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Major earthquake hits Panama, injures at least 27

Marquez grabs MotoGP championship lead with Indonesia sprint win

India detains 'cockroach' leaders ahead of election protest

Schauffele closes in on leaders after 'weird' round in Japan

'No divisions, no borders', French astronaut says of seeing Earth

Medvedev through at Shanghai Masters in first match since disqualification

India's 'cockroach' movement chief detained ahead of major protest

Trump sows doubt on plan to livestream US military execution

Year later, Gaza ceasefire promises mostly unfulfilled

Hunger and malnutrition stalk Gazans, a year on from ceasefire

Taiwan's leader says increasing defence spending to 'deter war'

Fernandez trumps MotoGP championship duo to grab Indonesia pole

Major quake hits Panama, no deaths reported

October 7 scars push Israel's first-time voters to right

Guardiola backs Man City after bombshell guilty verdicts

Former Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola threw his weight behind the club on Wednesday after a bombshell verdict on Premier League financial rule breaches plunged their future into serious doubt.

Israelis march between once-closed West Bank settlements

Hundreds of Israelis marched Wednesday between newly rebuilt settlements in the northern West Bank to celebrate a Jewish holiday, a symbolic show of their return to an area until recently almost fully Palestinian.

G20 trade ministers open talks under strain of Trump tariffs

G20 trade ministers began talks Wednesday in the United States with President Donald Trump's global tariffs casting a pall over the gathering, pushing countries to seek cooperation outside the world's biggest economy.

'Welcome back,' says Macron, as UK PM opens door to EU return

Andy Burnham put the idea of Britain rejoining the EU on the table Wednesday, breaking a taboo for a UK prime minister and leading French President Emmanuel Macron to declare in English "Welcome back".

France in talks with UK to end 2025 migrant accord: ministry

France is in discussions with the UK on ending a 2025 accord that aimed to reduce the number of migrants illegally crossing the Channel to England on small boats, the French interior ministry said on Wednesday.

Israel PM says pilot of rerouted flight tried to crash plane

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that the pilot of a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight had tried to crash the plane and kill its passengers, after the aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.

Europe's surging inflation spreads gloom in stock markets

Several European countries reported surging inflation on Wednesday as the energy shocks caused by the Mideast war continued to bite, with the continent's stock markets largely flat as traders absorbed the news and waited for further data from the United States.

Demuro hopes to deliver Japan a 'magical' Arc victory

Cristian Demuro has ridden the winner of Europe's most prestigious race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, twice and he said Wednesday it would be "magical" to deliver Japan's first ever triumph as the nation has "been waiting years for the victory."

Truth commission demands compensation for Sweden's Sami people

A Swedish truth commission on Wednesday urged the state to apologise for injustices committed against its indigenous Sami people, including assimilation programmes, and provide compensation and redress.

'Devastated' AI scandal author Orelien returns to Quebec

Top-selling author Thelyson Orelien is "devastated" by the scandal over his alleged use of AI to write his debut novel and has returned home to Montreal, friends and fellow writers say.

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