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Japanese skaters compete in the women's team sprint during the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, on Sunday.

Police in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, have arrested a 70-year-old woman on suspicion of attempted murder after she strangled an unemployed ma...

The Kansas City Chiefs aim for a historic hat-trick of Super Bowl titles on Sunday when they take on the Philadelphia Eagles in front of a s...

President Donald Trump has revoked security clearances for Antony Blinken, the former secretary of state, and Jake Sullivan, the former nati...

Elliot Daly's try a minute from time helped England to a thrilling 26-25 Six Nations win over France at a rainswept Twickenham on Saturday....

Toma Matsuura of Japan competes in the men's freeski halfpipe during the 9th Asian Winter Games in Yabuli in northeast China's Heilongjiang...

Three Baltic states on Saturday cut ties with Russia's power grid to join the European Union's network, the culmination of a years-long proc...

The strongest cold wave of the season has caused record snowfall in the Hokuriku region since Friday night.In 12 hours from Friday night to...

US President Donald Trump announced Friday he will name himself to be chairman of the Kennedy Center, putting his aggressive rightwing stamp...

President Donald Trump said Friday that he's revoking former President Joe Biden's security clearance and ending the daily intelligence brie...

The main hall of Zenko-ji temple in Nagano is lit up on Friday, as a five-day lantern festival begins.

The main hall of Zenko-ji temple in Nagano is lit up on Friday, as a five-day lantern festival begins.

Asian shares Friday were mixed, with Chinese technology stocks rising as most other Asian equities declined.Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 di...

A team of Australian reptile catchers says it has topped the beloved children's tale "The Hundred and One Dalmatians", stumbling across a ne...

President Donald Trump's administration plans to keep fewer than 300 staff at the U.S. Agency for International Development out of the agenc...

Liverpool overturned a first leg deficit to reach the League Cup final with a 4-0 win over Tottenham on Thursday, ramping up the pressure on...

Men hold up burning torches during a traditional festival dating back about 1,400 years at Kamikura shrine in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, o...

The CEO of Nissan Motor Co conveyed the company's intent to terminate merger talks with Honda Motor Co on Thursday, a source familiar with t...

Australia passed tough anti-hate crime laws on Thursday, including mandatory minimum sentences for terror offences and displaying hate symbo...

After a random knife assault at a bus stop in front of JR Nagano station on January 22 left one person dead and two injured, Nikkan Gendai (...

Newcastle swept into the League Cup final for the second time in three seasons with a vibrant 2-0 win against Arsenal in the semi-final seco...

When Elon Musk debuted the Department of Government Efficiency recently at the Capitol, House Speaker Mike Johnson enthusiastically predicte...

Workers on a lift check the area where the wing of a Japan Airlines jet hit the tail of a Delta Air Lines jet at the south end…

One person has died and five others were wounded in a shooting Tuesday night at a cosmetics warehouse in Ohio, officials said.The victims h...

Nissan shares plunged on Wednesday after Japan's Nikkei business daily said the carmaker had decided to withdraw from merger talks with riva...