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Tech stocks lead rout after US inflation fuels rate hike bets

Palmeiras beat Fluminense 2-1 in Libertadores semi-final first leg

'No time to recover': UNDP chief sounds alarm on growing poverty after Iran war shock

Brewers blasts leave Dodgers on brink

Australia says won't let big tech have 'unfettered' access to kids

Tech stock lead rout after US inflation fuels rate hike bets

Mobile clinics battle Mongolia's childhood dental 'disaster'

Al-Fayed survivors say UK police missing 'bigger picture'

Wallabies back Meredith as playmaker for second New Zealand Test

Online 'witch hunt' sweeps up Asians misidentified as US rape accused

Messi's Inter Miami book playoffs with 2-0 win over New York City

Prospect of Bolsonaro win looms large over Brazil's Indigenous

Oil-rich Alberta tests Canada's unity with secession vote

Freed from Belarus, founder of Lady Gaga's biggest fan site tells his story

Europe’s arms money maze

Houthis and al-Qaeda

Brazil tests Milei’s gamble

Germany under Weidel

Ukrainians fly locally-made drones to sharpen artillery aim

Soldiers in eastern Ukraine swiftly unpacked a large grey drone and launched it to check the cloud level and survey the area, just kilometres from Russian positions.

France braces for fresh violence after police shoot teenager

France braced for more angry protests Wednesday after police shot dead a teenager during a traffic stop and appeared to have lied about the circumstances of the killing.

England bowl as Australia recall Starc for 2nd Ashes Test

England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to bowl in the second Ashes Test at Lord's on Wednesday as Australia recalled Mitchell Starc to their side.

Huge crowds 'stone the devil' as fiercely hot hajj winds down

Vast crowds of robed worshippers hurled pebbles in the "stoning of the devil" ritual on Wednesday as the biggest hajj pilgrimage since the start of the pandemic draws to a close in intense Saudi Arabian heat.

Bayern have deal with Kane but Spurs reject bid: report

Bayern Munich have agreed personal terms with England captain Harry Kane, German daily Bild reported Wednesday, but an initial 70-million-euro (£60-million, $76-million) bid was rejected by Tottenham Hotspur.

New Zealand PM scores trade deals on China trip

China and New Zealand on Wednesday signed a string of agreements designed to boost trade between the two countries, as their leaders met in Beijing for talks.

Markets rise as upbeat US data plays against rates outlook

Equity markets rose Wednesday as investors weighed data showing the US economy remained resilient in the face of rising interest rates against the prospect of more tightening to bring inflation under control.

Protests flare up in France after police shoot teenager

Violent protests shook Paris suburbs overnight and celebrities expressed outrage Wednesday after police shot dead a teenager during a traffic stop and appeared to have lied about the circumstances of the killing.

Russian missile strike on restaurant kills nine in Ukraine

The death toll from a Russian missile strike on a restaurant in eastern Ukraine rose to nine on Wednesday, as Kyiv downplayed the impact of the Wagner mutiny on fighting.

Karabakh separatists say 4 troops killed by Azerbaijani fire

Four Armenian separatist fighters were killed Wednesday in the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region by Azerbaijani fire, rebels said, as Baku and Yerevan held peace talks mediated by the United States.

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Markets mostly rise as upbeat US data plays against rates outlook