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Mercedes boss's email to staff after Antonelli's F1 title is a tribute to teamwork

Bulgaria's Karlos Nasar broke three world records to win his fourth title at the World Weightlifting Championships in Ningbo.

Goalkeeper speaks out after fatal collision, deactivates Insta over online abuse

India have conquered all, but Japan eye silencing Mohali crowd in ACT final

Foreign military attachés pay tribute to Long March martyrs

90 seconds to see the full construction of a large cruise ship

Dirk Kuyt led Fenerbahce to a 3-2 comeback victory over his former club Liverpool in Istanbul, breathing new life into their Champions League campaign.

Military attachés trace Long March history through calligraphy

Lancang-Mekong cooperation: Six nations pledge closer ties in Beijing

China's top political advisor Wang Huning on Wednesday urged members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) to thoroughly study and implement the guiding principles from the just-concluded Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.

Chinese scientists envision the first road on the moon

The relaunch of LIV Golf has reportedly collapsed after investor BC Partners withdrew following star players leaving the bankrupt Saudi-backed league.

Only three Indian shuttlers - HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen, and Aditya Joshi - had previously reached the badminton semifinals at the Youth Olympics.

10 days in office, 626 runs: At 38, Virat Kohli is still the employee of the year

Italian club Como crushed Lens 9-1 away to equal the record for the biggest winning margin in the modern Champions League.

Seventeen-year-old Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi defeated Weronika Falkowska at the Chennai Open.

Two years ago, Chinese mathematician Ma Xiao helped crack a century-old puzzle known as Hilbert’s sixth problem. The problem – which has baffled generations of mathematical physicists – centres on an elusive bridge connecting the chaotic frenzy of microscopic atoms with the predictable laws of fluid motion. The breakthrough, published in the Annals of Mathematics, helped propel Ma’s collaborator Deng Yu to the 2026 Fields Medal – the discipline’s highest honour – and secured Ma a coveted faculty...

China has issued an action plan to promote resource conservation and efficient use of resources, safeguard national resource security and accelerate the green transition of its economy and society, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said Wednesday.

European left-wing political figures have highlighted the importance of the Communist Party of China's (CPC) commitment to self-reform, saying its experience in maintaining Party discipline and putting people first offers valuable lessons for left-wing parties in Europe.

China could face a substantially more capable Japanese military over the coming years as Tokyo considers nearly doubling its five-year defence spending to as much as 80 trillion yen (US$508 billion), according to media reports in Japan. Observers said such a build-up could strengthen Japan’s ability to deter or respond to People’s Liberation Army operations around Taiwan and the East China Sea, as well as withstand attacks and sustain prolonged operations in a regional conflict. The reported...

Strong voter backlash in the US midterm elections against AI infrastructure projects, including data centres, indicates that framing the domestic buildout as key to competing with China failed to convince Americans and underscores the need to address local concerns, according to analysts. “The argument that we need to build more data centres to win in AI against China no longer seems to have the kind of resonance it did before, if it ever did, frankly,” said Kyle Chan, a fellow at the Brookings...

US and Chinese defence officials met in Washington for the first meeting of a Crisis Communications and Prevention Working Group established under an agreement announced in September when leaders of the two nations met. The two sides agreed on the importance of “advancing practical communication measures” to reduce risks between the US and China, according to a Pentagon read-out of the meeting released on Tuesday. The delegates also discussed “additional channels” to promote “effective” crisis...

Democrats scored a sweeping victory in Tuesday’s midterm elections, with Asian-Americans and other voters of colour playing a key role, according to a new voter poll released on Wednesday. The 2026 Midterm Election Voter Poll surveyed 10,141 voters, including 2,130 Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) voters, between October 20 and November 3. It offers insights into voting trends across racial groups. Taeku Lee, a Harvard professor of government and a researcher for the poll, said...

A Democratic victory that reached from Texas to Kansas changed the terms of Donald Trump’s final two years in office. When the new US Congress convenes in January, Democrats will control both chambers. They can block his legislation, challenge spending on the war in Iran and scrutinise the deals he strikes with Beijing. The day after his party lost control of Congress, Trump invited reporters to the construction site of his new White House ballroom to watch workers raise the final steel...

Shubman promises, pacers deliver: Rookie fast bowlers impress in Auckland

No matter how thoroughly you brush your teeth in the morning and evening, the battle against bacteria is almost certain to be lost. Within a few hours of brushing, it will return in force and rebuild a solid defence line on the surface of your teeth. From ancient times to now, humanity has essentially had only one way of dealing with it, whether it was using twigs and sticks or the first bristled toothbrushes, which date back to 10th century China. But even today’s most advanced electric brushes...

Republican Senator Susan Collins won in China on Tuesday. So did the volunteer firefighters. Voters in several small American communities with China in their names cast ballots in Tuesday’s US midterm elections. Their local contests had little to do with Beijing and a great deal to do with fire engines, budgets and paving. In China, a lakeside town in northeastern Maine, Collins outpolled Democrat Troy Jackson by 1,333 votes to 871, according to the town’s general election return. Statewide,...

15-year-old Tanvi Patri breaks new ground, enters Youth Olympic badminton final

Rinky Hijikata produced one of the biggest upsets of the season, beating Novak Djokovic in three sets at the Paris Masters.