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Senegal coach Thiaw gets five-match ban after AFCON final chaos

Phan Huy: the fashion prodigy putting Vietnam on the map

Hongkongers snap up silver as gold becomes 'too expensive'

Chinese quadriplegic runs farm with just one finger

Gold soars past $5,500 as Trump sabre rattles over Iran

Samsung logs best-ever profit on AI chip demand

China's ambassador warns Australia on buyback of key port

As US tensions churn, new generation of protest singers meet the moment

Venezuelans eye economic revival with hoped-for oil resurgence

Online platforms offer filtering to fight AI slop

Samsung Electronics posts record profit on AI demand

Polish migrants return home to a changed country

Unemployment was soaring and the country was in economic turmoil when Monika Pudlik first left Poland to find a job in Ireland just over two decades ago.

Dutch tech giant ASML posts bumper profits, eyes bright AI future

Dutch tech giant ASML, which sells cutting-edge machines to make semiconductor chips, reported a significant gain in annual net profit Wednesday and predicted a bright future driven by demand for artificial intelligence.

South Korea's ex-first lady jailed for 20 months for corruption

A South Korean judge handed the country's former first lady Kim Keon Hee 20 months in jail for corruption on Wednesday but acquitted her for alleged stock manipulation and other charges.

Minnesota congresswoman unbowed after attacked with liquid

Seconds after an attacker sprayed US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar with unidentified liquid at a Minnesota meeting, she confronted the man and then defiantly went on to finish her comments, AFP journalists saw.

Pegula must 'crack the code' in Melbourne semi-final against Rybakina

Jessica Pegula said she will have to "crack the code" of Elena Rybakina in the Australian Open semi-finals after dismantling error-strewn Amanda Anisimova on Wednesday in an all-American showdown.

Backlash as Australia kills dingoes after backpacker death

Australian authorities have sparked a backlash by killing a group of dingoes linked to the death of a young Canadian woman on an island in the country's east.

Brazil declares acai a national fruit to ward off 'biopiracy'

Brazil has declared the acai berry a national fruit, a move to stamp its ownership on the popular "superfood" as concerns grow about foreign companies staking claims to the Amazon's biological riches.

Anisimova 'loses her mind' after Melbourne quarter-final exit

Amanda Anisimova said she will "lose her mind" for a couple of days after suffering defeat in her Australian Open quarter-final on Wednesday to fellow American Jessica Pegula.

Home hope Goggia on medal mission at Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics

Sofia Goggia is on a mission for medals as she prepares for her home Winter Olympics, where the Italian speed specialist will be hunting for gold on one of her favourite pistes.

Pegula, Rybakina to clash in Melbourne semis as Djokovic takes centre stage

Jessica Pegula and Elena Rybakina will clash in the semi-finals at the Australian Open, where Novak Djokovic hopes to join them later Wednesday in his latest history bid.

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