• Jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich denied detention appeal in Moscow • Putin visits Russian troops at military headquarters in Kherson • Watch moment WSJ journalist appears in Russian court

Experts told MarketWatch the key to connecting with Chinese customers is being willing to depart from home-market strategies and embracing local tastes.

Robert Fico is only the third EU leader to visit Moscow and believes Putin has been demonised by the West.

“If I die and she sells the properties, would she have to pay a lot of capital-gains taxes, especially on the houses we don’t live in?”

An arrest is made after a woman is set alight on a Brooklyn train by a man she was not thought to know.

A firefighter dressed as Santa abseils down a bridge in Guatemala City to give gifts to children.

Jaylen Brown has become the latest athlete to be targeted in a string of robberies that have taken place at the homes of high-profile sports stars.

Kidman confessed to her divisive habit, and has actually “apologized to all the neighbors” for her over-the-top decor.

Stocks have struggled ahead of the holidays despite Friday’s rally.

The woman lifted 45kg with family cheering her on, at a contest organised for the elderly in Taipei.

Feras Killani grew up in Yarmouk in Damascus, which saw brutal fighting between rebel and government forces.

The mosaics in Monreale cathedral, in Sicily, span over 6,400 square meters and contain 2.2 kilos of solid gold.

Fergal Keane speaks to two Syrian refugees he met at the height of the migrant crisis in 2015.

Cook Islanders are citizens of New Zealand, which oversees the island’s foreign affairs and defence.

Flags will be flown at half-mast after President Emmanuel Macron declared a national day of mourning.

“Don’t rush into it, but be aware the clock is ticking,” said one new electric-vehicle driver.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell helped spark a wild week on Wall Street, but a signal that policymakers have put further rate cuts on pause is looking like the right call after a closely watched inflation indicator and another round of budget brinkmanship on Capitol Hill.

The landmark has been given a spruce-up ahead of the Roman Catholic Church’s jubilee, which begins on Tuesday.

Netflix now has soccer, the NFL, WWE and boxing as part of its live sports portfolio.

Cocoa has outpaced the rise in the U.S. stock market and bitcoin, with prices for chocolate’s main ingredient having nearly tripled in 2024. The rally shows little signs of ending, with cocoa‘s 2023 to 2024 marketing year having ended with the biggest global supply deficit in 60 years, according to ING.

The plane fell minutes after take-off, hitting an urban area in Rio Grande do Sul and injuring 17 people.

The Senate voted early Saturday morning to repeal two laws that prevent many public employees from receiving Social Security, a move that is expected to weigh on the overall solvency of the Social Security system.

It prompts a sharp rebuke from Panama’s president, who says “every square metre” of the canal belongs to his country.

The US Homeland Security Secretary says rhetoric about the murder suspect is concerning.

A school sheltering displaced families was hit, according to Gaza’s civil defence agency.

Saudi authorities said they warned German agencies about the Magdeburg car market attack suspect.

Saudi authorities said they warned German agencies about the Magdeburg car market attack suspect.

The storm also devastated Mayotte, where one week on, many residents still lack basic necessities.

In the third such incident this week, at least 22 people were killed in a rush for free food at a charity event.

Outside the market hit by a speeding car, Germans complain about security and their politicians.

Suspect appears in court after attack on German Christmas market that killed five and injured more than 200.

After the fall of Assad, many are apprehensive about how Syria will next be ruled.

Both pilots were rescued after ejecting safely from their F/A-18 fighter aircraft.

Ukrainian prosecutors say Russians have executed at least 147 PoWs, 127 of them this year alone.

The president-elect’s daughter-in-law had been spoken of as a replacement for Senator Marco Rubio.

Mr Baldoni’s lawyer says the allegations are “categorically false” and a “desperate attempt to ‘fix’ her negative reputation”.

The senior official said a ceasefire deal is close but key issues remain that need to be bridged.

President Biden signs a budget to avert what would be the first US federal shutdown since 2019.

Thomas Conley was sitting next to Isaiah Rodriguez at lunch when he noticed something was wrong.

The Israeli military said attempts to shoot down a projectile launched from Yemen had been unsuccessful and that it had landed in a public park.

Jamil Hassan, referred to as “the butcher” by people who lived on his street, is among the senior regime figures who have fled with their families.

As the longest serving G7 leader, the Canadian prime minister has weathered many storms. But this time might be different.

Although the Pelicot trial is over, some questions remain over the case that shook France.

A selection of news photographs from around the world.

Brazilian narco gangs say they are taking territory for Jesus, and are barring other faiths from the favelas.

The BBC’s Will Grant looks at unrest in which seven people died, leading to family members attempting to break inside to check on their relatives.

Hideko Hakamata spent decades fighting to save her brother: the world’s longest-serving death row inmate.

Here’s how the US got to the brink of yet another funding lapse and what it means for Americans – and Trump.

The sentences range from three to sixteen years, in a case which started with an online hate campaign.

VW and a union have, however, agreed to cut more than 35,000 jobs across the country by 2030.

The BBC’s Analysis Editor Ros Atkins looks at how relations between the UK and China became so strained.

The BBC hears how roofs flew off homes as people sheltered inside in the cyclone-hit French territory.

