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Teams competing in the World Baseball Classic have a most delicate task: Carve out a legacy in less than two weeks.Yet despite the microwaved format that’s inverse to how we typically watch the sport and assess greatness, the five championship teams all managed to both showcase their talents, conserve their resources and suppress some pretty […]

Xi Jinping is staging a pitch perfect display of unity. He won’t mind the contrast with Trump’s war as he aims to show that China is the superpower worth betting on. Asia correspondent @HelenAnnSmith0 Thursday 5 March 2026 14:10, UKIt’s been a snowy and bitterly cold morning in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.It’s a place where journalists […]

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said March 4 that the U.S. Navy sank an Iranian ship near Sri Lanka, killing dozens and marking another day of escalation in the U.S-Israeli war with Iran.The ship, which was struck by a torpedo, was in international waters, according to Hegseth. He called it the first such sinking of an […]

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez held firm in refusing his country’s involvement in the U.S. war with Iran and rebuffing President Donald Trump’s threat to cut off trade deals with them as punishment.“The position of the Government of Spain can be summed up in three words,” Sánchez said during a televised address on March 4. “No to […]

Tehran denies responsibility but strike raises prospect of US-Israel war on Iran spreading beyond Middle EastMiddle East crisis – live updatesAzerbaijan has accused Iran of a “terrorist” drone attack that struck an airport and injured four civilians, raising concerns the conflict could spread beyond the Middle East.Azerbaijan’s defence ministry said Iran fired four drones at […]