A 243kg bluefin tuna has smashed records by selling for £2.4m at Tokyo’s first fish auction of the year. The fish was bought at the Toyosu market on Monday by Kiyomura Corp, operator of the Sushi Zanmai restaurant chain. “The year’s first tuna brings good luck,” Kiyoshi Kimura, the company’s president, also known as the…
Created on January 05, 2026 The USD/MXN is trading slightly above the 18.00000 level this morning. The currency pair did see some bullish price action emerge early this morning as Forex markets opened. The USD/MXN is back above the 18.00000 level early today. Having spent the better part of last week below the 18.00000 and…
Following the divisive series finale premiere of Stranger Things, Netflix has shared the official trailer for the upcoming documentary, titled One Last Adventure. It offers fans a behind-the-scenes look at the production of the hit show’s fifth and final season, which currently holds an approval rating of 83% on Rotten Tomatoes. “A decade after rewiring…
China — one of the world’s biggest buyers of Venezuelan oil — reacted to President Trump’s ouster of the Latin American country’s leader over the weekend with a series of condemnations but no signals of retaliation so far, as the world continues to assess the shocking weekend move to arrest President Nicolás Maduro. China is…
A new glass walkway in a recently opened section of the promenade in Hong Kong’s Eastern district has drawn tens of thousands of people in its first week, with the daily peak reaching 16,000, according to authorities. The glass observatory deck, which offers visitors a view of the harbour beneath, was part of the final…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that Venezuela must not be allowed to serve as an operational hub for US adversaries, including Russia, China, Iran, and Hezbollah, in sharp remarks aired by NBC News on January 4. “You cannot turn Venezuela into an operations center for Iran, Russia, ‘Hezbollah,’ China, or Cuban intelligence agents. This cannot continue,” Rubio said in an interview, addressing Delcy Rodríguez, who was declared the…
Versant Media Group, the portfolio of cable TV networks and digital assets spun off by Comcast, joins the small cohort of public media companies as the industry reckons with ongoing disruption. Versant begins trading on the Nasdaq Monday under the ticker symbol “VSNT.” The company’s so-called “when-issued” stock — a security that is expected to…
In The Dark Knight, Alfred Pennyworth, while explaining to Bruce Wayne the raison d’être of the man known as the Joker, a role so good that Heath Ledger shuffled off his mortal coil after playing the disturbing character, explained: “Some people aren’t looking for anything logical, like money. They can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned, or…
China today urged Donald Trump to stay away from Venezuela’s oil after the US said it would run the country following an operation to capture president Nicolas Maduro. Its call came as the captured Venezuelan leader was driven to a court in New York this morning after being indicted alongside his wife on charges of ‘narco-terrorism’….
Welcome to the latest edition of Inside Barcelona, our weekly series to follow throughout the 2025-26 La Liga season, after Spanish football returned following its winter break. Every Monday, we will bring you information and analysis on the biggest talking points, cutting through the noisy world of all things Barca with reporting you can trust….