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Alexandra Eala made Grand Slam history in front of a raucous US Open crowd on Sunday as she reached the second round of a major for the first time, BBC reported.

The Filipina was one of the breakout stars of the early part of the season, beating three Grand Slam champions in a row on her way to the Miami Open semi-finals in March.

The 20-year-old had never won a Grand Slam singles match before, losing in three sets at the French Open and Wimbledon.

But, roared on by a packed Grandstand crowd at Flushing Meadows, Eala stunned world number 14 Clara Tauson 6-3 2-6 7-6 (13-11).

Residents of Little Manila - an area of Queens home to a large Filipino community - packed out the stands to support Eala as she fought back from 5-1 down in the third set, according to BBC.

Netflix appears to have its first No. 1 box-office title in the streaming company’s 18-year history thanks to the sensation of “KPop Demon Hunters.”

Rival studios on Sunday estimated “KPop Demon Hunters” led all films over the weekend with $16-18 million in ticket sales. Distribution executives from three studios shared their estimates for the Netflix phenomenon on condition of anonymity because the streaming company has a policy of not reporting ticket sales, Associated Press reported.

Following a dominating few weeks as one of the most popular Netflix releases ever, the streamer put the film into 1,750 theaters for sing-along screenings Saturday and Sunday. Studios are able to accurately estimate ticket sales for all releases on Sunday morning, though the uncommon nature of the “KPop Demon Hunters” releases means a wider variance. Some estimates were as high as $20 million.

Not long after Texas surgeon Mohammed Adeel Khaleel arrived at a Gaza City hospital in early August, a 17-year-old was brought in with gunshot wounds to both legs and one hand, sustained when he went to collect food at an aid site. Associated Press reported.

In the emergency room, Khaleel said he noted the ribs protruding from the teen’s emaciated torso, an indication of severe malnutrition. When doctors at Al-Ahli Hospital stabilized the patient, he raised his heavily bandaged hand and pointed to his empty mouth, Khaleel said.

“The level of hunger is really what’s heartbreaking. You know, we saw malnutrition before, back in November, already starting to happen. But now the level is just, it’s beyond imagination,” Khaleel, a spinal surgeon on his third volunteer stint in Gaza, said in an interview.

On Friday, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, the leading authority on global hunger crises, said for the first time that parts of Gaza are in famine and warned that it is spreading. For months, U.N. agencies, aid groups and experts had warned that Israel’s blockade and ongoing offensive were pushing the territory to the brink, according to Associated Press.

A meeting of the District Health Crisis Management Committee held on Sunday has decided not to approve the leave of the health workers except for the essential cases in view of the cholera outbreak in Birgunj, Parsa.

The meeting presided over by the Acting Chief District Officer, Suman Kumar Karki, decided to deploy the health workers from the local levels in a centralized way after the detection of cholera in some areas in the city.

Minister for Health and Population of Madesh Province, Satrudhan Prasad Singh, also attended the meeting. 

Distribution, management and management of the human resources and logistics received from the federal and province governments would be carried out from the District Health Crisis Management Committee.

Similarly, the local level would carry out the investigations for the source of infection identification of the cholera outbreak, while the federal and provincial governments would ensure technical assistance for this.

Meanwhile, a meeting of the central security committee also decided to mobilize a team of medical practitioners in the cholera-hit Bijgunj city.

The committee meeting chaired by Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak on Sunday made the decision to this effect, directing the line agencies to ensure the teams for their immediate deployment in Birgunj. 

He directed the Nepali Army, the Nepal Police and the Armed Police Force to pay adequate attention to it.  

Likewise, Minister for Health and Population, Pradip Paudel, and Minister for Drinking Water, Pradip Yadav, also discussed the ways to control and prevent the cholera outbreak in Birgunj city. 

In the city, arrangements have been made for the immediate treatment of the cholera patients for free of cost at both public and private hospitals.

Both imports and exports from the Kakarbhitta customs point in Jhapa district decreased in the first month of the current fiscal year 2025/27, the customs officials shared. 

In the month of Shrawan, goods worth Rs 3.69 billion were imported, while such imports were Rs 3.88 billion in the same month in the previous year, Customs Officer Ishwar Kumar Humagain said.

Similarly, goods worth Rs 1.54 billion were exported in the month of Shrawan. Last year, the exports from the same months had surpassed Rs 1.80 billion. 

However, the revenue collection in the last month increased by Rs 151.8 million compared to the same month of the last fiscal year. Last year, the revenue collection was recorded at Rs 113.2 million.

Despite a large number of universities and colleges established in the country for higher studies, a hefty amount of money is spent for abroad studies by Nepali students. 

According to the Current Macroeconomic and Financial Situation of Nepal released by the Central Bank on Sunday based on annual data, travel payments from the country increased 18.1 percent to Rs 223.72 billion, including Rs 138.48 billion for education. "Such payments were Rs 189.43 billion and Rs 125.13 billion respectively in the previous year," it stated. 

According to the Nepal Rastra Bank, the net services income remained at a deficit of Rs 90.94 billion during 2024/25 compared to a deficit of Rs 55.86 billion in the previous year. Under the service account, travel income increased 7.7 percent to Rs 88.66 billion in the review year which was Rs 82.33 billion in the previous year.

Vietnam has ordered more than 586,000 people to be evacuated ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Kajiki, BBC reported.

The storm is already packing winds of 166km/h (103mph) and is expected to strengthen further before making landfall early on Monday, weather forecasters said.

People from the central provinces of Thanh Hoa, Quang Tri, Hue and Da Nang have been ordered to leave their homes. Flights have been cancelled and boats told to stay ashore.

The storm is skirting past Hainan in China, where the country's weather agency said up to 320mm (12.6in ) of rain was forecast, according to BBC.

Israeli forces killed four aid seekers traveling on Sunday through a military zone south of Gaza City — an area regularly used by Palestinians trying to reach a food distribution point, a hospital and witnesses said, Associated Press reported.

The deaths add to the growing toll of Palestinians killed while seeking food, as parts of the Gaza Strip plunge into famine and Israel’s military ramps up activity in northern Gaza ahead of a planned offensive to seize its largest city.

Al-Awda Hospital and two eyewitnesses told The Associated Press that the four Palestinians were killed when troops opened fire on a crowd heading to a site run by the Israeli-backed American contractor Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, or GHF, in the Netzarim corridor area. It occurred hundreds of meters (yards) away from the site, the eyewitnesses said, according to Associated Press.