Seahawks soar to Super Bowl win over Patriots
The Seattle Seahawks coasted to Super Bowl glory Sunday, routing the New England Patriots 29-13 as Sam Darnold sealed his journey from flop quarterback to conqueror of the NFL's biggest prize.
Read more'Want to go home': Indonesian crew abandoned off Africa demand wages
Abandoned for months on their fishing boat off West Africa, Indonesian sailor Surono and his shipmates face a dilemma: return home without almost a year's wages or stay on the docked vessel.
Read moreAsian stocks track Wall St rally as Tokyo hits record on Takaichi win
Japanese stocks surged to a record high Monday following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's historic election win, while healthy gains across the rest of Asia tracked a rally on Wall Street.
Read moreHong Kong sentences pro-democracy mogul Jimmy Lai to 20 years in jail
A Hong Kong court sentenced pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison on Monday following his high-profile national security trial that rights groups and Western nations have condemned as a symbol of the city's shrivelling press freedoms.
Read moreBad Bunny celebrates Puerto Rico in joyous Super Bowl halftime show
Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny on Sunday turned the Super Bowl into a giant street party, delivering his hits on one of the world's biggest stages -- and becoming the first-ever halftime show headliner to sing only in Spanish.
Read moreThree prominent opposition figures released in Venezuela
Three opposition figures close to Venezuela's Nobel peace laureate Maria Corina Machado were freed from jail Sunday, a month after authorities began releasing political prisoners following the ouster of leader Nicolas Maduro.
Read moreJapan PM Takaichi basks in historic election triumph
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi savoured an election landslide Monday, with her ruling party projected to have won a two-thirds majority in the powerful lower house for the first time in its history.
Read moreIsraeli president says 'we shall overcome this evil' at Bondi Beach
Israel's President Isaac Herzog said Monday people of all faiths will "overcome this evil" as he laid a wreath to commemorate victims of a shooting that killed 15 people at a Jewish festival on Sydney's Bondi Beach.
Read more'Flood' of disinformation ahead of Bangladesh election
Voters in Bangladesh elect a new government on February 12, but analysts warn their choice is threatened by a coordinated surge of disinformation, much of which originates from neighbouring India.
Read moreArguments to begin in key US social media addiction trial
Arguments are set to begin Monday in a landmark US trial that could establish a legal precedent on whether social media companies deliberately designed their platforms to lead to addiction in children.
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