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Black smoke, flames rising near Riyadh airport: residents to AFP

Inter Milan and Italy icon Mazzola dies aged 83

UK actor Naomi Watts honoured at Spain film festival

Saudi capital issues first air raid alert since renewed fighting in Yemen

Japan emperor declares Asian Games open after turbulent build-up

Martin edges title rival Marquez for Austrian MotoGP pole

Asian Games open with unity message after troubled build-up

Indonesia accepts Malaysia's help to tackle wildfires

Denmark hails 'binding' Greenland deal with Trump

Indians living in Japan on stand-by to house Asian Games athletes

We don't want Games host Japan losing money, says Asian Olympic official

Trump signs bill authorizing sweeping Russia sanctions

Ed Sheeran returns to stage after Palestinian controversy

Protesters form human chain at Kennedy Center after Trump threat

Europe’s arms money maze

Houthis and al-Qaeda

Brazil tests Milei’s gamble

Germany under Weidel

'Hitman' Sharma: Big-hitting leader of India's cricket dreams

Rohit Sharma rose from humble beginnings to captain cricket-mad India and redefined Test batting with his ability to score big hundreds as he dominated opposition attacks.

Wales fly-half Anscombe signs for French club Bayonne

Wales fly-half Gareth Anscombe is leaving Gloucester to join French Top 14 side Bayonne next season, the Basque club announced on Wednesday.

Alphabet's share price plunges on traffic drop testimony

Shares in Google parent Alphabet plunged more than seven percent on Wednesday after an Apple executive told a federal court that the search engine's traffic fell on Apple products last month.

Amorim eyes European glory with 'worst' Man Utd team in Premier League history

Ruben Amorim says nothing will change if he wins the Europa League with the "worst" Manchester United team in Premier League history.

Pink smoke signals in Rome call for women priests

Excluded from the conclave to elect a new pope Wednesday -- and more broadly from the Church's entire global priesthood -- some Catholic women were determined that their voices will be heard.

Utah's NHL team selects Mammoth as nickname

Mammoth has been selected as the nickname for Utah's NHL club, the team announced on Wednesday after playing its first season as the Utah Hockey Club.

Cardinals locked inside Sistine Chapel as conclave begins

Cardinals choosing the next leader of the global Catholic Church were locked into the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, marking the formal start of the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis.

South Africa launches reform of derelict municipalities

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled Wednesday a plan to revive South Africa's flagging local governments, weeks after publicly criticising the state of the financial capital Johannesburg as it prepares to host the G20 summit in November.

Chinese stocks, dollar rise before trade talks, Fed move

Chinese stocks rose on Wednesday, as did the dollar, as investors eyed weekend US-China trade talks and an imminent Federal Reserve interest-rate decision.

Serbian leader Vucic defies EU with Russia visit

Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic arrived in Moscow Wednesday for the week's celebrations marking 80 years since the victory over Nazi Germany, risking anger in Brussels as he tries to balance Russian ties and European aspirations.

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