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'Second life': Nepal tunnel survivor recalls ordeal

Garcia keeps WBC welterweight title by stopping Benn

Lights out in Laos as electricity exports surge

'Be careful what you wish for': 'Obsession' director and star reflect on success

Messi scores but Miami held by Nashville

US Open champ Rybakina on top of world after injury scare

Rybakina reigns serene as new world number one

Defiant Sabalenka motivated by US Open defeat

South Africa defeat New Zealand 43-28 to complete 3-1 series victory

Rybakina triumphs in US Open, denies Sabalenka three-peat

Gilbert Arenas questions Jonathan Kuminga's decision to join Minnesota

Akron fan's honorary play-calling stint ends with opening-drive fumble

Cristian Mungiu's Fjord examines a family's conflict with Norwegian child authorities

Louisiana's developing roster faces USC as Trojans enter as heavy favorites

Four children killed in attack on Brazil preschool

A 25-year-old attacker burst into a preschool in southern Brazil and killed four children Wednesday with a bladed weapon before turning himself in to police, authorities said.

French LGBTQ icon cancels concert after conservative backlash

A French singer-songwriter and LGBTQ star was forced to cancel a concert at a converted church last minute on Wednesday, organisers said, after Catholic activists described it as a "profanity".

Forest owner backs Cooper but warns results must improve

Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis said Steve Cooper will remain in charge of the struggling Premier League club but warned results must "improve immediately".

Global equities wobble as US data raises recession fear

World stock markets wavered Wednesday as investors dwelled on US recession concerns and a bumper interest-rate hike in New Zealand.

Fencing in turmoil after Poles cancel World Cup event over Russia

The rebellion against the decision by the International Fencing Federation (FIE) to reintegrate Russians and Belarusians into the Olympic sport grew on Wednesday with the cancellation of the women's World Cup event in Poznan, Poland.

LIV's Mickelson has quiet dinner in low-key Masters return

Crow and humble pie were not on the menu for the Champions dinner at the 87th Masters, but LIV Golf star Phil Mickelson's silence at the esteemed gathering spoke volumes.

Nintendo 'needed to be involved' in new Mario movie, says Miyamoto

When Shigeru Miyamoto first created a princess-rescuing plumber more than four decades ago, Nintendo's future mascot was just a collection of pixels who didn't have a flamboyant Italian accent -- or even a name.

Video games 'blending' with film, says 'Mario' movie producer

Having created the most successful animated franchise of all time with "Despicable Me" and its spin-off "Minions" films, producer Chris Meledandri knows a thing or two about blockbuster movies.

Brussels 2016 bombing suspect denies knowledge of plot

The main suspect in the trial of nine alleged jihadists accused of taking part in the March 2016 bombings in Brussels denied on Wednesday having any knowledge of the plot.

French minister under fire over anti-extremism fund

French junior minister Marlene Schiappa, who made headlines this week for a clothed Playboy photoshoot, is at the centre of accusations of alleged misuse of cash from an anti-radicalism fund set up after the beheading of a teacher.

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