Japan’s imports in October surged by more than half from a year earlier, dwarfing growth in exports and enlarging a trade deficit that has weighed heavily on the yen. The trade gap is therefore worsening the pain felt by households...

Hundreds of properties in Australia’s southeast, scrubbed and cleaned two weeks ago after major flooding, were inundated again on Thursday as officials issued fresh evacuation orders while Singaporean rescue specialists arrived to aid relief efforts. Rural towns in the southwest...

Africa will have five home-grown coaches at the World Cup finals for the first time in a breakthrough that could lead to a change of mindset and more opportunity for locals. Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia all head to...

Kenyans Evans Chebet and Sharon Lokedi survived brutal heat and humidity to win the New York City Marathons on Sunday after Brazilian Daniel Do Nascimento collapsed during the race. Do Nascimento set a blistering pace with a roughly two-minute lead...

Australian boxing icon Jeff Fenech has been awarded the World Boxing Council’s super-featherweight belt 31 years after being denied the title in a controversial draw against Azumah Nelson. A panel of WBC judges reassessed the June 28, 1991 fight at...

The Ferrari driven to five race victories by Michael Schumacher during his World Championship-winning 2003 Formula 1 season is being auctioned next week in Geneva, auction house Sotheby’s said on Friday. The red “Chassis 229” Ferrari raced by German world...

“Captain America” actor Chris Evans was named People Magazine’s “sexiest man alive” for 2022 on Monday, following his Marvel co-star Paul Rudd having the title in 2021. Evans, who is 41 and single, said the title “feels like a weird form of...

For years Japanese shoppers eagerly shelled out for the latest gadgets, but now a tumbling yen has put new iPhones out of reach for some and sparked a growing secondhand trade in a major market for Apple Inc (AAPL.O). The Japanese...

South Korean battery makers have urged the U.S. government to factor in realities of a complex supply chain for the industry and not hold the sector to “impossible requirements” ahead of the implementation of new U.S. EV tax credit rules....

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc (TTWO.O) lowered its annual sales forecast on Monday, as the videogame publisher took a hit from this year’s surge in the dollar and a broader industry slump, sending its shares down 17% in extended trading. The move follows a...