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US-Japan talks focus on bolstering cooperation amid rising China threat

The ministers are expected to discuss plans to upgrade command and control structures for US forces in Japan

Polish journalist suspended for communist remark during Olympic opening

TVP, the broadcaster, issued a statement Saturday saying that the journalist and sports commentator, Przemyslaw Babiarz, would not be allowed to comment on air anymore during this summer's Games

Paris Olympics: Nadal unsure about singles after doubles win with Alcaraz

Nadal's first match in singles, against Hungary's Marton Fucsovics, is scheduled for Sunday

Simone Biles leads charge of older gymnasts, redefining sport at Olympics

The most decorated gymnast of all time and the face of the US Olympic movement will be chatting with someone when her age comes up at Paris Olympics

Kevin Durant likely to play for US in its Olympic opener against Serbia

Durant missed all five exhibition games US played coming into Paris because of a calf strain, and coach Steve Kerr stopped short of definitively saying Saturday that he is in the line-up for opener

Swiatek starts Olympics tennis event with win at French open truimph site

Swiatek, who won third consecutive championship at Court Philippe Chatrier just 7 weeks ago, got broken in same stadium to trail 5-3 in second set before getting back to her usual clay-court expertise

Olympics: Zhang hopes Chinese swimmers will be seen as clean after tests

Zhang said she and her teammates have tested three to four days a week in past couple of months leading up to Paris Games and in wake of a doping scandal involving 23 Chinese swimmers including her

Olympic sailing ready to start with fast windsurfing, light winds, hot sun

For all events, points are earned over multiple regattas on multiple days making sailing a marathon where medals are won by strategy and concentration as much as by physical strength

Olympic organisers apologise for calling South Korean athletes North Korean

South Korean Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism Vice Minister Jang Mi Ran requested a meeting with IOC President Thomas Bach over the incident, the ministry said in a statement on Saturday

Trump to campaign in Minnesota, a state that hasn't backed GOP in 5 decades

Trump attacked the likely Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris as a crazy liberal and a radical left lunatic

Harris holds 1st fundraiser as Democratic nominee, attracts donors' support

Harris also poked at Trump, and his running mate Sen. JD Vance, for lobbing peculiar attacks at her and other Democrats

At least 30 people killed in Israeli airstrike that hit school in Gaza

Near the hospital, where the bodies were transported, Associated Press journalists saw an ambulance rushing through a dusty road as a few people ran in the opposite direction

International Seabed Authority to conduct polls amid deep-sea mining debate

The upcoming election comes as the Jamaica-based International Seabed Authority ended a two-week session on Friday without reaching a consensus on a regulatory framework for deep-sea mining

Canada women's football coach suspended over drone scandal in Paris

The Canadian women defeated New Zealand 2-1 in the team's Olympic opener in Saint-Etienne on Thursday. Priestman had stepped aside for the match and interim coach Andy Spence led the team.

Chinese-Chilean TT player set to make Olympics debut at 58 in Paris

Zeng is currently the 151st-ranked table tennis player. She is part of Chile's national team, beating Dominican Eva Pea Brito in her debut

TikTok collected data on issues like abortion, gun control: US Justice Dept

The Justice Department warned, in stark terms, of the potential for what it called covert content manipulation by the Chinese government

Amid maritime disputes, Myanmar crisis, Asean meetings joined by US, China

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was also in Vientiane, and already held direct talks with Wang on Thursday

Netanyahu meets Trump at Mar-a-Lago, offering optimism on Gaza cease-fire

A beaming Trump was waiting for Netanyahu on the stone steps outside his private club and residence in Palm Beach, Florida. He warmly clasped the hands of the Israeli leader

Why Venezuela's prez elections should matter to the rest of the world

The most talked-about name in the race is not on the ballot: Mara Corina Machado

G20 finance ministers agree to work toward effectively taxing super-rich

Brazil's proposal to tax billionaires has divided G20 nations. France, Spain and South Africa have expressed support, while the US is against