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Chinese coffee giant Luckin opened its first flagship with premium drinks as the company takes on Starbucks Reserve.Luckin CoffeeBEIJING — China’s Luckin Coffee is taking direct aim at Starbucks’ high-end roastery chain with a new flagship store in the country’s south that sells premium drinks.It’s Luckin’s first major departure from its original strategy of operating budget-priced coffee kiosks – a move that helped the company overtake Starbucks in terms of the number of storefronts in China.Now, with the U.S. company selling off most of its struggling China business to a local investment firm, Luckin is proving it’s more than made…

Million-dollar man Jack McVeigh has turned it on in the second half as Cairns consigned Brisbane to the NBL wooden spoon with an 81-72 win over their rivals.McVeigh scored 22 points and Mojave King posted a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Taipans at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Sunday.American import Andrew Andrews also had a double-double with 12 points and 10 assists, as well as six rebounds.The Bullets had 25 offensive rebounds to the visitors’ eight and and took 26 extra shots, but could not make it count.The result means Brisbane (6-25) cannot catch second-from-bottom Cairns…

The first round of Iran-US talks in Muscat produced no breakthrough. The next few weeks will determine whether they laid foundations or merely bought time before escalation.When Iranian and American negotiators concluded several hours of talks in Muscat on February 6, publicly, neither side signalled any shift from its opening position. Iran insisted the discussions focus exclusively on the nuclear file. The United States arrived seeking a comprehensive framework that would also cover ballistic missiles, regional armed groups, and more broadly, issues Washington has raised publicly, including human rights concerns. Neither prevailed. Both agreed to meet again.On the surface, this…

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to endorse Jack Schlossberg, John F. Kennedy’s grandson, in the Democratic primary race for New York’s 12th Congressional District, a source familiar confirmed to CBS News Saturday.The endorsement has been in the works for weeks, a person familiar said, but has not yet been announced publicly.The 33-year-old Schlossberg, the son of Caroline Kennedy and first cousin of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., announced his campaign in November. Jack Schlossberg, grandson of late President John. F Kennedy, speaks to members of the New York State Nurses Association outside Mount Sinai West…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 7, 2026 11:36 am Updated February 7, 2026 10:34 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size MILAN – Canada has its first medal at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Valérie Maltais of La Baie, Que., won bronze in the women’s 3,000-metre speedskating event Saturday with a time of three minutes 56.93 seconds, marking her first individual Olympic medal.Italy’s Francesca Lollobrigida won gold on home soil in an Olympic-record 3:54.28, while Norway’s Ragne Wiklund took silver in 3:56.54. Related Videos 3:14 Team USA Olympians, protesters speak out against ICE…

A 36-year-old man accused of killing a sleeping grandmother after allegedly ploughing his car through a bedroom wall has faced court for the first time.

BEIJING: An explosion at a biotech factory in northern China has killed eight people, Chinese state media reported on Sunday (Feb 8), increasing the total number of fatalities by one.State news agency Xinhua had previously reported that seven people died and one person was missing after the Saturday morning explosion at the Jiapeng biotech company in Shanxi province, citing local authorities.Later, Xinhua said eight were dead, adding that the firm’s legal representative had been taken into custody.The company is located in Shanyin County, about 400km west of Beijing. Xinhua said clean-up operations were ongoing, noting that reporters observed dark yellow…

Bangladesh is heading to the polls for the first time since student-led protests dramatically ousted its longtime leader, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, amid a brutal crackdown on demonstrators, and forced her to flee the country in 2024.More than 127 million people are eligible to vote in the February 12 elections, which are being referred to as the biggest democratic exercise of the year. However, there are concerns about the possibility of unrest. About 15 million Bangladeshi expatriates, whose remittances are highly significant for the economy, will also be able to vote by post for the first time.Recommended Stories list…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard denied any wrongdoing on Saturday as Democrats question why a whistleblower complaint filed against her last May took nearly a year before it was referred to Congress.”[Virginia Democrat] Senator Mark Warner and his friends in the Propaganda Media have repeatedly lied to the American people that I or the ODNI ‘hid’ a whistleblower complaint in a safe for eight months,” Gabbard wrote in a lengthy X post on Saturday. “This is a blatant lie.”She continued, “I am not now, nor have I ever been, in possession or control…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A chaotic scene unfolded in Milan Saturday as police deployed water cannons and tear gas against demonstrators just steps away from an Olympic ice hockey rink.A group known as the Unsustainable Olympics Committee organized demonstrations highlighting concerns related to the environmental, economic and social impact of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Demonstrators also protested the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Italy, The Associated Press reported.The clash with police occurred near Milan’s Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena, a newly built venue that has faced scrutiny over construction delays and rink-size…