New York Mets’ Pete Alonso, lower left, high fives a teammate after hitting an RBI sacrifice fly during the eighth inning of Game 1 of an MLB NL Division Series against the Philadelphia Phillies, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola) PHILADELPHIA— Mark Vientos and Brandon Nimmo keyed another late New York comeback, … Read more
LEBANON: A high-level Hezbollah source said on Saturday that contact with Hashem Safieddine, widely touted as potentially the group’s next leader, had been lost following Israeli strikes this week. “Contact with Sayyed Safieddine has been lost since the violent strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs” early on Friday, the official told AFP. “We don’t know if … Read more
Shigeru Ishiba, the new head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks during a press conference at the party’s headquarters in Tokyo on September 30, 2024. — AFP Japan’s former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday was formally elected by the country’s parliament to serve as its prime minister days after beating hardline nationalist Sanae … Read more