Landslides destroy road in South Cotabato’s coal mining area

Starmer facing calls for inquiry over Labour think tank’s investigation into journalists

Labour Together, which helped the prime minister’s election to become party leader, reportedly paid £36,000 for the probe

‘I would love to be a Weet-Bix kid’: What’s next for Australia’s latest Olympic gold medallists?

What happens when you win your first Olympic gold medal? Josie Baff and Cooper Woods would love to explain, but they’re still trying to figure it out themselves.

Scientist makes cider from 'feral' apples collected along country roads

In Munich, the US urges ‘collective strength’ among allies to deter China

Chinese military activities – and the need to respond to them – were framed as a major driver of cooperation between US allies in the Indo-Pacific and Europe during this year’s Munich Security Conference (MSC). It comes as Washington pushes its allies to spend more on their own defence and in the collective defence of the “first island chain” to deter potential war with China. Speaking at the conference on Saturday, Elbridge Colby, US undersecretary of defence for policy, said that while...

China’s tech companies vie for attention on CCTV’s festival gala, the year’s biggest stage

Chinese tech companies are competing to make their mark during the Spring Festival Gala presented by state-run broadcaster CCTV, a variety show and annual spectacle that provides a rare nationwide marketing opportunity, like the Super Bowl in the US, and is also an unmistakable signal of political alignment with Beijing’s industrial priorities. This year, ByteDance’s cloud computing arm, Volcano Engine, secured an “exclusive AI cloud partnership” with the gala, scheduled for Monday, taking the...

India belts Pakistan at World Cup

India takes the final wicket to complete a 61-run victory over bitter rival Pakistan at the T20 World Cup.