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Jet fuel cost surges due to war in the Mideast have sent some Asian airlines fares higher

Barrel costs double

Airlines in Asia hike fares as Mideast war raises fuel costs

Afghan in Iran must decide between war there or war in their home nation

'No good choice': the Afghans forced to return from Iran

Cathay Pacific says it will boost the number of passengers it carries in 2026

Despite 'volatile' geopolitical environment

Cathay says surcharge to rise as fuel prices jump during Mideast war

The Lisa Burke Show

'Defending Our Future Now': why Ukraine's fight is the frontline of European security

The Paris-based IEA was created to coordinate responses to major supply disruptions after the 1973 oil crisis

Amid ongoing uncertainty

G7 energy ministers 'ready' to take 'necessary measures' on oil reserves

Baby macaque Punch was abandoned by his mother shortly after his birth at Japan's Ichikawa City Zoo on July 26

Internet sensation

Punch the baby monkey isn't being bullied: Japan zoo

Pakistani fuel tanker drivers have been forced to wait to fill up

Fears of fuel shortage in Pakistan as tankers wait to fill up

Yaks hold deep cultural and symbolic importance in the traditionally nomadic country

Butting heads and locking horns

Yak hack: Kyrgyz want the world to love their blonde bovine beauties

Morning Roundup

Fuel prices up, at least six dead in Swiss bus fire, and Elon Musk tops Forbes billionaire list

Kyle Teel (left) congratulates teammate Jac Caglianone after his solo home run in Italy's 8-6 upset over the United States

Italy stun USA to leave hosts on brink at World Baseball Classic

Kyoto University's "Yoshida Dorm" is Japan's oldest student dormitory

Graffiti, tattered clay walls, and trash piles

Shabby beauty: Inside Japan's oldest, defiant student dorm

A launch vehicle of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system at a US military base in Seongj, South Korea

Key security ally

Seoul says can deter threats from North if US weapons shifted to Mideast

Smoke billows from an Israeli strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut during the Middle East war on March 10, 2026

Amid US counterstrikes

New wave of Iran attacks as oil reserve release weighed

China's Shao Ziqin (L) shoots on goal during the Women's Asian Cup against North Korea

Show of strength

Politics meets football as China, Taiwan face off at Asian Cup

FIFA chief Gianni Infantino has been a frequent visitor to the White House

Ahead of World Cup

Trump-Infantino 'bromance' tested by Middle East war

A satellite image of Iran's Kharg Island, which hosts the country’s main crude export terminal

Main crude export terminal

Kharg Island: Iran's vital oil hub in the crosshairs?

'Pokemon Pokopia' has an aggregated review score of 89 on Metacritic

Rave reviews, global sell-outs

'Stealth hit' Pokemon game sends Nintendo shares soaring

Singer Katy Perry has been locked in a years-long trademark dispute with an Australian designer.

Fashion designer vs pop megastar

Australian Katie Perry wins trademark spat against singer Katy Perry

Drama students rehearse at the Lir Academy in Dublin, where budding actors learn stagecraft

Performing at Academy Awards

New generation of Irish actors harness talent for global stardom

The designs and textures of the Tangail sari won UNESCO recognition in December as intangible cultural heritage reflecting "local social and cultural practices"

Bangladesh sari weaving tradition hangs by a thread

Nubank received conditional approval in January to operate as a bank in the United States, the world's largest financial market, and is now awaiting a final license

'Positive' regulatory climate

CEO of Brazil's Nubank on pending US market entry, Trump, AI: interview

Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, has been endorsed by him to stand in the 2026 presidential election

'Balanced and level-headed'

Bolsonaro brand fuels Flavio's rise in Brazil election polls

Chile's new hard-right president Jose Antonio Kast (L) vows to deport hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants, mostly Venezuelans

Kast: Who is Chile's new hard-right president?

Rihanna, one of the world's most popular pop stars, has not publicly commented on the shooting

Alleged Rihanna mansion shooter charged with attempted murder

Investors have been spooked by Microsoft's huge surge in spending on AI infrastructure

Warfare and surveillance

Microsoft urges Pentagon pause blacklisting Anthropic

Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein once had the power to make or break movie careers, but fell from grace after an avalanche of complaints from women that he sexually assaulted them

Disgraced movie mogul

Harvey Weinstein says prison is 'hell'

There have been daily bombardments

'Put our faith in God': Tehran residents adapt to wartime

At the Governors Ball, newly minted Oscar winners will get their statuettes engraved while fellow A-listers feast, dance and gossip

Lavish after-party

Caviar, truffle and chicken pot pies: what Hollywood will eat at the Oscars

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