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Brook scores fastest double century in ODI history in rampant England's 429-4

Myanmar's Suu Kyi sounded 'fairly healthy', son says after first call in years

Pentagon, Lockheed announce deal for 850 F-35 jets over 10 years

Top-ranked Rybakina into Ningbo quarter-finals on return from injury

French authorities seek to ban or curb fresh protests

Samson superb as India mark record T20 chase in win over New Zealand

Nearly all coral reefs risk collapse in 50 years: IUCN

Nvidia boss criticises 'cheap' AI doomsday warnings

Foden can be one of Premier League's best again, says Maresca

Philippines trailblazer Eala ousted in Ningbo last 16

'Solution from the heavens': Indonesians pray for rain as fires burn

Stocks retreat as tech mood sours, oil prices jump

Targeted by Trump, ICC wins top EU rights prize

Northern start and finale in the Pyrenees for 2027 Tour de France

Homelessness explodes in Canada as rents, housing prices soar

Canada is gripped by a surge in homelessness that has seen tens of thousands of people priced out of rental and real estate markets and left to live in the streets of the wealthy nation.

IMF, World Bank to tackle climate goals among reforms at annual meetings

The World Bank and International Monetary Fund will tackle the thorny issue of institutional reform at their upcoming annual meetings in Morocco next week.

Fentanyl, migration to dominate US-Mexico security talks

Joint efforts to tackle migrant flows and cross-border smuggling of the often deadly drug fentanyl are expected to top the agenda at high-level US-Mexican security talks on Thursday.

Women's squad seeks its share of Saudi football boom

As Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar pack Saudi stadiums, a quieter but equally dramatic transformation is unfolding for women's professional football, which didn't even exist in the kingdom five years ago.

LGBTQ Lebanese under attack as activists decry eroding freedoms

Lebanon's LGBTQ community has been reeling from months of snowballing hostility, as activists in one of the Middle East's more liberal countries worry about deteriorating personal and political freedoms.

Twins, Rangers advance in MLB playoffs

The Minnesota Twins won a Major League Baseball playoff series for the first time in more than two decades Wednesday, beating Toronto 2-0 to sweep their best-of-three wild card set.

Disgraced crypto king pleads 'good faith' in US fraud trial

Two visions of Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced crypto king, clashed in a New York courtroom on Wednesday in the opening arguments of his blockbuster trial for fraud.

'It does worry me': Biden fears US chaos could hit Ukraine aid

President Joe Biden admitted Wednesday he was worried that political turmoil in Washington could threaten US aid to Ukraine, urging Republicans to stop their infighting and back "critically important" assistance for Kyiv.

Chiefs' Kelce says NFL could be 'overdoing it' on Swift

The NFL might be "overdoing it," but the breathless attention on pop superstar Taylor Swift amid her rumored romance with Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce shows no sign of abating.

Newcastle hand PSG a Champions League lesson, Man City beat Leipzig

Newcastle United claimed a stunning 4-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday in their first Champions League match at St James' Park in 20 years, while holders Manchester City scored two late goals to get the better of RB Leipzig.

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