World Athletics chief say rules will uphold the integrity of women’s sport amid debate over inclusion of trans athletes. Track and field is set to become the first Olympic sport to require participants in women’s events to undergo DNA testing to prove their biological sex following a decision by World Athletics. Sebastian Coe, the president of World Athletics, said on Wednesday that track and field’s governing body had...

South Korea’s forest service said thousands of fighters are tackling at least five active wildfires across the country. At least 18 people have been killed and almost 20 injured as wildfires rage in multiple areas across South Korea’s southeastern region where thousands of firefighters and soldiers are struggling to control rapidly expanding blazes, officials said. South Korea’s official Yonhap news agency said the death toll had reached 18...

The administration of United States President Donald Trump has continued to face fallout from an article in The Atlantic that revealed editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was added to a group chat where top-level government officials discussed plans for bombing Yemen. The White House remained in damage control mode on Tuesday, seeking to dismiss allegations that government secrets were at risk. “There was no classified information, as I understand it,”...