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長友佑都がFC東京と再契約 40歳迎える今シーズンも現役続行

サッカーワールドカップ北中米大会で日本選手最多の5回目の出場を果たした39歳の長友佑都選手が、今シーズンもJ1・FC東京で現役を続けることを明らかにしました。

Woman screams in fear as Ukraine war recruiters pounce on man

Viral video fuels concerns over Ukraine’s ‘busification’ and alleged abuse by recruitment officers.

Woman screams for her man as Ukraine war recruiters pounce

Viral video fuels concerns over Ukraine’s ‘busification’ and alleged abuse by recruitment officers.

ラグビーリーグワン フィジー出身選手が死亡 熱中症疑いで搬送

ラグビーリーグワンの2部にあたるディビジョン2の「九州電力キューデンヴォルテクス」は、チームに所属するサイモニ・ヴニランギ選手が熱中症の疑いで病院に搬送され、その後、死亡したと発表しました。

Child among 4 people killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine

Falling debris sparked several fires on the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital, in attacks which killed at least four people

Typhoon Dolphin grounds Hong Kong flights, disrupts trips and business in Japan

At least 12 flights connecting Hong Kong with mainland China, Taiwan and Japan have been cancelled as Typhoon Dolphin gradually moves away from Japan’s Okinawa prefecture and approaches eastern China. Hongkongers in Okinawa whose travel plans were disrupted by Dolphin were able to partially resume their itineraries as supermarkets and aquariums reopened. But an accommodation and car rental operato...

高校野球 大分商 エース平田が流れ引き寄せ逆転勝ち 2回戦へ

夏の全国高校野球、大会4日目の第3試合は、大分商業が新潟の日本文理高校に6対4で逆転勝ちして、2回戦に進みました。

Syrian spy chief accused of 2015 'Children's Massacre' hiding in Moscow: Report

Around 34,000 fans attend Kanye West concert at Algarve Stadium

After cancellations in countries including the UK, France and Poland, the US rapper's Portugal concert went ahead on Friday at the Algarve Stadium before 34,000 fans.

Korean proverb of the day and its lessons: 'If you don't walk today, you must run tomorrow'

Spain to start Italy border controls on air and sea travel amid Ceuta migrant row

Following Italy’s rejection of its ultimatum to lift the border checks imposed in response to the Ceuta migration crisis, Spain has in turn announced that it will carry out checks on travellers from Italy. From midnight on Saturday, travellers from Italy would initially be subject to random checks at ports and airports until September 7, Spanish state broadcaster RTVE reported, citing a decree iss...

高校野球 夏の甲子園 第4試合 英明と関東第一 5回終え同点

夏の全国高校野球、大会4日目の第4試合、香川の英明高校と東東京の関東第一高校の試合は5回を終えて1対1の同点です。

Arron Banks ‘hired private detective’ to look into journalist who investigated Reform UK

Asked whether he targeted reporter who investigated party finances, Brexit campaigner says: ‘When you live by the sword, you die by the sword’The prominent Reform UK member and Brexit campaigner Arron Banks is said to have set private investigators on a Sunday Times journalist after he broke a series of stories about Nigel Farage.Banks is alleged to have paid for the services of investigators to ...

Taiwan’s William Lai rehearses late-night emergency escape during military drill

Taiwan’s leader rehearsed a late-night emergency evacuation during the island’s largest annual military exercise in response to growing concerns over potential “decapitation” strikes by the People’s Liberation Army, local media reported on Thursday. Under cover of darkness on Wednesday night, William Lai Ching-te, wearing body armour and a helmet, was transported from his Presidential Office in a ...

Baywatch honors teenage lifeguard hero who saved boy in viral video

Ryder Williams, 16, presented with distinctive red jacket by star of TV rescuer reboot, Stephen AmellAs life imitates art and vice versa, the star of the Baywatch reboot recently presented one of the distinctive red jackets seen on the beach rescuer drama to the teenage lifeguard who went viral for saving a boy off the California coast on camera.Stephen Amell, who was cast as the main protagonist ...

The ornithological artist drawing 1,000 birds by hand – all for an app that wants you off your phone

The mission of the Flock app is quietly subversive: to encourage users to ditch their screens and explore the wonderful world of birdingOn a brilliantly bright afternoon in his gallery and studio in Bolinas, a small town on the northern California coast, Keith Hansen was putting the finishing touches on a watercolor of an almost improbably flamboyant painted bunting.With an ultra-fine sable brush,...

The Bond effect? How MI6 fascinates spy watchers around the world

Britain’s spooks take quiet satisfaction from survey ranking Secret Intelligence Service Europe’s top espionage agency MI6 has the swagger of James Bond; its French equivalent, DGSE, the complexities of the television drama Le Bureau. The film and TV shows may be fictional, but a survey run by a French magazine that placed the British spy agency above the French as No 1 across all of Europe this w...

8/8: CBS Saturday Morning

Todd Blanche is confirmed as attorney general, fires blaze in Europe and the U.S., plus Houndmouth plays Saturday Sessions.

Yemen’s collapsing healthcare forces the sick to seek alternative medicines

Patients in Yemen who cannot afford healthcare or access relevant treatment are turning to alternative medicine.

Ukrainian drone explodes near border between Romania and Bulgaria, Kyiv promises inquiry

Bulgaria's prime minister said both Bulgarian and Romanian authorities had failed to pick up the drone as it made its way through their respective airspace.

Unidentified drone explodes in Bulgaria, close to major gas pipeline

Bulgaria's prime minister said both Bulgarian and Romanian authorities had failed to pick up the drone as it made its way through their respective airspace.

Unidentified drone explodes in Bulgarian airspace, close to Romanian border

Bulgaria's prime minister said both Bulgarian and Romanian authorities had failed to pick up the drone as it made its way through their respective airspace.

Hong Kong employer groups call for helper wage freeze, warn of mass sackings

A coalition of Hong Kong employers has called on the government to freeze the pay of foreign domestic workers this year, warning that any wage increases may result in mass sackings. They also proposed a new pay-for-performance mechanism to allow employers to reward high-performing helpers more than poor performers. Two employers’ groups – the International Domestic Service Industry Development Fed...

Nazi shipwrecks emerge from the depths as Europe’s Danube dries up

Unexploded ordnance and a military motorcycle also recovered owing to record heat and drought conditionsRecord-low water levels in the Danube have exposed remnants of Europe’s Nazi past, with dozens of second world war warships emerging from the riverbed during an intense drought.In the middle of the river on the Serbian and Romanian border, a broken-up hull was visible on a sandbank that is norma...

Nazi shipwrecks emerge from the depths as Europe’s Danube dries ups

Unexploded ordnance and a military motorcycle also recovered owing to record heat and drought conditionsRecord-low water levels in the Danube have exposed remnants of Europe’s Nazi past, with dozens of second world war warships emerging from the riverbed during an intense drought.In the middle of the river on the Serbian and Romanian border, a broken-up hull was visible on a sandbank that is norma...