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Most markets rise as US producer price data stokes rate cut bets

French lawmakers urge social media ban for under-15s

Schmidt demands 'start-to finish' Wallabies performance against Pumas

Australia Davis Cup captain Hewitt to appeal ban, hits out at timing

Finnish phone ban brings focus, and chatter, back to school

China says imposed punishment on Xiaohongshu over content

Britain's Baxter Dury swaps 'ponderous' indie for dance music

Wallabies throw rookie Edmed into Argentina cauldron

France political crisis looms over ECB meeting

Against the tide: Filipinos battle rising sea on sinking island

Silent for 800 years, medieval organ sings again in Jerusalem

U.S. Polo Assn. Celebrates Historic Title Sponsorship of 2025 Pacific Coast Open at Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club

Global Sports Brand Marks Eighth Year Partnering with the Iconic West Coast Polo Club

Argentine police recover Nazi-looted painting spotted in property ad

Argentine authorities recovered an 18th century painting stolen by Nazis from a Dutch Jewish art collector over a week after it appeared in a property ad only to suddenly vanish.

Anisimova stuns Swiatek to reach US Open semi-finals

American eighth seed Amanda Anisimova produced a stunning upset of Iga Swiatek to reach the semi-finals of the US Open on Wednesday and avenge her Wimbledon final drubbing.

Judge overturns Trump funding cuts to Harvard: ruling

A US judge ordered Wednesday that deep funding cuts by the Trump administration to Harvard University be overturned, after they were imposed over claims of anti-Semitism and bias at the Ivy League institution.

Record French fines for Google and Shein over cookies

France's data protection authority on Wednesday issued record fines against search giant Google and fast-fashion platform Shein for failing to respect the law on internet cookies.

Former federal workers bring back climate portal killed by Trump

First came orders to scrub references to how climate change disproportionately harms marginalized communities. Then demands to erase mentions of the "Gulf of Mexico."

Auger-Aliassime outduels De Minaur to reach US Open semis

Felix Auger-Aliassime overcame Alex de Minaur in a four-set battle lasting over four hours on Wednesday to reach his second US Open semi-final.

NFL commissioner opens door for Swift Super Bowl performance

Pop icon Taylor Swift, recently engaged to Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce, is a definite "maybe" to perform at the Super Bowl, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told NBC's Today show on Wednesday.

Florida to scrap all vaccine mandates, West Coast states push back

A top health official in Florida on Wednesday vowed to end all vaccine mandates in the state, including school requirements, likening the measure to prevent childhood diseases to "slavery."

First Bond game in a decade seeks licence to thrill

Developing the first James Bond video game in over a decade has felt like returning "back home" for IO Interactive, the Danish studio known for its own globe-trotting agent fantasy series "Hitman".

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