NEW YORK - US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng began talks Sunday, as they set the stage for possible agreements on trade, AI and other issues before a summit of the countries' top leaders.

Thailand’s teqball stars struck gold three times over in Nagoya on Sunday, sweeping the mixed, women’s and men’s doubles titles to announce themselves as the team to beat on the sport’s Asian Games debut.

Thailand put on a five-star show in Nagoya on Sunday, thrashing Hong Kong 5-1 to sail into the quarter-finals of the men's football event at the 20th Asian Games, with a second-half goal blitz putting the tie beyond doubt.

RIYADH (SAUDI ARABIA) - The United States warned that fighting between Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Houthis could "escalate rapidly" after a missile attack targeted Riyadh for the first time since the Yemen conflict resumed.

PARIS (FRANCE) - Nasser al-Khelaifi, the Qatari president of French football club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), is under investigation in France on suspicion of an illegal conflict of interest, prosecutors in Paris said on Sunday.