The alleged attacker, 19, was a former pupil with a history of mental health issues, officials say.

Kurdish forces say there’s a real threat IS militants will try to break out comrades held in their jails in the north east.

The ex-husband – who is under investigation for other attacks – has a divided personality, a doctor finds.

A local court gave the couple a list of names to choose from, ending the three-year-long dispute.

The offensive that ended Bashar al-Assad’s 24-year rule has left the country facing an uncertain future

Musk and Trump quickly derailed a stopgap spending bill, showing their power before the president-elect even takes office.

Army defectors say units sent to fight against Ukraine will have high morale but won’t be battle hardened.

Leaked intelligence from military spies is helping turn the civil war in the resistance’s favour, BBC finds.

Ahmed al-Sharaa is intelligent, astute and reluctant to say what sort of country he wants.

Thousands are still missing after the cyclone hit the territory, with residents facing shortages of food and water.

Judges have delivered verdicts on the defendants in a case that turned a 72-year-old woman into a feminist icon.

Of the many dark gifts Showtime’s eerie hit series “Yellowjackets” serves up for us, the juiciest this season is by far the music.

At some middle and high schools in the United States, 1 in 4 teens report they’ve abused prescription stimulants for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder during the year prior, a new study found.

The Fulton County District Attorney’s office said some fake electors for Donald Trump have implicated each other in potential criminal activity and is seeking to disqualify their lawyer, according to a new court filing.

A 13-year-old in Ohio has died after “he took a bunch of Benadryl,” trying a dangerous TikTok challenge that’s circulating online, according to a CNN affiliate and a GoFundMe account from his family.

The US has sensitive nuclear technology at a nuclear power plant inside Ukraine and is warning Russia not to touch it, according to a letter the US Department of Energy sent to Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy firm Rosatom last month.

The judge just announced in court that a settlement has been reached in the historic defamation case between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems.

• ‘A major part of Ralph died’: Aunt of teen shot after ringing wrong doorbell speaks • 20-year-old woman shot after friend turned into the wrong driveway in upstate New York, officials say

High speed trains have proved their worth across the world over the past 50 years.

Maine authorities have detained a person of interest and continue to investigate after two shooting incidents that appear to be connected left at least four people dead and three others injured, state police said.

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who has been cleared to resume football activities, said Tuesday his cardiac arrest during an NFL game in January was caused by commotio cordis.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that he hopes to replace Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee with Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland and aims to set up a floor vote on the issue this afternoon, which Republicans are expected to block.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy traveled to Wall Street on Monday to deliver a fresh warning that the House GOP majority will refuse to lift a cap on government borrowing unless Biden agrees to spending cuts that would effectively neutralize his domestic agenda.

A settlement has been reached in Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation case against Fox News, the judge for the case announced. The network will pay more than $787 million to Dominion, a lawyer for the company said.

• DeSantis goes to Washington, a place he once despised, looking for support to take on Trump • Opinion: For the GOP to win, it must ditch Trump • Chris Christie mulling 2024 White House bid • Analysis: The fire next time has begun burning in Tennessee

Senate Democrats railed against Justice Clarence Thomas on Tuesday amid reports that the Supreme Court conservative failed to disclose luxury travel, gifts and a real estate transaction involving a GOP megadonor, but their plan to investigate the conservative jurist remains unclear.

Netflix is officially winding down the business that helped make it a household name.

The top US Navy admiral ardently defended a non-binary sailor on Tuesday amid some criticism from Republican lawmakers, saying he is “particularly proud of this sailor.”

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society has found two of three ships that sank in the same Lake Superior storm more than a century ago, locating one in 2021 and the other in 2022.

Live long and prosper, Michelle Yeoh.

Two Russian men who claim to be former Wagner Group commanders have told a human rights activist that they killed children and civilians during their time in Ukraine.

It’s a surprising fact that’s often overlooked in the immigration debate.

Artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT could lead to a “turbocharging” of consumer harms including fraud and scams, and the US government has substantial authority to crack down on AI-driven consumer harms under existing law, members of the Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday.

A tiny intruder infiltrated White House grounds Tuesday, prompting a swift response from the US Secret Service.

• Delta Air Lines reports record bookings for summer travel • Air France and Airbus acquitted in trial over 2009 plane crash

Pizza guy delivers more than a pie, taking out a fleeing suspect. CNN’s Jeanne Moos shows him putting his best foot forward.

A German artist has rejected an award from a prestigious international photography competition after revealing that his submission was generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the terms of its emergency use authorizations for the Pfizer and Moderna bivalent vaccines on Tuesday, allowing people ages 65 and older and certain people with weakened immunity to get additional doses before this fall’s vaccination campaigns.

It’s sourdough bread and handstands for Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Lee Curtis.

It’s April 18, the official deadline to file your federal and state income tax returns for 2022. (It is also, apparently, National Animal Crackers Day for those who celebrate.)

Newly released body camera footage shows firefighters and sheriff’s deputies rushing to help actor Jeremy Renner after a near-fatal snowplow accident in January. The “Avengers” actor broke more than 30 bones and suffered other severe injuries. CNN’s Chloe Melas has more.