A lavish ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Japan, which highlighted an ongoing succession crisis, marked Prince Hisahito’s transition to adulthood.
The 19-year-old nephew of Emperor Naruhito was presented with a black silk and lacquer crown on Saturday to mark his acces to the royal adultery.
Hisahito thanked you very much for giving the crown at the coming-of-age ceremony today. Being aware of my obligations as an adult member of the imperial family, I will perform my duties.
Despite having a daughter, 23-year-old Princess Aiko, the imperial family’s male-only succession laws forbid her from being inherited. However, polls of opinion suggest that women’s ascended the throne are in strong favor.
The 2, 600-year-old imperial line, which is the oldest in the world, has a bleak future ahead of them. Hisahito will likely reign as emperor in the future with the Chrysanthemum Throne. However, there is no one left after him, leaving the Imperial family with the choice to overthrow a 19th-century decision that ended female succession.
The prince will pay homage to the gods and ancestors at the Tokyo palace as his father ascends to the throne.
Hisahito’s family home hosted the ceremony, which was held at the time the emperor’s messenger delivered a crown. He wore a traditional pre-adult robe and traditional pre-adult attire during the main ritual at the Imperial Palace, which was attended by members of the royal family and government officials. His official coming-of-age was officially marked by the black adult “kanmuri” crown that was worn underneath his headcover. Hisahito embraced his royal duties, expressed his gratitude to the emperor and his parents, and bowed deeply.
The prince subsequently met Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako in the prestigious Matsu-no-Ma (pine room), and then traveled by royal horse carriage to three palace shrines to pray before being crowned.
A rare fatal attack off Sydney Beach, Australia, was carried out by a suspected “large shark,” according to police and rescuers, which resulted in the closure of several beaches.
The incident on Saturday, which was the second deadly shark attack to occur in Australia’s most populous city since a 35-year-old British diving instructor was killed off a beach in February 2022, making it Sydney’s first fatal shark attack since 1963.
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New South Wales police said in a statement that the victim, who is still unidentified, was thrown from the Pacific surf onto Long Reef Beach in northern Sydney and died at the scene.
The man had experience as a surfer and was in his 50s, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. When the attack occurred just 100 meters (330 feet) from the shore, he reportedly was surfing with friends.
The Herald reported that the man lost both of his legs after having his surfboard sliced in half. What shark species was responsible for the attack, at this time?
Police gathered on the shore and ambulances parked nearby, according to images from the scene released by local media. According to Australian public broadcaster ABC, drones were observing shark activity on the beach.
Surf Life Saving NSW claims the victim was bitten by the ocean predator while surfing in a beach patrolled area in the morning.
According to the report, the beaches between Manly and Narrabeen’s northern suburbs have been closed for at least 24 hours. All weekend water activities and training have been canceled by nearby surf life-saving clubs.
As northern Sydney beaches are still closed following the shark attack, [Saeed Khan/AFP] walk along the shoreline.
The victim was reportedly surfing off the nearby Long Reef and Dee Why beaches, according to an unnamed surfer.
According to Sydney’s Daily Telegraph, “four or five surfers pulled him out of the water and it appeared like a significant portion of his lower half had been attacked.”
According to data from the state-run Taronga Zoo’s owner, there have been three fatal shark attacks in other parts of Australia in 2025.
A surfer was killed by a shark in shallow water on a remote beach in Western Australia in March.
A 17-year-old girl was fatally bitten by a shark while she was swimming off an eastern Australian island in February, and a 28-year-old surfer was fatally bitten in South Australia a month earlier.
A 40-year-old man spearfishing off Queensland was fatally struck in the neck by a shark on December 28.
After Chinese state media withdrew legal permission to use the footage and demanded its removal, the Reuters news agency removed the video that depicts an exchange between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping about the subject of organ transplants and living 150 years.
According to a written request from China Central Television’s (CCTV) legal team, Reuters violated the terms of its agreement and criticized the “editorial treatment applied to this material,” leading the news outlet to remove the footage from its website on Friday.
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In a conversation that was recorded live on a microphone on Wednesday, Putin and Xi discussed organ transplants and the possibility of human life as they walked in Beijing alongside North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
“Biotechnology is developing at a rapid rate. Human organ transplantation is possible continuously. As the Russian leader and Xi walked toward Tiananmen Square’s rostrum in Chinese, the interpreter said, “The longer you live, the younger you become, and you can even become immortal.”
According to Xi, “some people believe that people will reach 150 years old by the year 2050.”
A massive military parade in the Chinese capital to mark the 80th anniversary of World War II was being led by a delegation of more than 20 foreign officials.
The Reuters video of Putin and Xi’s conversation was filmed and licensed by CCTV and made into a four-minute video that was distributed to more than 1, 000 global media clients.
Broadcasters and social media users alike shared the unusually candid exchange between the major world leaders.
The letter from the legal representative for CCTV stated that the “editorial treatment” of the material “resulted in a clear misrepresentation of the facts and statements contained within the licensed feed.”
What specifically did CCTV object to, according to the letter?
Reuters removed the video from its website and issued a “kill” order to its clients, claiming that this was because it no longer had the right to publish the copyrighted material.
The news agency, however, defended its position and said it is confident in “the accuracy of what we published.”
