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Padikkal, Gill half-centuries take India to 187-3 at tea

Cummins hails 'sharp' Australia as they get back to winning ways

'Keep up the spirit': Indonesian teenage 'Superman' joins wildfire fight

Bangladesh eye more Australia Tests to hit next level

Starc bags 10 as Australia thrash Bangladesh in second Test

Thousands expected at Sweden climate demo as election looms

Starc heroics see Australia thrash Bangladesh in second Test

Starc heroics put Australia on brink of victory over Bangladesh

Pegula dethrones Swiatek to book Cincy final against Gauff

Austrian mountain town finds niche in AI boom

South Korean survivor fights for workplace harassment 'justice'

Messi scores but Miami slump continues with loss to Toronto

Starc strikes as Bangladesh struggle to stay alive in 2nd Test

Sydney marathon unveils medal with wrong stadium

Heatwave triggers 'false autumn' in UK

Searing summer temperatures in the UK have not just parched the earth and dried up rivers, lakes and reservoirs but are also seeing trees shed their leaves early.

Jacobs and Warholm denied Diamond League finals wilds cards

Olympic champions Marcell Jacobs and Karsten Warholm have had the door closed on their hopes of a wild card entry for next month's Diamond League finals in Zurich.

Global stocks fall as investors eye US Fed outlook

Asian and European equities fell Wednesday as investors awaited news on the next US interest rate hikes.

Hong Konger 'kidnapped' by SE Asia scam ring pleads for help

Anti-trafficking campaigners in Hong Kong played a harrowing recording on Wednesday of a resident testifying that he has been kidnapped and forced to work for online scam syndicates in Myanmar.

Indian tycoon's bid for broadcaster stokes media freedom worries

An Indian billionaire close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying to buy a broadcaster seen as the last major critical voice on television, stoking fears about media freedom in the world's largest democracy.

Power cuts and sleepless nights in China's record heatwave

The lights are out along a once-bustling boulevard in a tourist spot at the epicentre of China's hottest summer on record, as people take refuge indoors from the searing heat engulfing the country's southwest.

European hospitals test drones to speed delivery of human tissue

Belgian hospitals have begun testing a drone to save time delivering human tissue samples across city centres, between patients on the operating table and medical labs, a first in Europe.

Flood toll tops 800 in Pakistan's 'catastrophe of epic scale'

Record monsoon rains were causing a "catastrophe of epic scale", Pakistan's climate change minister said Wednesday, announcing an international appeal for help in dealing with floods that have killed more than 800 people since June.

Japan eyes nuclear power push to combat energy crunch

Japan's prime minister on Wednesday called for a push to revive the country's nuclear power industry in a bid to tackle soaring imported energy costs linked to the war in Ukraine.

Sri Lanka widens import ban as economic crisis persists

Sri Lanka tightened import restrictions Wednesday with a ban on more than 300 additional items, as an economic crisis that has created months of shortages and toppled a president refuses to abate.

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