Lionel Messi retires from international soccer with World Cup title and 125 goals
“It was a decision that hurt — and still hurts deeply — but I understand that the time has come,” the 39-year-old Messi says on his Instagram account Monday.
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Rigid gender roles are prompting women to leave rural Japan
Akita Prefecture has Japan's most aged population, lowest birthrate and fastest declining population. Rigid gender roles are prompting young women to leave rural areas like this for opportunities elsewhere. -
Nearly 400,000 people are starving in Sudan, a new report finds
The war involving the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has created the world's largest humanitarian disaster, a leading hunger agency says. The major city of el-Fasher has been particularly hard-hit. -
5 German mountaineers die in northern Italy after being hit by avalanche
Five German mountaineers died after being hit by an avalanche in South Tyrol, in northern Italy, rescuers said on Sunday. -
How U.S.-China tensions leave countries like South Korea stuck in the middle
President Trump met with President Xi on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit last week. APEC's host, South Korea, is carefully balancing its relations with the U.S. and China. -
Fire and explosion at northwestern Mexico store leave at least 23 dead and 12 injured
A fire and explosion at a convenience store in northwestern Mexico killed at least 23 people, including children, and injured 12 others, state authorities said. -
Hundreds killed in Darfur hospital massacre, 'hero' doctors abducted
The last hospital in Darfur's el-Fasher has been destroyed by paramilitaries — hundreds of patients killed and doctors taken. -
A town in northeast China has shrunk by a third since 2010. Here's one family's story
An elementary school in Yimianpo is now a storage yard. The number of children in the town has dropped by half and there are fewer than three births per 1,000 residents in the province — China's lowest rate. -
Hurricane Melissa's eye rolls ashore as Jamaicans shelter and wait
The Caribbean storm — among the most powerful in history, with 185 mph winds — is expected to bring flash-flooding and landslides as it slowly moves across the island and heads north toward Cuba.
