Women’s tennis world No. 1 Iga Sibiong-Tech has reached the semifinals of the French Open, one step closer to a third straight title. The women’s singles quarterfinals took place on day 10 of the tournament at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. Polish star Wozniacki booked her place in the semifinals with a dominant
It all started out as a joke from his coaching staff earlier in the season. Mel Rojas Jr. of the KT Wiz, one of the premier sluggers in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), started the 2024 campaign batting in the No. 3 spot. That is where he had spent most of his MVP-winning 2020 season
Korean girl group NewJeans has been named the only K-pop artist on Billboard’s 21 Under 21 list for 2024. The list, released May 31 (U.S. time), honors the most influential young artists under the age of 21 in the music industry, based on album and song sales, streaming numbers, as well as overall influence within
A second attempt at launching Boeing’s new Starliner space capsule on its inaugural test flight with NASA astronauts on board was automatically halted with minutes to go before liftoff by a computer-abort system, mission officials said. The scrubbed launch, capping a string of 11th-hour technical issues that ground teams worked through and resolved earlier in
The defense chiefs of South Korea and Japan agreed Saturday to take measures to prevent the recurrence of a 2018 maritime spat over Japanese patrol aircraft, an incident considered a major hindrance to efforts to strengthen bilateral security cooperation. Defense Minister Shin Won-sik and his Japanese counterpart, Minoru Kihara, announced the agreement following their talks
China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe successfully landed on the far side of the Moon to collect samples, state news agency Xinhua reported Sunday — the latest leap for Beijing’s decades-old space programme. The Chang’e-6 set down in the immense South Pole-Aitken Basin, one of the largest known impact craters in the solar system, Xinhua said, citing