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Terrified by Trump raids, LA's undocument migrants hide at home

Tale of love, passion behind Mexico's 'boundary-pushing' Quintonil

Clock ticks on US tariff hikes as Trump broadens blitz

England and India set for final push in gripping Test series

Canada intends to recognize Palestinian state at UN General Assembly: Carney

Millions return home as Pacific tsunami warnings lifted

Trump says US to impose 15% tariff on South Korean goods

Millions return home as Pacific tsunamis warnings lifted

Brazil Central Bank holds interest rate as tariffs loom

Ex-NBA star Arenas arrested on charges of hosting illegal poker games

Brazil Central Bank holds interest rate after seven straight hikes

Stocks diverge, dollar gains before tech earnings, Fed decision

Stock markets were mixed in Europe and on Wall Street on Wednesday while the dollar rose further from recent lows as investors took a cautious approach ahead of earnings from US tech giants and the latest interest-rate call from the Federal Reserve.

India's Gill says Oval groundsman caused 'unnecessary' row

India captain Shubman Gill said the head groundsman at the Oval had sparked an "unnecessary" row with coach Gautam Gambhir following the latest flashpoint in a fractious series against England.

Physicists still divided about quantum world, 100 years on

The theory of quantum mechanics has transformed daily life since being proposed a century ago, yet how it works remains a mystery -- and physicists are deeply divided about what is actually going on, a survey in the journal Nature said Wednesday.

Russia relieved as tsunami spares far east from major damage

Russia lifted a tsunami alert on Wednesday after a massive quake and tsunami largely spared the country's sparsely populated far east from casualties and major damage.

'Can't believe it': Marchand shatters long-standing world record

Leon Marchand smashed the 200m individual medley world record in Singapore on Wednesday, setting a new mark of 1min 52.69sec, a year on from his Paris Olympics heroics.

French govt prepares new law to return colonial-era art

France's government on Wednesday discussed a bill designed to speed up the return of artworks looted during the colonial era to their countries of origin, officials said.

London court rules oligarch liable over $1.9 bn Ukraine loan scheme

The Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky and his former business partner are likely to be forced to repay $1.9 billion that they "unlawfully" appropriated from a Ukrainian bank they owned, London's High Court ruled Wednesday.

Olympic biathlon champion confirmed dead after Pakistan mountaineering accident

Germany's two-time Olympic biathlon gold medallist Laura Dahlmeier was confirmed dead aged 31 on Wednesday after being hit by falling rocks on a Pakistani mountain.

German biathlete confirmed dead after accident on Pakistan mountain

German double biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier was confirmed dead on Wednesday after she was seriously injured by a rockfall on a Pakistani mountain.