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Chinese coffee giant Luckin has opened its first flagship store offering premium drinks to compete with Starbucks Reserve.lucky coffeeBEIJING — China’s Luckin Coffee is aiming directly at: starbucks’ A high-end roastery chain with a new flagship store in the south of the country selling premium drinks.This is Luckin’s first major departure from its original strategy of operating affordable coffee kiosks, a strategy that helped the company overtake Starbucks in the number of stores in China.Luckin has now sold most of its troubled China operations to a local investment firm, proving it has fully recovered from the 2020 fraud allegations that…
The US president praised his new “friend” and praised the strong security ties between the US and Honduras.Published February 8, 2026February 8, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2sharePresident Donald Trump met in Florida with Honduran President Nasry Asufura, who praised the growing alliance aimed at curbing drug trafficking and illegal immigration.President Trump said he met with his “friend” Asfura, a conservative businessman, at the Mar-a-Lago resort on Saturday. Mr Asufura took office last week after winning a narrow election.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of list”Tito and I share many of the same America First values,” Trump said,…
The past month has been looking like Antoine Semenyo’s season at the Etihad as he hits the ground running at Manchester City.It has been a smooth transition for the 26-year-old, who has already scored six goals since joining the club from Bournemouth in January and has emulated his impressive performances at the Vitality Stadium. But how? How can a team switch from mid-season to title contention so easily in the middle of a season? It starts with a simple message from Josep Guardiola. “When I came, the first thing he said was just keep playing,” Semenyo told Sky Sports. “Play…
France’s former culture minister, Jack Lang, has resigned as head of the Arab World Institute following revelations of past contacts with Jeffrey Epstein and the launch of a financial investigation, France’s foreign ministry announced on Saturday. Earlier this Saturday, the French Financial Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation into Jack Lang and his daughter Caroline on suspicion of “aggravated tax evasion and laundering.” Calls for Lang’s resignation intensified after files released by the U.S. Department of Justice on January 30 showed that Epstein and Lang corresponded on and off from 2012 to 2019. This investor committed suicide in prison. French media…
Sunday’s newspaper top news and transfer rumors…premier league Liverpool star Mohamed Salah will be given the chance to become the face of the Saudi Professional League in the summer, with the 33-year-old Saudi potentially getting his £400,000-a-week wages tripled as Cristiano Ronaldo’s future at Al Nasr remains in doubt – Sunday Mirror Tottenham manager Thomas Frank says he is not considering stripping Cristian Romero of the captaincy following his red card against Manchester United – The Observer Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Soccer Saturday Team discusses Cristian Romero’s sending off for challenging Casemiro during Spurs’ loss…
Participants at the Singapore Airshow on Wednesday, February 4, 2026 in Singapore. The show will run until February 8th. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAmid heightened geopolitical uncertainty, defense buyers at the Singapore Airshow said they were prioritizing sovereignty, from local production and joint development to ownership of the software and intellectual property that runs their systems. Industry leaders say hardware, software and supply chain management are now central to procurement decisions.Executives at the show, which concludes on Sunday, cited shifting alliances and tougher rhetoric from major powers as catalysts for this trend. “There is…
A poster of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hung at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday, February 8, 2026. Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAccording to NHK’s initial forecast, Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party is likely to consolidate its majority in the House of Representatives, with the Liberal Democratic Party winning between 274 and 328 of the 465 seats. This is roughly in line with opinion poll predictions, with Nikkei Shimbun and Asahi Shimbun predicting that the Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Japan Restoration Party, would secure more than 300 seats…
The U.S. oil blockade has caused a severe energy crisis in Cuba, forcing the government to ration fuel and cut power outages for many hours a day, paralyzing life in the communist-ruled island nation of 11 million people.Living with near-permanent power outages, bus stops are empty and families rely on wood and coal for cooking as the economic crisis worsens due to Trump administration actions in recent weeks.President Miguel Diaz-Canel has imposed tough emergency restrictions on everything from reduced working hours to fuel sales, against the backdrop of a looming threat of regime change from the White House.The Caribbean region…
Janice and Blaine Carmena had no intention of returning to life at sea, but while scrolling through classified information they discovered an abandoned 76-foot motor yacht that would become their new home. The Canadian couple, who first met while working on a luxury yacht nearly 20 years ago, had long ago traded a life at sea for a life on land. The two married in 2002, raised two children, and built new careers, Janice working as a police officer and Blaine running a company that builds and customizes performance cars. “It was a pretty extreme change for us,” Blaine admits.…
Emma Raducanu said she will take her loss in the Transylvania Open final positively, revealing she has found her “identity” on court and is playing “the way I want to”.Raducanu lost in the Transylvania Open final to local favorite Sorana Cirstea in straight sets, missing out on a chance to win her first title since winning the US Open in 2021. Raducanu, who is expected to move up five places to world No. 25 on Monday, admitted she was feeling the effects of Friday’s marathon semi-final victory over Ukraine’s Oleksandra Olnikova. Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player…