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Stocks up before US inflation, ECB rate call

Police hunt shooter who killed Trump ally Charlie Kirk

China penalises popular app Xiaohongshu over content

'Why not?' Europeans warming up to Chinese electric cars

Philippines protests China nature reserve plan for Scarborough Shoal

Mexico, under US pressure, mulls 50% tariff on Chinese cars

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

Director Julian Schnabel hits out at boycott calls over Israel

US director Julian Schnabel has hit out at calls to boycott Scottish actor Gerard Butler who has been targeted by activists for his alleged previous support for the Israeli military.

Bangladesh win T20 series against Netherlands 2-0 after no result

Bangladesh won their three-match T20 series against the Netherlands 2-0 after rain forced the final match to be abandoned on Wednesday.

US West Coast states announce new agency for vaccine guidelines

California, Washington and Oregon announced Wednesday they will form a new public health body to issue vaccine guidelines, saying the move is needed to counter the Trump administration's growing "politicization" of science.

Lost for 50 years, Nobel patents found in Swedish summer home

A dozen patents belonging to Swedish inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel and lost for almost 50 years were recently found in a Swedish couple's summer house, the Nobel Foundation told AFP.

Stocks bounce as global bond selloff eases

European and US equities mostly rebounded Wednesday as a global bond selloff eased, with shares in Google parent Alphabet jumping after a favourable court ruling.

Trump 'attacking US universities': ex-Harvard president

The Trump administration is attacking higher education institutions in the United States as authoritarian governments seek to quash independent thought, the former president of Harvard University said Wednesday.

Pro-Palestinian protest forces Vuelta stage to be shortened

The 11th stage of the Vuelta a Espana cycling race was shortened on Wednesday as dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated at the finish line, organisers said.

Docu-drama gives 'voice' to Gaza victims at Venice Festival

A harrowing film that premiered at the Venice Film Festival Wednesday about a five-year-old girl killed by Israeli forces in Gaza last year gives a "voice and face" to Palestinian victims of the war, its director said.

At least 21,000 children disabled in Gaza war: UN committee

At least 21,000 children in Gaza have been disabled since the war between Israel and Hamas began on October 7, 2023, a United Nations committee said Wednesday.

Putin says not heard of Jude Law film portrait

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday he had not heard about "The Wizard of the Kremlin", a film starring Jude Law as the Russian leader that premiered at the Venice Film Festival.

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