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Sinner withdraws from Cincinnati Open with knee injury

Iraola's first Anfield match as Liverpool manager ends in Monaco defeat

Fernandez's 'perfect' race earns him British MotoGP Grand Prix win

Bodies hanging from bridge revive violence in once-calm town in Mexico

Iran Guards say won't reopen Hormuz without US meeting Tehran's demands

Lionel Messi bids farewell to father who guided his glittering career

Hogh's hat-trick inspires Celtic to 5-1 victory over Kilmarnock

Raul Fernandez wins British MotoGP Grand Prix

London grants first licences for supervised Uber robotaxis

Tesla FSD secrecy puts Europe’s safety oversight under scrutiny

Erasmus hopeful Kolisi hamstring injury not 'too bad'

India's island choke point

China’s lithography leap

Australia limits migration

Venezuela’s Oil Return

Adobe down 40%: Kodak moment?

Boomers: Selfish or Scapegoats?

China’s cartel lifeline

Sweden’s welfare reckoning

Double Olympic badminton champion Axelsen announces retirement

Denmark's double Olympic badminton champion Viktor Axelsen announced his retirement at 32 on Wednesday, saying back problems meant he could no longer "compete and train at the highest level".

Peru candidate demands vote annulment as count tightens

Peruvian right-wing presidential hopeful Rafael Lopez Aliaga gathered hundreds of supporters in Lima on Tuesday and gave authorities 24 hours to annul the first round of the country's election over allegations of fraud.

Tom Cruise shares sneak peek of Inarritu comedy 'Digger' at CinemaCon

Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise and Mexican filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu thrilled CinemaCon attendees on Tuesday with a sneak peek of their comedy "Digger," one of the releases highlighted by Warner Bros. at the Las Vegas industry convention.

Rosalia caps journey from student to star with Barcelona concerts

Spanish singer Rosalia spent her early years training in classrooms, rehearsal spaces and small venues across Barcelona as she developed the voice and style that would define her career.

AI expansion drives up profits at bullish tech giant ASML

Dutch tech giant ASML, which makes cutting-edge machines to manufacture semiconductor chips, said Wednesday that rapidly expanding AI-related investments had pushed up net profits as it also hiked its sales forecast for 2026.

Hamano strikes as Japan end US winning streak

Tottenham forward Maika Hamano scored the only goal as Japan ended the United States' 10-game unbeaten streak with a 1-0 victory in a friendly in Seattle on Tuesday.

Xi meets Russian FM as leaders flock to China over Middle East war

China's President Xi Jinping met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday, Chinese state media said, as a string of leaders of countries impacted by the Middle East war flock to Beijing.

'Industrial' clickbait disinformation targets Australian politics

From anti-transgender narratives about Olympic swimmers tofabricated comments from right-wing politicians, a slew of Facebook pages managed from Vietnam are capitalising on Australia's febrile politics to promote AI-generated articles on websites designed for profit.

AI-driven chip shortage slowing efforts to get world online: GSMA

A memory chip crunch fuelled by the artificial intelligence boom is hindering efforts to bring more people online worldwide, the head of the GSMA telecoms industry association told AFP.

Ball hero and villain as Hornets sting Heat, Blazers eclipse Suns

LaMelo Ball was hero and villain as the Charlotte Hornets sent the Miami Heat tumbling out of the NBA play-in tournament with a thrilling 127-126 overtime victory on Tuesday.

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