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Hong takes blame as South Korea's World Cup hopes fade

'We shut up big mouths,' says South Africa's World Cup coach Broos

Brazil advance at World Cup, history for South Africa, Canada, Bosnia

Mothers search, men weep amid debris of Venezuela quakes

Confirmation still a rite of passage in Denmark but less Christian

South Africa stun South Korea to make World Cup history

Clarke fears Scotland 'probably going home' after Brazil World Cup loss

Venezuela declares state of emergency after powerful twin quakes

Moriyasu vows Japan will play to win and top group against Sweden

Secret cameras, mics and AI reveal rare Cambodia wildlife

Bulgaria's milk farmers falter in former yogurt empire

'You have to work': Riders brave Rome heat for survival

Delivery riders dashed around Rome in the hottest hours of the day on Wednesday as activists with a thermal imaging camera detected blistering temperatures in the streets.

England captain Stokes 'man enough' to apologise for curfew breach

Returning captain Ben Stokes insisted he had been "man enough" to apologise to his England team-mates after missing the last Test for breaching a curfew.

France detects first Ebola case outside Africa in current outbreak

France on Wednesday announced its first confirmed case of Ebola identified on its territory, a doctor who had flown back from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is fighting a major outbreak.

England captain Stokes 'man enough' to apologise after curfew breach

Returning captain Ben Stokes insisted he had been "man enough" to apologise to his England team-mates after missing the last Test for breaching a curfew.

'GTA VI' preorders mark first test for biggest game of 2026

"Grand Theft Auto VI" could start breaking records months ahead of the game's November 19 release, as preorders open at midnight on Thursday for the long-awaited new instalment in the rollicking gangster saga.

German naval ambitions suffer setback as warship order axed

Germany on Wednesday pulled the plug on its largest naval order in decades after the anti-submarine warship project suffered delays, a setback for the country's ambitions to overhaul its military.

London police to extend use of live facial recognition, drones

London's Metropolitan Police force said Wednesday it will expand the use of drones, artificial intelligence and live facial recognition technology, which has been criticised by rights campaigners.

Europe swelters under record-breaking heatwave

Europe struggled to cope with a record-breaking heatwave on Wednesday, with at least 94 million people expected to experience temperatures above 35C, most of them in France and Spain.

Heatwave-hit Europe must adapt healthcare: WHO

The heatwave gripping Europe is putting people's health at risk, and the continent's leaders must invest in making their health services more climate-resilient, the WHO chief said Wednesday.

Euclid telescope snaps best photo yet of Milky Way's heart

The Euclid space telescope has captured the largest and most detailed photo ever taken of our galaxy's crowded heart, a dazzling image packed with 60 million stars, the European Space Agency said Wednesday.

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