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.
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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.
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'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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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S.Korea chip giant SK hynix seeks $29 bn in Nasdaq listing: regulatory filing
South Korea's SK hynix, a maker of memory chips for artificial intelligence data centres, said Wednesday it plans to raise 45.45 trillion won ($29 billion) through a listing on Wall Street's tech-heavy Nasdaq stock index.
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French-German tank maker KNDS fires starting gun on mega-IPO
French-German tank maker KNDS said Wednesday that it would launch a stock market flotation in Paris and Frankfurt within weeks, firing the starting gun on Europe's biggest defence sector IPO in years.
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