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Hong Kong’s lived-in home prices ended a three-year downturn with a 3.25 per cent increase in 2025, as the property market gallops into the new year buoyed by expectations of more transactions and further price gains, according to analysts. Rents climbed to a record high in December, boosting annual gains to 4.26 per cent in 2025 and marking a third consecutive year of increase, according to the Rating and Valuation Department on Wednesday. “Hong Kong’s residential market strengthened notably...

Death toll rises in wake of winter storm across U.S.

Authorities Tuesday publicly identified a 52-year-old East Coast resident who passed out while being detained by El Cajon police and died of unknown causes in a hospital 13 days later.

Iga Swiatek's bid to complete a clean sweep of the four majors is ended by Elena Rybakina in the Australian Open quarter-finals.

Iga Swiatek's bid to complete a clean sweep of the four majors is ended by Elena Rybakina in the Australian Open quarter-finals.

Iga Swiatek's bid to complete a clean sweep of the four majors is ended by Elena Rybakina in the Australian Open quarter-finals.

Iga Swiatek's bid to complete a clean sweep of the four majors is ended by Elena Rybakina in the Australian Open quarter-finals.

In 2025, the Community College of Philadelphia said it had more than 600 fraudulent applications, which is roughly 5% of all applicants.

Dangerously low temperatures, like the ones we're experiencing now, can cause hypothermia or even frostbite.

Mayor Parker said the public hearing will address a preliminary injunction request. It comes after the city filed a lawsuit requiring the federal government to return the panels.

Cade Cunningham finished with 22 points as the Detroit Pistons held off a late rally from the depleted Denver Nuggets to hang on for a 109-107 road victory on Tuesday.

Russia’s grinding invasion of Ukraine has caused nearly 2 million military casualties - killed, wounded or missing - between the two countries, according to a new study by a US think tank. Moscow’s forces have borne the brunt of the losses, suffering as many as 325,000 killed out of an estimated total of 1.2 million casualties since invading Ukraine nearly four years ago, the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) found. “No major power has suffered anywhere near these numbers of...