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Garcia bids for Ryder Cup return as he confirms LIV exit

Google drags down Wall Street stocks

England outlast Sri Lanka despite Rathnayake's hundred in dead rubber

Nations accused of undermining science at UN nature talks

Starc strikes twice as Australia push for victory

ECB says has tools to calm markets as French debt worries rise

Does White House ask AI to shape policy? Democrats want the receipts

ASEAN envoy ends Myanmar trip with no public Suu Kyi meeting

Trump tees up Alaska election challenge over same-name candidate 'fraud'

Three dead in rock spire collapse at Turkey's touristic Cappadocia

IMF says engaging with Iraq on preparing new bailout program

CAR tightens border checks as DR Congo Ebola cases rise

Two dead in rock spire collapse at Turkey's touristic Cappadocia

Does White House ask AI to decide policy? Democrats want the receipts

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

UN criticism of UK Rwanda plan incomprehensible: minister

As Britain pushes forward with controversial plans to send migrants to Rwanda, a UK government minister voiced "amazement" Wednesday at the criticism it has drawn from the United Nations.

French winemakers adopt US-style marketing to halt falling sales

France's wine makers, faced with a steep decline in sales, are turning to US-style marketing to revive their fortunes, including deep dives into global pop culture.

Armenia, Azerbaijan exchange war prisoners

Armenia and Azerbaijan on Wednesday swapped prisoners of war, a first step towards normalising relations since Baku retook control of the long-disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in a one-day autumn offensive.

Strikes on Kyiv wound dozens as Ukraine pleads for aid

A volley of Russian missiles wounded dozens of people and damaged a children's hospital Wednesday, the worst attack on Kyiv in months, Ukrainian officials said, as the country pleads for Western military aid.

Equities mixed before Fed rate decision

Stocks rose Wednesday in Europe but stumbled in Asia before this year's final monetary policy decision from the Federal Reserve, one day after an unremarkable US inflation report tempered expectations for an interest-rate reduction early next year.

Smallest Rembrandt portraits shown in Amsterdam museum

Two tiny portraits by Rembrandt that had been lost to the world for 200 years and sold recently at auction for $14 million made their debut Wednesday at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum.

Jones named Japan coach six weeks after Wallabies exit

Eddie Jones was named by Japan as their new head coach on Wednesday, six weeks after the Australian quit the Wallabies following their dismal showing at the Rugby World Cup.

Debt limit returns in German coalition's deal ending budget crisis

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition clinched a last-minute budget deal on Wednesday, preventing a political crisis from spiralling out of control after a constitutional court ruling upended its spending plans.

Wounded Jones has plenty to prove on Japan return

Eddie Jones has deep ties to Japan and led the country to its greatest rugby triumph, but the pugnacious Australian has plenty to prove after returning as head coach on Wednesday.

Dubai deal hailed as 'beginning of end' for fossil fuels

The world for the first time on Wednesday approved a call to transition away from fossil fuels as UN negotiations in Dubai tackled the top culprit behind climate change, but at-risk countries said far more action was needed.

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