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Arsenal boss Arteta 'very surprised' at Jesus blast over Barcelona move

F2 crash in Madrid underlines fears over 'riskiest track'

Czech antitrust office lets Turkey's Pegasus Airlines buy Smartwings

Nepal flood reconstruction bill to be $4.78 bn: foreign ministry

Maresca says spotlight not on him ahead of Manchester derby

Investors on edge as energy costs, surging bond yields roil markets

Philippine Coast Guard finds bodies aboard ferry after blaze

JUMO and Standard Bank launch Social Finance Framework to scale inclusive finance in Africa

UK lawmakers to vote again on failed assisted dying bill

Doomsday tech: could AI really kill us all?

India welcomes Russia, Iran leaders for BRICS summit overshadowed by war

Yemen's Houthis complete takeover of Bab al-Mandab area: govt official to AFP

Italian feminist fighter Emma Bonino dies

Toronto film festival kicks off with ode to political activism

Judge orders retrial of ex-Man Utd star Giggs

Former Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs will face a re-trial on domestic violence charges, a UK judge ruled on Wednesday, after a jury last month failed to reach a verdict.

Former Pakistan PM Khan accuses govt of 'unacceptable' censorship

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan accused the government Wednesday of "unacceptable" censorship after authorities apparently blocked national access to YouTube to prevent a rally speech from being broadcast live.

Duplantis bids to end annus mirabilis on a high

Pole vault king Mondo Duplantis has vowed to bring his enthralling season to a more satisfactory end at Thursday's Diamond League final in Zurich after suffering a rare defeat in Brussels last week.

Burundi appoints new PM after president warns of 'coup' plot

Burundi's parliament on Wednesday approved the appointment of a new prime minister after President Evariste Ndayishimiye warned last week of a possible coup plot against him.

Chelsea sack manager Thomas Tuchel

Chelsea on Wednesday sacked manager Thomas Tuchel just seven games into the season following a chastening 1-0 Champions League defeat at Dinamo Zagreb.

India's Gandhi channels namesake in 'long march'

Emulating Indian independence hero Mahatma Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi was set Wednesday to begin a "long march" seeking to halt the seemingly inexorable slow decline of his once-mighty Congress party.

Germany can 'survive' winter despite energy turmoil: Scholz

Chancellor Olaf Scholz voiced confidence Wednesday that Germany was well prepared to "survive" the winter despite turmoil in the energy markets in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

RB Leipzig sack coach Tedesco after Shakhtar thrashing

Domenico Tedesco was fired by German side RB Leipzig on Wednesday, a day after a 4-1 home thrashing by Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk in their opening Champions League group match.

Altrad, a 'child of the desert' at top of France rugby, business

Mohed Altrad's appearance in the dock marks another remarkable chapter in the never-dull life of a man who turned up in Montpellier from Syria in 1970 without a penny or a word of French.

French lawmakers visit Taiwan after China's war drill threats

A group of French lawmakers landed in Taiwan on Wednesday, the first high-level European delegation since China conducted huge war drills to protest a visit to the island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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