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EU vows AI rules will protect Europeans. Will they?

KVB Accelerates Middle East Footprint with Strategic MENA Regional Expansion

Myanmar leader to visit Malaysia after migrant returns begin

Purple reign: Philippines seeks to keep grip on ube throne

Germany's AfD poised to preside over state assembly for first time

Seoul weighs steps to force North Korea landmine apology

Australia's opposition vows 'largest cut to immigration' in country's history

Yemen's Houthis say struck Riyadh airport, other Saudi sites

Ready, set, snooze: Sleep-deprived Japanese compete for best-rested

Changer+ Launches Stablecoin-First Self-Custodial Wallet to Make Stablecoins Easier to Use

Falcons thump Saints 45-24 as New Orleans marks Katrina anniversary

White Sox down Guardians, Yankees on brink after Rays loss

Tuvalu govt adviser says Australia overstepped in pre-COP visit

COP31 eyes modest steps as climate disasters multiply

Europe’s arms money maze

Houthis and al-Qaeda

Brazil tests Milei’s gamble

Germany under Weidel

Kenyans fear for relatives linked to cult as search for bodies resumes

Weeping relatives on Wednesday awaited news of loved ones linked to a suspected starvation cult in Kenya as police resumed the search for victims after unearthing dozens of bodies since last week.

Medvedev to headline return of elite men's tennis to China

Former world number one Daniil Medvedev will headline the return of elite men's tennis to China after a Covid-enforced break of four years, organisers said on Wednesday.

Russian opposition ex-mayor on trial over Ukraine criticism

Yevgeny Roizman, a prominent Kremlin critic and popular former mayor, went on trial on Wednesday over accusations of discrediting the Russian army over the Ukraine offensive.

Republican hopeful DeSantis talks trade, N. Korea in Seoul

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis met South Korea's prime minister in Seoul on Wednesday to discuss trade and North Korea's nuclear weapons on the second stop of his four-country trip before a possible presidential run.

Roizman: Russia's maverick ex-mayor and Kremlin critic

Opposition politician Yevgeny Roizman, who went on trial on Wednesday, has been one of the last vocal critics of the Kremlin and its offensive in Ukraine to remain in Russia and not behind bars.

Asian stocks mixed following rout on Wall Street

Asian stocks were mixed on Wednesday following plunges on Wall Street fuelled by concerns for the banking sector and broader fears of recession.

France lets aged African army veterans finally 'go home'

Three suitcases sit piled on top of one another in 95-year-old Yoro Diao's cramped studio apartment outside Paris.

Why are the US and China fighting over chips?

The United States has moved to block China's access to the most advanced semiconductors and the equipment and talent needed to make them in recent months, citing national security.

Ship carrying 1,687 Sudan evacuees reaches Saudi: ministry

A ship carrying 1,687 civilians from more than 50 countries fleeing violence in Sudan docked in Saudi Arabia Wednesday, the foreign ministry said, the largest evacuation effort by the Gulf kingdom so far.

Future All Blacks boss Robertson names 'talented' coaching team

Future All Blacks head coach Scott Robertson on Wednesday announced his backroom staff including current Super Rugby bosses Jason Holland and Leon MacDonald.

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