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Head, Smith centuries put Australia in charge of final Ashes Test

SportsJanuary 6, 2026

Run-machine Travis Head hit a swashbuckling 163 and Steve Smith a composed unbeaten 129 as Australia built a 134-run lead over England to seize control on day three of the fifth and final Ashes Test o...

Smith in charge after Head’s 163 to put Australia seven behind England

NewsJanuary 6, 2026

Run-machine Travis Head hit a swashbuckling 163 and Steve Smith an unbeaten 65 as Australia moved to within seven runs of England’s first innings 384 at tea on day three of the fifth and final Ashes...

China’s birth-rate push sputters as couples opt to stay child-free

NewsJanuary 6, 2026

BEIJING: Twenty-five-year-old Grace and her husband are set on staying child-free, resisting pressure from their parents and society to produce offspring, even as China strives to boost its flagging b...

Iran remains unbothered by US threats

BusinessJanuary 6, 2026

• Judiciary orders no leniency against ‘rioters’ amid unrest• Trump vows Tehran will ‘get hit very hard’ if it kills more citizens• 12 dead as protests expand to 45 cities; intelligence ...

Venezuela’s Maduro, wife plead not guilty in US court appearance

NewsJanuary 5, 2026

Deposed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro pleaded not guilty to charges of narco-terrorism in a New York court on Monday, two days after being snatched by US forces in a stunning raid on his home in...

Palestinian embassy in UK officially inaugurated