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Last MotoGP race at Phillip Island cancelled due to weather in Marquez setback

Comeback kings Brewers down Rays to take 2-0 World Series lead

Sri Lanka seeks faster green energy shift after oil shocks

Sri Lankan turbine project fuels anger as fish hauls plunge

Riyadh airport resumes flights following Houthi attacks

No LeBron, no problem as Sixers roll on

'Call of Duty' North Korea invasion edition tops sales charts in South

Israel to close all land crossings with West Bank on election day

Musk accuses Ukraine of violating Starlink's terms of service

'Tech debt coming due': AI-found flaw signals chaos ahead

Fed expected to hold rates steady days ahead of US midterms

Stop-motion 'Wildwood' showcases 'human creativity' in AI age

More Lula, or back to the Bolsonaros? Brazil votes in cliffhanger

Fresh clashes rock France as protesters march on

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

Zelensky says Russia planning attacks on Ukraine nuclear plants

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky charged Wednesday before the United Nations that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is planning to attack nuclear power plants in his country, warning of catastrophic consequences.

Film legend Bardot, nearing 90, enjoys her 'silent solitude'

Brigitte Bardot, the 1960s French cinema icon who left the silver screen behind her a half-century ago, says as her 90th birthday approaches that she now "flees humanity" in favour of "silent solitude".

Walking on the Moon in Cologne: Europe's lunar life simulator

A large, ordinary-looking warehouse in the German city of Cologne is the closest you can get to walking on the Moon -- without leaving Earth.

Google files EU complaint over Microsoft cloud services

Google said Wednesday that it had filed a complaint against Microsoft at the European Commission, accusing its rival of "anticompetitive" licensing practices to force customers to use its cloud service.

Finnish zoo to return pandas to China early

Finland will return two giant pandas on loan from China more than eight years ahead of schedule because of financial problems at the zoo where they are housed, its chair told AFP on Wednesday.

At last! China's Zhang Shuai ends 24-match losing streak

Zhang Shuai won her first WTA Tour match since January 2023 when she triumphed at her home China Open on Wednesday to snap a painful run of 24 defeats.

Global stocks trade mixed tracking China stimulus

Global stock markets traded mixed Wednesday as China's latest measure to bolster its economy, the world's second-largest, largely failed to extend gains for equities.

EU backs plan to downgrade wolf protection status

EU member states on Wednesday voted in favour of lowering the protection status of wolves, a move decried by conservationists that paves the way for a relaxation of tight hunting restrictions.

Jacks says new-look England need time to master ODIs

Will Jacks says England's new-look one-day side need time to get to grips with a format they rarely play after beating Australia to keep their five-match series alive.