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Six dead after floods in central Japan: media

Six dead after floods in central Japan: media

Heavy rain that triggered floods and landslides on a Japanese penisula recovering from an earthquake this year killed at least six people, local media reported Monday.

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Australian golf prodigy suffers career-threatening eye injury

Australian golf prodigy suffers career-threatening eye injury

An emerging Australian golfer who made his US PGA Tour debut this month was fighting to save the sight in an eye Monday, after being struck by a ball during a pro-am event, officials said.

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Gaza hospital a symbol of the ruin of war

Gaza hospital a symbol of the ruin of war

Once the pride of Gaza's medical community, the Palestinian territory's main Al-Shifa hospital has become a stark symbol of the utter devastation wrought by the Israel-Hamas war.

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October 7: how Israel's deadliest day unfolded

October 7: how Israel's deadliest day unfolded

Hamas's multipronged attack on southern Israel on October 7 was unprecedented in scale. The panic and confusion it caused made many details of what was happening difficult to establish immediately.

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Bibles, sneakers, silver coins: Trump's merch for sale

Bibles, sneakers, silver coins: Trump's merch for sale

He built on his father's real estate empire and turned the family's millions into billions, but Donald Trump has not stuck to selling merely buildings.

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Met Opera opens season with tech-heavy 'Grounded'

Met Opera opens season with tech-heavy 'Grounded'

New York's prestigious Metropolitan Opera will open its season Monday with "Grounded," a work that explores technological evolutions of war against the backdrop of motherhood.

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Colombia's Inirida flower: from 'weed' to emblem for UN meeting

Colombia's Inirida flower: from 'weed' to emblem for UN meeting

When Ruben Dario Carianil began cultivating the unusual, pointy Inirida flower in the Colombian Amazon ten years ago, his relatives made fun of him for growing "weeds."

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Colombia rebel group imposes control in restive coca zone

Colombia rebel group imposes control in restive coca zone

A veneer of calm has settled over Narino, one of the most violent regions of Colombia, where armed groups until recently waged bloody battles for control of vast coca fields.

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Rams fight back to upset 49ers, Cowboys lose again

Rams fight back to upset 49ers, Cowboys lose again

NFC champions San Francisco let a 14 point lead slip as they were upset by the Los Angeles Rams 27-24 on Sunday while the Dallas Cowboys fell to a second straight NFL home loss.

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Sri Lankan leftist leader to take office after landslide election win

Sri Lankan leftist leader to take office after landslide election win

Sri Lanka's leftist president-elect will be sworn into office Monday after simmering public anger over the island nation's unprecedented economic crisis propelled him to a landslide poll win.

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