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Nearly a decade ago, the Saudi crown prince promised to build a gleaming utopia on the coast of the Red Sea that would redefine how human beings lived and worked. But experts say the scaling back of his project reveals that it was always an impossible dream in the first place, Alex Croft reports

Luka Doncic scores a triple double in 20 first-half minutes as the Los Angeles Lakers thrash the Washington Wizards 142-111 on Friday.

Luka Doncic scores a triple double in 20 first-half minutes as the Los Angeles Lakers thrash the Washington Wizards 142-111 on Friday.

Luka Doncic scores a triple double in 20 first-half minutes as the Los Angeles Lakers thrash the Washington Wizards 142-111 on Friday.

Luka Doncic scores a triple double in 20 first-half minutes as the Los Angeles Lakers thrash the Washington Wizards 142-111 on Friday.

Luka Doncic scores a triple double in 20 first-half minutes as the Los Angeles Lakers thrash the Washington Wizards 142-111 on Friday.

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Compared with the turmoil threatened by US President Donald Trump’s actions in everything from geopolitics to trade, the outcome of Japan’s parliamentary lower house election, set for February 8, may seem like small beer. Yet it could presage a great upheaval in global finance. The election outcome is widely expected to strengthen the political power base of the fiscally expansionist Japanese prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, and increase borrowing when government debt almost everywhere is already...

Por KRISTIN M. HALL y SOPHIE BATES NASHVILLE, Tennessee, EE.UU. (AP) — Una potente tormenta azotaba la Costa Este de Estados Unidos el sábado, y los meteorólogos advirtieron de fuertes vientos, inundaciones e intensas nevadas, incluso en comunidades costeras del sureste más acostumbradas a los huracanes que a las ventiscas. Las temperaturas cayeron en picado […]

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Russia’s call to revive a troika with China and India is unlikely to be greeted with enthusiasm by New Delhi, with critics pointing to tense border stand-offs and India’s reluctance to be seen as part of an “anti-West” grouping. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov earlier this month lauded Moscow’s bilateral ties with Delhi and Beijing, calling for the revival of the Russia-India-China (RIC) trialogue. First mooted in 1998 by then Russian prime minister Yevgeny Primakov, the RIC has not taken...

Some restaurants in Tokyo have ignited controversy for reportedly enforcing age restrictions on their patrons, with some allowing entry only for people over 25 and others permitting those under 40. In Japan, certain eateries in the capital have begun to adopt these age limitations. For instance, some izakaya, or Japanese pubs, explicitly state, “No entry for customers over 40,” while others only admit those aged 25 and above. One particular izakaya in Shibuya, whose name has not been disclosed,...