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China secured the most new shipbuilding orders globally in 2025 despite a slight dip in market share, showing enduring market dominance amid industry turbulence sparked by US threats targeting the Chinese maritime sector, official data showed. Chinese shipyards secured 107.8 million deadweight tonnage (DWT) in new orders in 2025 – a 4.6 per cent year-on-year decline – accounting for 69 per cent of the global market, down from a 74.1 per cent share in 2024, according to data released on Sunday by...

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South Korean actor Kim Seon-ho’s agency, Fantagio, has issued a statement defending the star of Netflix’s Can This Love Be Translated? after he was accused of setting up a shell company to evade taxes. The claims are similar to those levelled against actor-singer Cha Eun-woo, a fellow Fantagio artiste, just days before. Cha is under investigation for allegedly setting up a one-person corporation to avoid paying about 20 billion won (US$13.6 million) in taxes. On Sunday, media outlet Sports...

US President Donald Trump threatened legal action on Monday against the host of the 68th Grammy Awards over the comedian’s comment on the US president and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. After congratulating Billie Eilish for winning the Grammy for Song of the Year for her track “Wildflower”, host Trevor Noah brought up Trump and Epstein. “Wow. That’s a Grammy that every artist wants – almost as much as Trump wants Greenland,” he quipped, referring to the president’s threats to seize the...

Alibaba Group Holding has joined rivals including Tencent Holdings and Baidu in rolling out Spring Festival red-packet giveaways to drive mass-market adoption of its artificial intelligence, committing 3 billion yuan (US$432 million) to spur spending across its ecosystem as it seeks to extend its edge in foundational models to consumer-facing products. The Hangzhou-based e-commerce and AI giant said on Monday that its AI app Qwen would anchor a Spring Festival campaign across its flagship...

The New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks will meet on Sunday to decide the NFL champions - here's all you need to know about Super Bowl 60.

The New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks will meet on Sunday to decide the NFL champions - here's all you need to know about Super Bowl 60.

The New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks will meet on Sunday to decide the NFL champions - here's all you need to know about Super Bowl 60.

The New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks will meet on Sunday to decide the NFL champions - here's all you need to know about Super Bowl 60.

The New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks will meet on Sunday to decide the NFL champions - here's all you need to know about Super Bowl 60.

The New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks will meet on Sunday to decide the NFL champions - here's all you need to know about Super Bowl 60.

The New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks will meet on Sunday to decide the NFL champions - here's all you need to know about Super Bowl 60.