In a highly anticipated showdown that drew acclaim from Novak Djokovic, a 24-time major champion, 6-4, 7-6, 6-2, to victory in the US Open final, second seed Carlos Alcaraz prevailed decisively over the highly anticipated matchup at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
The 2022 champion Alcaraz soaked in deafening cheers on match point, which was touted as the hottest ticket in New York and lived up to the hype.
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Djokovic had won their previous two games, including the quarterfinals of the Australian Open earlier this year, but the 38-year-old showed wear and tear against the Spaniard 16 years his junior.
Alcaraz, who won his fifth major title at Roland Garros this year and finished second overall, said, “I’m working on it just the consistency on the matches, in the tournaments, and on the year in general.”
“Just not having ups and downs in the match,” he said. Just the starting point for the match; I just wanted to maintain that level for the duration of the match.
In the opening game, Djokovic dropped his serve after sending a shot past the baseline, and Alcaraz closed the match with an unreturnable serve.
The seventh seed entered the match in the second set, sending over a superb backhand to convert on a break point in the second game after being urged on by the celebrity-packed stands.
Alcaraz put his foot on the gas, set up a break point, and converted from the baseline after surviving a 16-shot rally with one of his fine forehand winners, but he had not dropped a set so far in New York and was not about to begin.
In a cheeky exchange at the net and paused to take in the crowd’s roars, Djokovic outlasted his opponent to win the tiebreak, a testament to the Serb’s unwavering appeal two decades after his debut in the Flushing Meadows main draw.
In the fourth game of the third set, Djokovic gave the Spaniard a break point with a double fault, but the Spaniard kept his composure, closing out the tiebreak with two more unreturnable serves.
Alcaraz, who had twice as many winners as his rival, said, “It’s not easy playing against him, to be honest.”
“I’m considering the legend and what he has accomplished throughout his career. It’s challenging to ignore it. Therefore, facing him becomes more difficult.
Djokovic hit yet another double fault on the final match, and he leaped on the net as he congratulated his opponent with a smile after giving the match away with a wide forehand.
“Of course, it’s frustrating on the court when you can’t physically maintain that level.” Djokovic, who won the last of his four US Open titles in 2023, said that it was something that was expected as well.
It “arrives with age and with time.”
Alcaraz and Djokovic reminisce about their US Open semifinal match on September 5 [Timothy A Clary/AFP]
Sinner triumphs over the spirited Auger-Aliassime challenge.
In the second semifinal, Jannik Sinner, the reigning champion, defeated 25th-ranked Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-1, 33-6, 6-3, 6-4 to clinch a third consecutive blockbuster title against Alcaraz, reviving one of the sport’s most divisive rivalries.
The typically machine-like Sinner occasionally failed but prevailed to win a third successive major final with the Spaniard. Shortly after Alcaraz wove his magic to crush Djokovic.
The Italian world No 1 turned in a backhand to wrap up the lopsided opening set after a brief bout of resistance in the fifth game of the competition.
In his second New York semifinal, Auger-Aliassime calmed his nerves, taking a 5-3 lead into the next set before falling head-to-head with Sinner in the third set before the momentum regained.
Sinner, who earlier took a medical leave for an unspecified condition, found his footing in the third set to fend off a strong challenge from his energized Canadian foe with some clutch serving in the following set to advance.
On Sunday, Sinner and Alcaraz will compete in their third Grand Slam final. This year, he won the Australian Open and the Wimbledon titles, but he lost to Alcaraz in a five-set epic battle to reach the French Open final.
“Sunday is a very special day and an amazing final again,” Sinner said. “I believe our rivalry started here in this amazing match in 2022,” I believe. We are now two different players with different levels of confidence.
Rod Laver, Roger Federer, and Novak Djokovic are the only men to have reached all four Grand Slam finals simultaneously, according to top-ranked Sinner, who is now on the verge of a fifth career major.
A prominent US news outlet reports that US Navy SEALs shot and killed several North Korean civilians in a blundered mission to install a listening device in the nuclear-armed nation in 2019.
The US Navy’s SEAL Team 6 conducted the classified mission, according to The New York Times on Friday during high-stakes diplomatic negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang in the first half of 2019.
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The elite special forces unit, which also killed former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in 2011, was assigned to station a listening device in North Korea to spy on its leaders.
However, a number of errors caused civilians to accidentally come across the US special forces while they splashed ashore while working in the dead of night with blackout communications.
The SEALs opened fire, killing everyone aboard a small fishing boat, according to the Times report, without giving a number of casualties.
According to officials familiar with the mission, US soldiers “pulled the bodies into the water to conceal them from the North Korean authorities.” According to one source, SEAL members “punctured the boat crew’s lungs with knives to ensure their bodies would sink.”
The Times claimed to have been able to learn about the flawed mission from dozens of interviews, including with members of the first Trump administration, current and former military personnel, and former and current military personnel.
Due to the mission’s classified status, none of them spoke on condition of anonymity, according to the news outlet. Many people claimed their decision to provide details was motivated by concern that the US military’s special operations failures are “often hidden by government secrecy.”
According to sources, President Trump gave the mission its final approval during his first year in office.
When reporters on Friday questioned Trump about the report, he denied having any knowledge of the operations.
Trump said, “I could look, but I don’t know anything about [it].”
He claimed that this is the first time he has heard it.
Whether Pyongyang ever pieced together what transpired in 2019 was “uncertain,” according to US officials.
