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4:31 AM on Thursday, March 12

Some commercial ships near or in the Strait of Hormuz and in the Persian Gulf have declared themselves as China-linked since the Iran war began, marine traffic data show, as their operators try to reduce risks of being targeted in attacks

4:02 AM on Thursday, March 12

Local organizers at the Milan Cortina Paralympics have defended their actions after Ukraine’s Paralympic committee accused them and the International Paralympic Committee of subjecting Ukraine athletes and coaches to “systematic pressure.”

2:44 AM on Thursday, March 12

A Moscow court has convicted 19 people of involvement in the 2024 shootings that killed 149 and injured more than 600 at a concert hall in Moscow

12:30 AM on Thursday, March 12

Max Verstappen says Formula 1 is like “a jungle” as he criticizes the sport’s new 2026 rules

11:53 PM on Wednesday, March 11

South Korean lawmakers have passed a law to implement a pledge of $350 billion in U.S. investments Seoul made last year to avoid the Trump administration’s highest tariffs

9:30 PM on Wednesday, March 11

Caitlin Clark made a triumphant return from an injury in her U.S. senior national team debut, finishing with 17 points and 12 assists as the Americans beat Senegal 110-46 on Wednesday in the FIBA Women’s World Cup qualifying tournament

9:16 PM on Wednesday, March 11

Defending champion Jack Draper rallied from a set down and beat five-time champ Novak Djokovic 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) Wednesday night in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open

9:11 PM on Wednesday, March 11

Cuba is grappling with a fast-growing wave of synthetic drug use that is hitting young people hard

9:07 PM on Wednesday, March 11

U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran have damaged at least four cultural and historical sites across Iran

9:05 PM on Wednesday, March 11

States are setting new rules for cash purchases after the U.S. Mint stopped making pennies and the 1-cent coins get scarcer

9:05 PM on Wednesday, March 11

Utah is at the forefront of a states' rights battle between itself and prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket

9:03 PM on Wednesday, March 11

Rural school districts say the Trump administration’s visa changes are jeopardizing a key source of teachers

7:40 PM on Wednesday, March 11

A day later than expected, the United States has punched its ticket to the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic

5:12 PM on Wednesday, March 11

China has adopted a sweeping ethnic unity law that critics say tightens assimilation and weakens minority rights

3:21 PM on Wednesday, March 11

Vinnie Pasquantino had the World Baseball Classic’s first three-homer game, leading Italy over Mexico 9-1 to win Pool B and advance the United States to the quarterfinals as group’s second-place team

9:00 AM on Wednesday, March 11

Cambodia says it is close to shutting down all online scam centers operating in the Southeast Asian country

4:57 AM on Wednesday, March 11

Tornadoes have killed at least two people in northwest Indiana and leveled buildings in Kankakee, Illinois

4:13 AM on Wednesday, March 11

South Africa has deployed troops to the streets of the country's biggest city to help police fight gang violence and illegal mining

10:00 PM on Tuesday, March 10

The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has become a test of who endures longer

9:54 PM on Tuesday, March 10

Far-right leader José Antonio Kast has been sworn in as Chile’s president in the nation’s most pronounced rightward shift since the return of democracy in 1990