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All Blacks name veteran Taylor captain as Mo'unga seizes 10 jersey

8.3 mn refugees at risk due to 'severe' funding cuts: UN

Race against time as Asian Games cricket quarter-finals washed out

Stocks drop and oil rises as Hormuz hopes fade

India turns to corals and seagrass to shield against rising seas

OpenAI cancels release of newest model due to safety concerns

Manchester City's Premier League charges: What comes next?

AI bosses head to White House as safety pressure builds

Brazil's cellphone crime: a security nightmare in every pocket

Batista sacked as Costa Rica coach after six months

Flooding, power cuts and evacuations as Hurricane Polo slams Mexico

Flooding, power cuts as Hurricane Polo slams Mexico

NFL Giants obtain QB McCarthy from Vikings

Dodgers eye three-peat, Red Sox face Yankees as MLB playoffs begin

Russian cafe bomb suspect admits partial guilt

A Russian woman accused of killing military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, pleaded partially guilty during a court hearing on Wednesday.

Babar Azam resigns as Pakistan captain after World Cup flop

Babar Azam said Wednesday he was resigning as Pakistan captain in all three formats following the team's Cricket World Cup flop but will continue playing for the national team.

Flying taxis braced for takeoff at Dubai Airshow

Flying taxis have been a sci-fi fixture for decades, but one operator says they are finally close to reality, first in the United States and then the United Arab Emirates and India.

EU recycling drive raises stink around camembert packaging

Could the distinctive thin wood packaging around France's famed camembert cheese be under threat from the EU's recycling drive?

Beckham says Messi at Inter Miami is 'our gift to America'

David Beckham told AFP in an interview on Wednesday that his Inter Miami franchise signed Lionel Messi as "our gift to America and the MLS".

Virat Kohli, India's cricket icon with magic touch

Virat Kohli on Wednesday struck his 50th one-day international century, taking him past Sachin Tendulkar's all-time record, but he will remain wary of any comparisons with his fellow cricket icon.

German court blows 60-bn-euro hole in budget with debt ruling

Germany's top court wiped 60 billion euros from a climate fund Wednesday as it decided the government had broken crucial debt rules, leaving the ruling coalition's budget in disarray and testing its unity anew.

India contacts Thai cave experts in bid to free trapped tunnel workers

India has sought advice from the Thai company that rescued children from a flooded cave in 2018 as it races to save 40 men trapped in a road tunnel, officials said Wednesday.

Greenhouse gases hit record high in 2022: UN

Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere hit new record highs in 2022, with no end in sight to the rising trend, the United Nations warned Wednesday.

Muslim anti-LGBTQ groups protest Coldplay's first Indonesia gig

Hundreds of conservative Muslims protested outside Coldplay's first ever gig in Indonesia on Wednesday, clashing with police and booing concertgoers over the band's support for the LGBTQ community.

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Record breaker Kohli and Iyer take India to 397-4 in New Zealand semi-final