Beijing is nearly finished building air bases on artificial islands in the South China Sea and can deploy combat planes and other military hardware there at anytime, a US think tank says.

The Fearless Girl statue facing down Wall Street's Charging Bull — originally due to come down in early April — will hold her ground for at least another 11 months, with supporters working to make the popular sculpture permanent.

A Russian bank under US economic sanctions over Moscow's incursion into Ukraine discloses that its executives met with Jared Kushner — US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and a top White House adviser — during the 2016 election campaign.

Australia skipper Steve Smith appears to call Murali Vijay a cheat in the final Test after the India opener claims a catch that was later ruled to have hit the ground.

A Canadian gold coin weighing 100 kilograms and bearing the image of Queen Elizabeth II is stolen during an overnight heist from Berlin's Bode Museum.