Hong Kong’s pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily, shut down nearly five years ago after a Beijing-imposed national security law took effect in 2020.
Candle-filled memorial to 41 people killed in Swiss nightclub blaze destroyed by fire
Dozens of people including a former British schoolgirl were killed in the blaze on New Year’s Day
BT replaces Openreach boss in latest management shake-up
Clive Selley, who oversaw £12bn rollout of full fibre broadband to 25m homes, will lead international divisionBusiness live – latest updatesThe head of BT’s infrastructure arm Openreach is to step down after almost a decade, having almost completed a £…
Alibaba’s DAMO Academy releases RynnBrain, an open-source foundation model to help robots perform real-world tasks like navigating rooms, trained on Qwen3-VL (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)
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Alibaba’s DAMO Academy releases RynnBrain, an open-source foundation model to help robots perform real-world tasks like navigating rooms, trained on Qwen3-VL — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. debuted an AI model …
VLGC fixtures spike as forward deals hint at weakening rates
Spot vessels loading in the Middle East, banking $88,000 per day
News24 | Global corruption getting worse, US sinks to lowest ever level, says watchdog
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Democrats reject White House ICE offer as partial shutdown looms – US politics live
Schumer and Jeffries says White House proposal is ‘incomplete and insufficient’ as prospect of deal recedesAmericans’ hope for their future has fallen to a new low, according to new polling.In 2025, only about 59% of Americans gave high ratings when as…
Discord adopts facial recognition in child safety crackdown
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SMIC reports Q4 revenue up 13% YoY to $2.49B, above est., net profit up 61% YoY to $172.85M, above $139.5M est., and 2025 revenue of $9.33B, above 2024’s $8.03B (Sherry Qin/Wall Street Journal)
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SMIC reports Q4 revenue up 13% YoY to $2.49B, above est., net profit up 61% YoY to $172.85M, above $139.5M est., and 2025 revenue of $9.33B, above 2024’s $8.03B — For the first quarter of 2026, the …
GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief
By R Anil Kumar United Nations, February 9, 2026. The global economy must be radically transformed to stop it rewarding pollution and waste, UN secretary general António Guterres has warned. Speaking after the UN hosted a meeting of leading global econ…