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Brazil votes in tight election as Lula slams polling obstacles

France's Le Pen launches presidential bid vowing to restore 'rule of law'

'I am here': Opposition leader Machado returns to Venezuela

Qatar Charity delivers Braille Qurans to blind readers in Kosovo and Albania

Serbia records bumper turnout as students challenge ruling party

Villain intrigue: 'Clayface', Holmes doc lead N. America box office

Houthis say attacked Riyadh airport hours after flights resume

Bayern beat Freiburg to reclaim top spot after Kompany illness

Monaco hold Lille as Rennes go top of Ligue 1

Nigeria widens hunt for possible Ebola cases

Thousands gather in Prague to protest licence fee plans

Liverpool star Isak back to his best says Iraola

Chemical giant Bayer to cut management jobs after huge loss

German chemicals giant Bayer said Wednesday it would cut management jobs and was examining splitting off one of its divisions after reporting a massive third-quarter loss.

Markets drift as traders weigh outlook for rates

Equity markets struggled Wednesday as investors tried to figure out the Federal Reserve's interest rate plans, while demand concerns saw oil prices struggling to recover from the previous day's plunge.

Mitoma heads full-strength Japan squad to start World Cup qualifying

Japan named a full-strength squad featuring Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma and Real Sociedad's Takefusa Kubo on Wednesday for the start of their 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign against Myanmar and Syria.

Telecoms outage cuts off millions of Australians

More than 10 million Australians were cut off from internet and phone services on Wednesday after unexplained outages struck one of the country's largest communications companies.

Can Mourinho lead Roma all the way to another European final?

Off the pace in Serie A, Roma may once again be relying on Jose Mourinho to lead them on a long European run in order to save their season.

Fossil fuel plans by producing nations threatens 1.5C limit: UN

Plans to expand oil, gas and coal production by major fossil fuel countries would push the world far beyond the Paris deal's 1.5C global warming limit, the UN warned Wednesday.

Philippine typhoon survivors pray for victims on 10th anniversary

Survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan prayed for their dead loved ones in the devoutly Catholic Philippines on Wednesday as they commemorated the 10th anniversary of a storm that killed more than 6,000 people.

G7 seeks common line on Gaza, vows 'strong support' for Ukraine

G7 foreign ministers sought Wednesday to hammer out a common line on the Israel-Hamas war while vowing there would be no let-up in their support for Ukraine in its war with Russia.

Eddie Jones interested in Japan job but says no offer yet: reports

Eddie Jones would "definitely be interested" in coaching Japan but has yet to receive an offer, Japanese media quoted the former England and Australia boss as saying.

Israel battles Hamas in Gaza City

Israel's campaign to crush Hamas ground into its second month Wednesday as its forces battled the Palestinian militants in Gaza City, despite mounting calls for a ceasefire.

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