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Kering shares tumble as Gucci fails to reassure investors

Asian stocks mixed ahead of weekend as tech recovers early losses

West Bank attack wounds 5 as Israel PM cancels events

How five Boeing 777s linked Madagascar's power elite to Iran

Ahead of APEC summit, Trump comes knocking on Kim's door

South Korea proposes holding border talks with North

Emergency nurseries rescue DR Congo's Ebola orphans

Ukraine's young figure skaters twizzle on despite Russian threat

Bezzecchi tops Australian MotoGP practice as wallaby hops onto track

Asian football endorses Infantino re-election as FIFA president

Under-threat Ospreys bet on new ground and Australian 'stardust'

Complete Kane hopes for 'special night' as Ballon d'Or rumours swirl

India stirs up its gastronomy with French cooking schools

Rooney calls United squad 'selfish babies' after Fernandes criticism

Stock markets hold onto gains after rally

US and European stock markets were broadly steady Wednesday, holding onto big gains made the previous session, while European gas prices hit six-month highs on supply constraints.

'Very different' England will run out against Fiji, vows George

Jamie George vowed that a "very different" England would take to the pitch for the World Cup quarter-final against Fiji on Sunday than the one that edged Samoa in their final pool match.

Nobel winners stage rare protest in Moscow court

Two Nobel winners staged a rare denunciation of Russia's offensive in Ukraine in a Moscow courtroom Wednesday, as public dissent over the conflict has been all but silenced by a wave of arrests.

Niger military rulers order UN official out within 72 hours

Niger's post-coup military regime has ordered the United Nations coordinator in the country to leave within 72 hours, blaming "obstacles" by the world body to its international recognition.

World Bank needs to get 'better', 'bigger': president

The World Bank's new president, Ajay Banga, said Wednesday that the global lender must become "better" and "bigger" to boost its capacity to help developing countries battle climate change, poverty and pandemics.

What to look out for in Euro 2024 qualifying

The road to Germany resumes this week as Euro 2024 qualifying kicks back into action with a number of teams in position to clinch qualification.

Vast majority of dead in Afghan quakes women and children

More than 90 per cent of those killed in a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan were women and children, UNICEF said Wednesday, as fresh tremors terrorised residents of villages flattened by the disaster.

Dimitrov stuns top seed Alcaraz to reach Shanghai last eight

Grigor Dimitrov fought back to beat top seed Carlos Alcaraz in three sets and reach the quarter-finals on Wednesday in the latest upset at the Shanghai Masters.

Farrell sticks with winning formula for 'the big boy stuff'

Ireland head coach Andy Farrell said it was "the big boy stuff now" after naming an unchanged team for Saturday's World Cup quarter-final with New Zealand.

France's Dupont trains with headguard before World Cup quarter-final

France's hopes that skipper Antoine Dupont will be fit to face South Africa in the World Cup quarter-final this weekend were given a major boost on Wednesday when the scrum-half trained for the second day running with a headguard.

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