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K North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the ground test of an upgraded rocket engine, state media reported on Sunday, marking another key step in its weapons programme. Defence…

K Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in the northern US city of Minneapolis on Saturday as part of the national “No Kings” movement, months after it was wracked with…

A iPhone maker Apple celebrates its 50th anniversary on April 1 having marked pop culture and the tech industry like few other firms since its beginnings in 1976. Here are…

J Iranian forces’ threat to ships in the crucial Strait of Hormuz has driven up payments for the insurance that underpins the world freight industry. Here are facts and figures…

S Willie Robertson has been exploring varying interests within his “semi-retired” life on Duck Dynasty: The Revival. During the March 28 episode of the A&E series, he starts to envision…

M In a corner of suburban Singapore, Betty Boon vaults a guardrail, crawls underneath a slide, executes forward shoulder rolls and scales a steep slope, finishing the course to applause.…

A Blazing-hot kilns in India’s $6.5 billion ceramics manufacturing hub employing hundreds of thousands of people have gone cold, shut down in an energy crunch caused by the Middle East…

G Apple celebrates its 50th anniversary as artificial intelligence challenges the Silicon Valley legend to prove it can deliver yet another culture-changing innovation. Steve Jobs, a driven marketing genius, and…

F Conservatives gathering in Texas this week showcased a Republican Party wrestling with its identity, as activists debated whether ideological purity or broader appeal offered the best path to victory…

A Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels joined the month-old Middle East war, claiming two missile attacks on Israel that raised concern on Sunday about the war spreading to the Red Sea.…