he builds towards the new Premier League campaign where they aim to do better than their 17th place last season. They head home after beating Auckland FC 2-0, recording a ...

He keeps running. At 80, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the dominant figure in Brazilian politics for four decades, wants to show he still has the energy to win a fourth term in office in October's election. "You can't stop the Earth from tu...

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a leftist titan of Latin American politics who is loved and despised in near-equal measure in Brazil, will launch his seventh bid for the presidency at a convention of his Worker's Party (PT) in Sao Paulo. The former meta...