Against the tide: Filipinos battle rising sea on sinking island
On the Philippine island of Pugad, street food vendor Maria Tamayo wakes before her grandchildren to begin the backbreaking work of removing seawater from her home scoop by scoop with a plastic dustpan.
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Silent for 800 years, medieval organ sings again in Jerusalem
The pipes of a medieval organ, buried for centuries and discovered near the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, are once more filling a Jerusalem monastery with ancient melodies.
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Canoe-kayak champion Fox out of worlds after kidney surgery
Superstar paddler Jess Fox Thursday pulled out of the canoe slalom world championships, "absolutely devastated" after failing to sufficiently recover from surgery to remove a tumour on her kidney.
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DuPlantis excited to be back in Tokyo after 'apocalyptic' Olympics
Pole vault world record holder Armand 'Mondo' DuPlantis said Thursday that he hoped the world championships in Tokyo would be more fun than the "apocalyptic" Olympics there four years ago.
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Bolt backs Jamaicans to trump Lyles in world 100m
Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt has backed either Kishane Thompson or Oblique Seville to beat defending champion Noah Lyles in the 100m at the world championships in Tokyo.
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Hong Kong LGBTQ rights setback takes emotional toll
At a tiny, cluttered flat in Hong Kong, four people sat around a large rainbow flag and quietly started to embroider.
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'Extremely quick' wing Carter handed All Blacks debut against Springboks
Head coach Scott Robertson said Thursday that explosive wing Leroy Carter can be a "point of difference" on debut after he was named as one of five starting changes to the New Zealand side for the second Rugby Championship Test against South Africa.
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French lawmakers urge 'digital curfew' for teens
Children under 15 in France should be banned entirely from using social media, and those aged between 15 and 18 should face a nighttime "digital curfew", a French parliamentary committee urged on Thursday.
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Markets mostly up as US producer price data stokes rate cut bets
Asian equities mostly rose Thursday as investors built on this week's rally after US data ramped up expectations for a string of interest rate cuts.
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Heat risks force world marathons and race walks to start earlier
The marathons and 35km race walks at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo will start half an hour earlier because of health risks posed by unseasonably hot weather, organisers said Thursday.
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