Japanese restaurants in China have been struggling to stay afloat amid Beijing's total ban on seafood imports from Japan, but some have found a way to keep in business by procuring the neighboring country's marine products via Hong Kong or using Chinese-sourced ingredients for their menu items. The embargo, introduced
Ireland beat Argentina 21-5 in a Singapore Sevens quarterfinal matchup of the world series' leading teams on Saturday. The front-running Argentines have lost only two quarterfinals this season, and Ireland dumped them both times. Ireland, which has never won the series, will have a chance on Sunday to overtake Argentina
Donovan Mitchell pushed himself to his physical limits, leaving everything he had on the floor while trying to close out the precocious Orlando Magic. Cleveland's star came up short. He gets another shot. One more. Game 7. "Best two words in sports,” Mitchell said late Friday night. Unable to find
Second-ranked Jannik Sinner announced Saturday that he is withdrawing from the Italian Open because of an injured hip — denying the tournament of its most anticipated home player in decades. Sinner joins third-ranked Carlos Alcaraz on the sidelines after the Spaniard withdrew from Rome a day earlier due to a
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek avenged her loss to Aryna Sabalenka in last year's Madrid final by defeating the world number two to clinch her first title in the Spanish capital after a gruelling three-hour 11-minute battle on Saturday. Coming back from 1-3 down in the decider and saving three match points
Track and field's own Netflix series, focusing on sprinters and due to be aired ahead of the Paris Olympics this summer, will reveal the global appeal of the sport to a wider audience, according to Sebastian Coe. Athletics as a sport has found itself, at times, struggling against the multitude
Four goals for Erling Haaland. Another win for Manchester City in its bid to capture an unprecedented fourth straight Premier League crown. Arsenal, though, isn't going away in the title race. Not this time. Haaland has now at least a hat trick in six of his 63 matches in England's
Spain and Argentina were at diplomatic daggers drawn on Saturday as the two countries traded barbs over drug taking and economic decline. Poor relations between the Hispanic nations hit a low on Friday night when Spain's Transport Minister Oscar Puente suggested Argentina's President Javier Milei was on drugs. Milei's office
Three bodies recovered in an area of Baja California are likely to be those of the two Australians and an American who went missing last weekend during a camping and surfing trip, the state prosecutor’s office said Saturday. While there has not yet been confirmation based on forensic examination, physical
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has a lot of cleaning up to do. Khan, who made history Saturday by becoming the city's first mayor elected to a third term, has pledged to make the River Thames swimmable. It wasn't a top campaign issue but it's an audacious goal considering the waterway
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and European Union leaders denounced on Saturday a recent spate of attacks on politicians in Germany, including one that sent a member of the European Parliament to hospital with serious injuries. Matthias Ecke, 41, a member of Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD), was hit and kicked on
Participants fly Japan's largest kite, measuring 14.5 x 14.5 meters and weighing 950 kg, during the Odako Matsuri, a giant kite festival, in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Saturday. The annual festival has been passed down for more than a century as a form of prayer to help ensure a good harvest.