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President Trump claimed that Pope Leo XIV was only chosen because ‘they thought that would be the best way to deal with President Donald J. Trump’

The world’s largest water fight erupted across Bangkok on Monday as the three-day annual Songkran festival drew a surge in tourists to a country whose bruised economy badly needed a reason to celebrate. Thailand has refused to let a fuel crisis triggered by the US-Israeli war on Iran dampen its traditional New Year’s celebrations, even as prices spike for everything from petrol to ice during the hottest month of the year. The water festival – also known as Thingyan in neighbouring Myanmar and...

Real Madrid star Caroline Weir on the pull of home, working with the next generation in Fife and Scotland's bid to reach the 2027 World Cup.

The Hudson Valley Mac & Cheese Festival is celebrating a major milestone this year—its 10th anniversary—with its biggest, boldest, and most indulgent event yet.

There is no necessity to introduce the death penalty into the Road Transport Act 1987 for driving under the influence, according to Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke. Loke said existing laws were sufficient to prosecute serious offences and that offenders could still be charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder, where applicable. “As far as the government is concerned, we have already stopped mandatory death penalties,” he told reporters on Monday after a road safety...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's 16-year rule came to a crushing end despite being propped up by Donald Trump's administration who sent US Vice President JD Vance to support Orban

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Walk into a bank and you will probably hear the tapping of keyboards and see smartly dressed staff. Now, you may also catch the scent of Singapore’s renowned pandan cake. It is an unusual combination – but you are not mistaken. You have arrived at OCBC Hong Kong’s new branch in Central. In an era when banking is increasingly conducted on smartphones and laptops, physical branches might feel like relics of the past. Yet...

Faltering confidence in the US dollar has handed China a “golden window of opportunity” to promote the global use of its currency, according to a former head of the Chinese central bank. “The core driving force behind the current changes in the international monetary system is the United States’ own policy choices,” Zhou Xiaochuan was quoted as saying in a report published on Sunday by the New Economist, a Chinese think tank. He cited the broad application of American tariffs, the frequent use...

Security chiefs will not be able to block spies from giving evidence to future public inquiries.

Trump says he doesn't 'care' if Iran returns to talks

US President Donald Trump told reporters Sunday that he is "not a big fan" of Pope Leo XIV, after the global leader of Catholics made a plea for peace amid the war in the Middle East.

Six people were killed and 10 injured when Joel Cauchi went on a stabbing spree at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre in April 2024