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Pupils, teachers kidnapped from Catholic school in central Nigeria

Guardiola says 'season starts now' as Man City hunt Arsenal

Mercedes chief Wolff sells part of team stake to US businessman

Ubisoft shares surge as trading resumes after results 'restatement'

Olympic ski champion Gut-Behrami suffers knee injury

Ukraine cornered by US plan heeding Russian demands

Carnage as 19 wickets fall on opening day of first Ashes Test

Europe increasingly 'vulnerable' to shocks: ECB chief

Slot says Liverpool will never use Jota grief as 'excuse' for poor form

Aussie Wilson 'devastated' after Gordon ruled out of France Test

Ken Follett: 'There can't be boring bits in my books'

UK music industry warns growth threatened by AI, Brexit

Britain's music industry contributed £8 billion ($10.5 billion) to the UK economy in 2024, but the effects of Brexit and AI have clouded the sector's outlook, an industry report showed Wednesday.

Epstein alleged Trump 'knew about the girls': Democrats

Democrats released emails Wednesday in which Jeffrey Epstein suggested that Donald Trump was aware of the financier's sexual abuse and definitely "knew about the girls."

German experts slam spending plans, cut GDP forecast

Germany is using a massive fund for the wrong purposes and it risks providing just a minor boost to the struggling economy, experts warned Wednesday, as they cut their 2026 growth forecast.

S.Africa's Ramaphosa says US skipping G20 'their loss'

President Cyril Ramaphosa said Wednesday the United States boycott of the G20 summit in South Africa later this month would not prevent the meeting of the world's leading economies from going ahead.

Algeria pardons writer Boualem Sansal

Algeria has pardoned French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal after a request from Germany, to where he will be transferred for medical treatment after a year in detention, it was announced Wednesday.

Tuchel warns Bellingham must fight for England berth at World Cup

Thomas Tuchel has warned Jude Bellingham that the Real Madrid midfielder faces a fight to earn a place in England's starting line-up at the World Cup.

Mbappe says France football team 'to remember' Paris terror victims

France captain Kylian Mbappe said the national football team wished to remember all the victims of the 2015 Paris terror attacks as they prepare to play on the 10th anniversary of the atrocity.

Joshua decision on 2025 bout imminent - promoter

A decision on whether former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua will fight in 2025 will be made later this week, promoter Eddie Hearn said Wednesday.

Cambodia says Thai troops kill one in fresh border clashes

Cambodia and Thailand traded accusations of fresh clashes along their border on Wednesday, with Phnom Penh reporting one civilian shot dead in hostilities flaring after Bangkok paused implementation of a US-backed peace deal.