The Hong Kong Cricket Sixes is set for a “quantum leap forward” after headliners India announced a squad for this year’s tournament composed almost exclusively of players who competed in the 2026 Indian Premier League. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, a veteran of 229 international appearances, will captain a side that also featu…
Hong Kong refrained from setting overly rigid economic indicators in its first five-year plan to avoid fuelling concerns that it was moving towards a planned economy, according to the city’s constitutional affairs minister. The current priority should be hitting targets instead of dwelling on accountability mechanis…
Constitutional affairs chief Janice Tse also says the government is exploring administrative measures to protect same-sex couples’ rights following bill veto.
The 20th Asian Games closed on Sunday after a rocky fortnight lit up by youthful brilliance in the sporting arenas but tempered by logistical dysfunction and subdued public interest. Olympic Council of Asia President Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani declared the Games closed at Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium, with the…
Six people were on board — four Canadians, including two medics and two pilots, as well as a Bermudian patient and their relative, the US Coast Guard said.
South Korea's Asian Games football captain apologised on Sunday for boasting that his gold medal meant he did not have to do military service. South Korea defeated hosts Japan 1-0 on Saturday in the men's final in Toyota, near Nagoya, for their fourth Games title in a row. Afterwards, Lee Gi-hyuk smiled as he held u…
Dooly County Sheriff Craig Peavy told a news conference that two men, aged 21 and 23, were shot dead in Vienna, Georgia, about 135 miles south of Atlanta.
Monday's front pages include stories about Kemi Badenoch at the start of the Tory conference, plus reports on global finance , abuse in schools and a BBC romance.
Far-right challenger and son of disgraced ex-president Jair Bolsonaro will now face leftwing president in runoff voteBrazil’s presidential race will go to a second round after the far-right candidate, Flávio Bolsonaro, beat the incumbent leftwing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, but failed to secure the outrigh…
For the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games that ended with the closing ceremony Sunday night, South Korea had set out to win 40 to 45 gold medals and narrow its gap with Japan in the medal race. The country accomplished neither of those goals. South Korea finished with 39 gold medals for its third consecutive third-place fini…
Verbal sharpshooter Sen. John Kennedy kept the door open to a 2028 presidential run and defended Sen. Tom Cotton from President Trump's wrath over his blocking of the Sunshine Protection Act.
Netizens were quick to question the decision to cancel the festival, with some Instagram users saying that it would have made more sense if the organizers had gone ahead and held the event as it is in Sorice's honor.
On Sunday evening, troops from the 2nd "Carmeli" Brigade, who were manning outposts in the Syrian buffer zone, spotted a suspect approaching the post between the villages of Hader and Kuneitra.
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said that a near 20 per cent jump in revenue, strong viewership figures and a slew of world records proved the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games were a success, despite logistical problems plaguing the multi-sport showpiece. The Games saw a catalogue of mishaps, from athletes bused to the…
By ditching perfectionism for daily snippet-sized tracks, 25-year-old Ethan French went viral and landed in the sights of the world’s biggest pop stars.
Beni Rae Harmony, 24, has been ‘a trusted voice for the MAGA movement as a White House correspondent’, White House saysThe White House has defended a newly hired press aide who posed for a holiday photograph in 2021 wearing a “Fuck Joe Biden” T-shirt and holding a rifle.Beni Rae Harmony, the new assistant White Hous…
The shocking footage shows the boy, whose face was covered by a mask, spray fire at a woman standing in front of a bus stop, using a makeshift flame-thrower that appears to be made with an aerosol can.
Japan may soon have its own "CIA", as it works with "the utmost urgency" to establish its first centralised network of intelligence operations since World War II amid threats of foreign interference.
US Authorities on Sunday suspended the search off the Massachusetts coast for six people on an air ambulance that disappeared during a flight from Bermuda to Boston. The US Coast Guard said authorities searched more than 7,081km (4,400 miles) over a span of 66 hours for the four Canadians and two people from Bermuda…
Mary Fowler's landmark 100th game for Manchester City is a bright spot for the beleaguered club, with a big win over Arsenal keeping them with a perfect record on top of the WSL.
Thaddeus Porter, 42, and Morris Robinson, 18, were busted for allegedly snatching the luxury timepiece from the luggage of a man who had flown from Los Angeles to the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport on Sept. 24, NOLA.com reported.
Republic of Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson says he is "delighted" this most trying of international windows is over and hopes "no national team to go through what we have gone through over the last two weeks".
A 19-year-old driver who allegedly rammed a rideshare vehicle carrying two passengers has been arrested in Adelaide's north, with SA Police also responding to several other crashes, including one in which a 53-year-old man was killed.
Police allege an e-bike rider returned an alcohol reading more than twice the driving limit and positive tests for cocaine and meth after a crash critically injured a teenager near Wollongong.
The former Duke of York, who was detained in a blaze of publicity eight months ago, has asked a judge to determine whether the force’s action towards him was lawful.