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Niraj Kumar earns Los Angeles Olympic quota with 50m rifle bronze

Delhi gold loses Rs 800 while silver falls Rs 5,000

India extends micro-credit guarantee plan for five years

Pradeep Antony, Smeha Manimegalai portray secret spouses in Mr & Mrs Office

Acclaimed Actress Dr. Irma P. Hall Dies at 91

Zelenskyy arrives in Dublin for meetings on Ukraine and peace efforts

Woman barred from every Greggs outlet after series of offences

Jury hears social-media image helped identify teen in Scarlett Faulkner case

Ketchup packets link suspect to break-in at Eddie Rocket’s restaurant

American Airlines passenger falls ill and vomits on three travellers

Spain's General Strike Links Housing Crisis to Lost Purchasing Power

Euro-Area Inflation Reaches 4% as Energy Prices Jump

China's Factory Inflation Accelerates While Consumer Demand Stays Weak

US Adds 165,000 Jobs as Unemployment Falls to 4.1%

'Freak' Haaland leaves Man City team-mates 'speechless'

Erling Haaland's athleticism stunned Pep Guardiola and his Manchester City team-mates with a stunning backheel finish at shoulder height in a 5-0 Champions League rout of Sparta Prague on Wednesday.

COP16 'green zone' celebrates nature's bounty

While delegates in suits gathered to hash out plans for protecting Earth's biodiversity at a UN summit, activists and ordinary citizens in T-shirts and feathered headgear celebrated nature's bounty at a colorful side-event in the Colombian city of Cali.

Perplexity seeks news allies as it challenges Google

Perplexity AI chief Aravind Srinivas said Wednesday that he hopes to collaborate with news publishers which accuse the Google challenger of freeloading off their work.

Ten Hag argues Man Utd on the 'right path' to success

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag is "convinced" his side are heading in the right direction despite a troubled start to the season that has called the Dutch coach's future into question.

Pay or 'blood flows': Peru battles extortion epidemic

With a gun in hand, Colonel Victor Revoredo and his team watched a small house where one of the most wanted criminals in Trujillo, the epicenter of extortion in northern Peru, could be hiding.

Raphinha hat-trick helps Barca thrash Bayern in Champions League

Raphinha scored a stunning hat-trick as Barcelona hammered Bayern Munich 4-1 on Wednesday in a riveting Champions League clash.

Liverpool sink Leipzig to continue strong start under Slot

A 27th minute Darwin Nunez header took Liverpool to a controlled 1-0 win at RB Leipzig in the Champions League on Wednesday, continuing their excellent start under new coach Arne Slot.

Haaland acrobatics light up Man City rout of Sparta Prague

Erling Haaland's spectacular acrobatic effort lit up Manchester City's 5-0 win over Sparta Prague to move into third place in the Champions League table.

Global business web behind Malaysia's 'houses of horror' youth homes

A Malaysian conglomerate under investigation for child abuse and money laundering eluded authorities for years by hiding behind a thriving global Islamic business network, according to police and the company's now-offline website.

Chair of global plastics talks pledges deal next month

A global treaty to curb plastic pollution will be secured at a summit in South Korea next month, the chair of the talks pledged Wednesday, although he cautioned there were still complex disputes and the time frame was a "big challenge".

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