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Crypto platform Binance confirms 'complex' $6.3 bn hack

Independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta shuts under Kremlin pressure

Spanish inflation stays at three-year high before election

Thailand extends activist's jail term to more than 34 years

Drugs giant AstraZeneca reveals higher profits, savings plan

China denies spying on Nvidia's Jensen Huang

French economy 'headed for a wall' as GDP shrinks

BP net profit quadruples on higher oil prices

South Korea to prosecute students cheating with smart glasses

Kiss backs 'hungry' Beale to push for Wallabies game time

Surging costs of living top US voter concerns

World number one Rybakina withdraws in Tokyo with injury

Basic services, fading loyalties loom over South Africa's vote

Malawi's fuel shortages, record prices deepen economic crisis

US regulators authorize first bitcoin funds on public markets

US securities regulators gave the green light Wednesday to a group of bitcoin exchange-traded funds, a keenly anticipated decision expected to boost the cryptocurrency.

UN Security Council demands immediate end to Huthi Red Sea attacks

The United Nations Security Council demanded on Wednesday an "immediate" end to attacks by Yemen's Huthi rebels on shipping in the Red Sea.

Polish ex-minister on hunger strike as populists denounce 'political' arrests

Polish President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday said he was shocked over the arrest of a former interior minister and his aide in a high-profile case that saw one of the detained men launch a hunger strike.

After re-election, a parliamentary setback for Spain's PM

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday suffered a setback in the first key parliamentary vote of the new legislature, highlighting the extreme fragility of the parliamentary alliances that returned him to office in November.

Stock markets hesitant ahead of inflation data, earnings

Global stock markets drifted on Wednesday, the eve of the release of key US inflation data and the start of the latest earnings season.

Liverpool fight back to take League Cup semi-final lead over Fulham

Liverpool produced another fightback after conceding first to take a 2-1 lead over Fulham into the second leg of their League Cup semi-final.

Real Madrid edge Atletico 5-3 to reach Super Cup final

Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid 5-3 after extra-time in a pulsating battle in Saudi Arabia to reach the Spanish Super Cup final on Wednesday.

$NHL top draft pick Bedard out 6-8 weeks with fractured jaw$

NHL top draft pick Bedard out 6-8 weeks with fractured jaw

Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard, the top pick in last year's NHL Draft, will be sidelined six to eight weeks after having surgery on his fractured jaw, the team announced on Wednesday.

Lavreysen helps Dutch to European team sprint crown

Track cycling star Harrie Lavreysen led the Netherlands to a fourth straight men's team sprint triumph on the opening day of the 2024 European championships in Apeldoorn on Wednesday.

NFL Seahawks dump Carroll as coach, keep him as advisor

Pete Carroll was dumped as head coach of the Seattle Seahawks after 14 seasons on Wednesday, three days after they missed the NFL playoffs for the second time in three seasons.

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