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Fed's Warsh surprised by world economy's 'resilience'

Four killed in Indonesia battling fires causing toxic haze

Broncos top Super Bowl champion Seahawks in overtime

New Zealand star Ponga breaks arm in Rugby League World Cup opener

Brilliant Brewers sweep Dodgers to reach World Series

Indonesian stocks dive 11% as MSCI weighs market reclassification

Brewers complete Dodgers sweep to reach World Series

High-flying Freiburg try to shut out the noise as fairytale run continues

Yamal on song as entertainers Barcelona face Betis challenge

Flamengo secure 0-0 draw in La Plata in Copa Libertadores semi

Wong weighs haze prosecutions as Singapore air quality worsens

Brush fire prompts an evacuation order along Los Angeles coast

'Mixed feelings': AI cracks centuries-old ciphers

Saudi organisers say 2027 Asian Cup 'on schedule' after attacks

Osaka among four Grand Slam winners granted Wimbledon wildcard

Japan's Naomi Osaka was one of four Grand Slam champions granted a wildcard on Wednesday into the main draw for next month's women's singles at Wimbledon.

Brownlee dropped from British triathlon team for Olympics

Jonny Brownlee has been left out of Britain's triathlon team for the Paris Olympics in a move that appears to signal the end of a remarkable family contribution to the Games.

Fighting in Gaza's Rafah as tensions soar on Israel-Lebanon border

Israeli air strikes and clashes between troops and Palestinian militants rocked Gaza on Wednesday, as Israel's army warned it had readied an "offensive" against the Lebanese Hezbollah movement on the country's northern front.

All Black Tuipulotu races back to lead Blues in Super Rugby final

All Blacks lock Patrick Tuipulotu has bounced back from a knee injury to captain the Auckland Blues in Saturday's sell-out home Super Rugby final against the Waikato Chiefs.

Central China farmers face crop failures in 'withering' drought

Farmer Bao Mingchen gestured to a dry pipe where water typically irrigates a patch of crops, the soil now cracked under a drought hitting China's vast agricultural hinterland.

Shootings, raids as global drug gangs hit Spain's Costa del Sol

Heavily armed police officers wearing face masks entered a luxury home at daybreak last week in Spain's southern Costa del Sol to arrest a 40-year-old suspected drug trafficker.

UK inflation slows to central bank's 2% target

British inflation slowed in May to the central bank's two-percent target, official data showed Wednesday, boosting Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's struggling election campaign.

Landslides kill nine as Bangladesh lashed by rain

Torrential rains in Bangladesh have triggered landslides burying alive at least nine people and forcing thousands to flee to higher ground, police and government officials in the low-lying nation said Wednesday.

France arrests 8 in New Caledonia including independence leader

French police arrested eight people in Pacific territory New Caledonia Wednesday, prosecutors said, including one of the leaders of the pro-independence CCAT movement that organised weeks of sometimes deadly unrest last month.