Looking dazed and sunburned, U.S. endurance swimmer Diana Nyad walked ashore Monday, becoming the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage. The 64-year-old Nyad swam up to the beach just before 2 p.m. EDT, about 53 hours after starting her journey from Havana on Saturday. As she approached, spectators waded into waist-high water and surrounded her, taking pictures and cheering her on.“I have three messages. One is, we should never, ever give up. Two is, you're n

Arsenal broke its transfer record to sign Mesut Ozil on Monday from Real Madrid after leaving its spending until the last day of the summer transfer window.The 24-year-old Germany playmaker joined for 50 million euros ($66 million) as American owner Stan Kroenke produced an emphatic response to the demands of fans.“Mesut is a top quality footballer who will be a fantastic addition to our talented squad,” Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said.Arsenal has benefited from the ripple effect of Madrid sp

France released an intelligence report on Monday alleging chemical weapons use by Syria's regime that dovetailed with similar U.S. claims, as President Bashar Assad warned that any military strike against his country would spark an uncontrollable regional war and spread “chaos and extremism.” The verbal crossfire, including a rejection of the Western allegations by longtime Syrian ally Russia, was part of frenzied efforts on both sides to court international public opinion after President Barack

The Obama administration geared up for the biggest foreign policy vote since the Iraq war by arguing Sunday that new evidence shows the Syrian government used sarin gas in a deadly August attack. With its credibility on the line, the United States must respond, the country's top diplomat said.Members of Congress, deadlocked on just about everything these days and still on summer break, expressed sharply divergent opinions about whether to give President Barack Obama the go-ahead he requested to

South Korean striker Ji Dong-won, currently playing for Sunderland in the English Premier League, said Monday that he knew nothing about rumors that he had a medical test in Hamburg in order to join Hamburger SV of German Bundesliga.“I know nothing of the news. I found out about (the rumors) after I came to Korea,” the 22-year-old forward told reporters at South Korean national team’s training camp in Paju, north of Seoul. “I didn’t even go to Germany. I came straight from Newcastle.”Earlier in

Prosecutors on Monday raided the offices of DongA One Corp., a leading local flour milling company that belongs to former President Chun Doo-hwan's relative, on suspicion of laundering the secret funds of the military-backed ruler convicted of bribery while in office in the 1980s.Chun was ordered by the nation's top court in 1997 to return to state coffers some 220 billion won (US$196.8 million) he illegally accumulated through bribery from big businesses during his rule from 1980-88. Chun, who

유럽축구 여름 이적시장의 ‘최대어’가레스 베일(24)이 마침내 역대 최고 이적료로 스페인 레알 마드리드에 새 둥지를 틀었다. 또 레알 마드리드의 메수트 외질은 잉글랜드 아스날행이 임박했다는 보도가 나오는 등 이적시장 마감을 하루 앞두고 대형 이적들이 줄을 이을 전망이다.레알 마드리드는 2일(이하 한국시간) 홈페이지를 통해 “베일이 레알 마드리드에 합류하게 됐다”고 베일의 영입을 공식 발표했다.베일은 지난 시즌 잉글랜드 프리미어리그 토트넘에서 44경기에 출전, 26골을 터트리며 프리미어리그 MVP로 선정됐다. 베일의 계약 기간은 6년으로 알려졌지만 최대 관심사인 이적료는 공개되지 않았다. 하지만 영국과 스페인 언론들은 베일의 이적료를 8600만 파운드(약 1477억원)라며 역대 최고액이라고 일제히 보도했다. 지금까지 역대 최고 이적료는 크리스티아누 호날두가 2009년 맨체스터 유나이티드에서 레알 마드리드로 이적할 당시의 8000만 파운드(약 1400억원)였다.빠른 발과 강한 체력, 뛰

President Park Geun-hye signed a request Monday for parliamentary consent to arrest a leftist lawmaker accused of plotting to overthrow South Korea's government in a daring scheme suspected of links to North Korea.The motion for the arrest of Rep. Lee Seok-ki of the Unified Progressive Party was sent to the National Assembly for approval shortly after Park's signing. Parliamentary consent is required to arrest him because lawmakers are immune from detention while the parliament is in session.A m

Serena Williams avenged her major loss to Sloane Stephens, pulling away from the young American for a 6-4, 6-1 win to return to the U.S. Open quarterfinals.Stephens beat a hobbling Williams in the quarters of the Australian Open in January.“She's definitely a good player, so it felt like something bigger, but I just had to stay focused for the moment,” Williams said in an on-court interview.In the rematch Sunday, the 16-time Grand Slam champion served big and controlled points against the 20-yea

Hur Min, the owner of a South Korean independent baseball club, on Sunday made his first pitching appearance for an American independent league club.The 37-year-old entrepreneur who owns the Goyang Wonders made his debut for the Rockland Boulders in the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball, commonly called the Can-Am League. Starting against the Newark Bears, Hur threw three innings and gave up five runs on five hits and four walks. He also hit two Newark batters.The game was s