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In the global ledger of financial regulation, speed is rarely celebrated as a primary virtue. Most sovereign states spend years debating preliminary definitions, circulating speculative white papers, and convening multi-agency exploratory committees before committing a single operative clause to statute. In the fast-moving virtual asset sector, this deliberate institutional inertia has often left market participants […]

A British woman has died after being stabbed at Rosenheim train station in Germany, with a 27-year-old man arrested at the scene.

Chinese audiences have been captivated by a new South Korean dating show that features young people battling serious illnesses, drawing inspiration from their courageous pursuit of love. The dating reality show, Love Against Time, released by the Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) this summer, has gone viral on Chinese social media. While various dating reality shows have long served as a hallmark of South Korean entertainment, this new entry retains a unique appeal, bringing together eight...

Here where I sit once again looking easterly to the vast sea, the wind and the waves and winding vistas along the north Atlantic coast drown out trivial thoughts. We are here for a few days to empty our minds of trash, as a vacation should so vacate. Unlike many, we are lucky for this …

Dolly Parton's songs traveled far beyond Nashville. Across Africa, musicians embraced her stories of hardship, heartbreak and humble beginnings — and made them their own.

Michigan lawmakers have proposed bills to reform the state’s zoning laws in a bid to spur more and faster home building. But the measures have not passed, meaning the state’s next governor may inherit an ongoing debate.

The 102-year-old mother of the late Cantopop icon Anita Mui Yim-fong died on Sunday morning after collapsing at her home in Hong Kong. Tam Mei‑kam was being fed liquid oatmeal by her domestic helper at about 10.30am when she suddenly collapsed in her Causeway Bay flat. The helper, a 31-year-old Indonesian woman, immediately called police. Paramedics and officers arrived at her home in the Leigyinn Building at 62 Leighton Road to find Tam unconscious. She was rushed to Ruttonjee Hospital in Wan...

Authorities in Nepal warned of possible fresh flooding on Sunday and urged residents in flood-affected districts to remain on high alert after water levels rose in the Bhotekoshi River.

Three of the five crew members were rescued and taken to hospital, the coastguard says.

Leading chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) has joined a growing list of Chinese technology companies suing the US government over their additions to Pentagon blacklists, as legal experts said US courts had shown a willingness to hold the Department of Defence to account. Recent rulings involving Chinese tech firms including lidar sensor maker Hesai Group, drone manufacturer DJI and biotech firm WuXi AppTec indicated that judges were prepared to scrutinise the US government’s evidence...

Khamenei has not ⁠been seen in public since being injured in US-Israeli airstrikes six ​months ⁠ago

Pakistan’s prime minister said eight officials were suspended and called for criminal proceedings against them, after 14 infants were killed in a fire in a maternity ward in a hospital in the country’s capital. A preliminary report conducted by a four-person committee formed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif found the deadly blaze had engulfed the unit “within approximately two minutes” just after 6.30am on Wednesday, with a nurse only able to save one of the 15 infants in hospital care. Among...