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Hong Kong authorities said on Monday they had detained 13 people for suspected manslaughter in a probe into the city’s deadliest fire in decades, pointing to substandard renovation materials for ...

Switzerland on Sunday overwhelmingly rejected a proposed 50% tax on inherited fortunes of 50 million Swiss francs ($62 million) or more, with over 78% of voters voting against the measure—an even stronger rejection ...

Italian luxury group Armani said on Friday it had appointed a new eight-member board, keeping three seats for representatives of the family and bringing in veteran industry executives Marco Bizzarri ...

U.S. and Ukrainian officials held what both sides called productive talks on Sunday about a Russia peace deal, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing optimism about progress despite ...

Oil prices are projected to remain under pressure in 2026, as swelling supplies eclipse modest demand growth, while geopolitical risks could cap deeper losses, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. The ...

Britain’s car production fell 23.8 per cent to 59,010 units in October as the sector continued to feel the impact of an unprecedented cyberattack at Jaguar Land Rover, the country’s ...

Sterling was heading for its best weekly performance in over three months on Friday, in a sign of relief among investors after British finance minister Rachel Reeves revealed her long-awaited ...

Ten-man Chelsea held Arsenal to a 1-1 draw in a highly charged top-of-the-table London derby on Sunday, Mikel Merino cancelling out Trevoh Chalobah’s Chelsea opener to spare the Premier ...

Max Verstappen won the Qatar Grand Prix for Red Bull on Sunday to take the Formula One title battle with McLaren’s Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to a season-ending ...

Alexander Isak scored his first Premier League goal for Liverpool as the champions snapped a woeful run of form with a much-needed 2-0 win at West Ham United on Sunday. ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked the country’s president on Sunday for a pardon in his years-long corruption trial, arguing that criminal proceedings were hindering his ability to govern ...

“What’s it about?” was a frequent response from bemused theatre-goers to “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead”, Tom Stoppard’s first stage triumph. Tired of being asked, Stoppard is said ...

Pope Leo arrived in Lebanon on Sunday, where he is expected to appeal for peace in a country that is a continued target of Israeli air strikes, on the second ...

President Donald Trump said on Saturday the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela should be considered “closed in its entirety,” but gave no further details, stirring anxiety and confusion in Caracas ...

Four people died after 14 people were shot at a family gathering in Stockton in northern California on Saturday night, police said. The shooting took place at a child’s birthday ...

Premier League leaders Arsenal visit second-placed Chelsea on Sunday looking to tighten their grip on top spot but hours earlier across town all eyes will be on reigning champions Liverpool ...

Euro zone inflation remains on a benign path, a raft of data indicated on Friday, supporting economists’ bets that it will hold around target for years to come and no ...

Germany’s Lufthansa wants to increase profitability at its core brand next year after it is set to return to the black this year, Lufthansa Airlines’ CEO Jens Ritter said ...

EU antitrust regulators will examine whether Apple’s Apple Ads and Apple Maps should be subject to the onerous requirements of the bloc’s digital rules after both services hit ...

Midfielder Phil Foden delivered in dramatic fashion, scoring in the first and 91st minutes, to seal Manchester City’s 3-2 victory over Leeds United on Saturday in a breathless finish ...

The number of people confirmed killed in Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip has passed the 70,000 mark, the enclave’s health ministry said on Saturday. A total of 301 people ...

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri won the Qatar Grand Prix sprint race from pole position and for the third year in a row on Saturday to trim teammate Lando Norris’s ...

Hong Kong on Saturday mourned the 128 people known to have died in a massive fire at a high-rise apartment complex, a toll that is likely to rise with 150 still missing ...

An Israeli attack killed two children in Gaza on Saturday, medics and relatives said, in violence that has persisted in the Palestinian enclave despite a fragile ceasefire. The children’s ...