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Bolsonaro's escape to the US: How it happened

Hollywood producer Kennedy to head LA28 Olympic ceremony plans

Russell calls on Scotland to 'kick on' and beat big teams

Djokovic wins Basel opener to boost ATP Finals bid

تركيزات قياسية لغازات الاحتباس الحراري في الغلاف الجوي خلال 2025

Airbus aims for record deliveries despite disappointing quarter

US Fed holds interest rates steady despite surging inflation

Cuba wins UN vote against US embargo with weakest backing in 30 years

Chiefs sign ex-Ravens kicker suspended over sex allegations

شباب من أجل الاستدامة تفتح التسجيل لبرامج 2027 في عامها العاشر

Real Madrid, La Liga apology over Mbappe shows power of Chinese market

Inglis and Carey put Australia in command of South Africa decider

From Gaza to Ramallah, Palestinians see little hope in Israeli vote

92-year-old US judge handling Maduro case dies

Debt limit returns in German coalition's deal ending budget crisis

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition clinched a last-minute budget deal on Wednesday, preventing a political crisis from spiralling out of control after a constitutional court ruling upended its spending plans.

Wounded Jones has plenty to prove on Japan return

Eddie Jones has deep ties to Japan and led the country to its greatest rugby triumph, but the pugnacious Australian has plenty to prove after returning as head coach on Wednesday.

Dubai deal hailed as 'beginning of end' for fossil fuels

The world for the first time on Wednesday approved a call to transition away from fossil fuels as UN negotiations in Dubai tackled the top culprit behind climate change, but at-risk countries said far more action was needed.

Hasty gavel and standing ovation bring down COP28 curtain

The proud president of COP28 had no time left to lose.

UAE's Jaber, oil boss who brokered 'beginning of end' for fossil fuels

Sultan Al Jaber, the UAE oil chief who headed COP28 in Dubai, promised that this year's UN climate talks would be "different". He did not disappoint.

Strikes on Kyiv injure dozens as Ukraine pleads for aid

A volley of Russian missiles wounded dozens of people and damaged a children's hospital on Wednesday in the worst attack on Kyiv in months, officials said, as Ukraine pleads for Western military aid.

Pope says has chosen his tomb -- in Rome, not Vatican

Pope Francis has chosen to be buried not in St Peter's Basilica alongside his immediate predecessors but in a basilica in Rome, he revealed in an interview broadcast on Wednesday.

EU backs rules to improve app workers' conditions

The European Parliament and EU member states struck a landmark deal Wednesday to strengthen conditions for those working through apps, such as ride-hailing drivers.

Israel under pressure from allies as Gaza war rages on

Israeli forces battled Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday despite growing international concern, even from Israel's allies, over the devastation of the Palestinian territory.