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With the NFL announcing games in France, Australia and Brazil - BBC Sport asks current players what their dream location for a game would be.

A woman was told to leave after turning up in a skirt and a low-cut top at the RXZ Forever Legend motorcycling gathering in Kota Baru, Malaysia’s Kelantan state. At the same time, another 30 women were given headscarves to wear after they were found not to be properly covered under the organiser’s dress code guidelines, Sinar Harian reported. RXZ Forever Legend programme director Muhamad Huzaifah Abdul Halim said personnel had been stationed at the entrance to monitor visitors. “The woman that...

When Alex Barnes finally closed the two largest single-tenant office leasing deals Central has seen in more than a decade, the outcome was decisive – but the path there was anything but quick. Barnes, the co-CEO in Greater China and managing director in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau at JLL, advised quantitative trading firm Jane Street Asia on a record-setting lease at Central Yard, followed months later by a six-floor commitment from hedge fund Qube Research & Technologies at Two International...

An orphan, trained as a cold-hearted assassin, learns what love truly means from a master thief. On a sunny Sunday afternoon, however, she kills her lover, granting him freedom as her final gift. Joyce, from Shenzhen in southern China, played this female killer in a script-killing game, and after a 10-hour plot unfolding, tears streamed down her face upon reaching this ending. She is one of many participating in the recently booming romantic script-killing games in China. In traditional...

It was every parent’s worst nightmare and families across America waited anxiously for updates. A 15-month-old toddler had vanished in Tennessee...

SACRAMENTO (AP) — James Harden anotó 23 puntos en su debut con los Cavaliers y Donovan Mitchell sumó 35 para llevar el sábado a Cleveland hacia una victoria de 132-126 sobre los Kings de Sacramento, quienes sufrieron su duodécimo tropiezo consecutivo. Harden fue adquirido por Cleveland a los Clippers de Los Ángeles el miércoles, a […]

Por JAKE OFFENHARTZ MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, EE.UU. (AP) — Durante días, Luis Ramírez tuvo una sensación de inquietud acerca de los hombres vestidos como trabajadores de servicios públicos que había visto afuera del restaurante mexicano de su familia en los suburbios de Minneapolis. Notó que llevaban chalecos reflectantes y cascos blancos impecables, incluso cuando estaban estacionados […]

It has become a staple of every NFL game's pre-show coverage -- footage of players strutting their way to stadium locker rooms wearing the latest daring sartorial choices.

PHOENIX (AP) — Joel Embiid anotó 33 puntos, Tyrese Maxey agregó 29 y los 76ers de Filadelfia se sobrepusieron a una noche de mala puntería para vencer el sábado 109-103 a los Suns de Phoenix. Los 76ers han ganado seis de sus últimos siete duelos y se repusieron de una derrota de 119-115 sufrida el […]

Indian farmers have expressed concern that New Delhi has made too many concessions to Washington after the two countries brokered a new trade deal that would lower tariffs.

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hongkongers can expect a warm Lunar New Year with maximum temperatures climbing to 23 degrees Celsius when the three-day holiday begins on February 17. According to the Hong Kong Observatory’s nine-day weather forecast, the temperature on the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday will range between 19 and 23 degrees, with mostly cloudy skies and sunny...

Competition heats up for Team USA in Olympics day one