SHIZUOKA, Japan: A Japanese court acquitted on Thursday an 88-year-old former professional boxer in a high-profile retrial decades after he was sentenced to death over a 1966 quadruple murder, saying investigators had fabricated evidence.

SYDNEY - Pesto the huge king penguin chick has drawn hundreds of visitors to an Australian aquarium, and now the bird can count Katy Perry as one of his biggest fans.

Prajanchai PK Saenchai and Jonathan Di Bella’s kickboxing title rematch in ONE Championship could happen in Qatar, Japan or even Canada.

Thailand coach Miguel Rodrigo had his men practise spot kicks ahead of their Fifa Futsal World Cup last-16 round clash with France on Friday as team star Suphawut Thueanklang vowed to "play for the dignity of Thai people".

One of Israel’s major defence companies aims to clinch contracts under the Philippines’ ambitious military upgrade to bolster the country’s defences in the disputed South China Sea.

China is preparing to give one-off cash handouts to people in extreme poverty before Tuesday, in a rare announcement of direct aid just a day after announcing a sweeping programme to stimulate its sluggish economy.

Russia has established a weapons programme in China to develop and produce long-range attack drones for use in the war against Ukraine, according to two sources from a European intelligence agency and documents reviewed by Reuters.

The number of patients suffering from malnutrition in South Korea has increased by nearly three times in the last five years, particularly among low-income households, data showed Tuesday.

The ”Group of Four” countries, which includes India, Germany, Japan, and Brazil, have again called for an urgent reform of the United Nations Security Council through text-based negotiations.

China launched a Smart Dragon 3 carrier rocket on Tuesday morning off the coast of Haiyang in Shandong province, placing eight satellites in space.