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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says Bad Bunny's half-time show has the power to 'unite' the nation.

Hong Kong’s retail sales rose 1 per cent last year after recording a 6.6 per cent year‑on‑year increase in December, with authorities saying that improving consumer sentiment and growth in visitor arrivals would continue to support the sector. Figures released by the Census and Statistics Department on Tuesday estimated that the value of December’s retail sales reached HK$35 billion (US$4.48 billion), marking a fourth consecutive month of growth above 6 per cent year on year. For the whole of...

A Delta flight from New York to Tel Aviv was forced to divert to Ireland after the crew declared a mid-air emergency over the UK

The couple bows to the House Oversight Committee's demands after arguing for months that its subpoenas were invalid.

Around 85 per cent of insurance claims for damages caused by Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades have been settled, with the amount paid out totalling almost HK$510 million (US$65.3 million). The city’s Insurance Authority said on Tuesday that insurers had settled 1,032 claims related to the Tai Po fire that broke out last November, accounting for around 85 per cent of such claims. “The [authority] is aware that a majority of claims have been successfully settled based on the principle of...

The last treaty limiting nuclear weapons deployments by the US and Russia expires on Thursday, ending more than 50 years of restraints on the world’s two biggest nuclear powers. Russia has offered a one-year extension to New START, which was originally signed in 2010 by then-presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama. No “substantive reaction” has been received from the US, Medvedev, now deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, said in a recent interview with the Kommersant...

A Metro-North Railroad commuter train slammed into an SUV stuck on the tracks at a suburban rail crossing 20 miles north of New York City, killing five train passengers and the SUV driver and injuring about 30 others.

China’s economic locomotive Shanghai is aiming for a growth rate of around 5 per cent this year, after gradually rebounding since 2023 and reaching a better-than-expected 5.4 per cent growth last year. The megacity, whose economic size is comparable to that of Belgium with last year’s GDP totalling 5.67 trillion yuan (US$816.2 billion), is upgrading its role as a global financial, trade and shipping centre, Mayor Gong Zheng told the city’s annual plenary sessions on Tuesday. The government is...

The man was accused of ‘unlawful sexual intercourse’ with a 41-year-old

Por KEN MORITSUGU BEIJING (AP) — A pesar de que la expansión de la energía solar y eólica de China avanzó rápidamente en 2025, el gigante asiático abrió muchas más plantas de energía de carbón de las que había abierto en años recientes, lo que generó preocupación sobre si el mayor emisor del mundo reducirá […]

UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall will return from his eye injury the "most dangerous" fighter he has ever been, training partner Modestas Bukauskas believes.

UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall will return from his eye injury the "most dangerous" fighter he has ever been, training partner Modestas Bukauskas believes.