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Burberry narrows first half loss on turnaround plan

Sri Lanka to stay in Pakistan after bomb, games move to Rawalpindi

Zanzibar women turn to sponge farming as oceans heat up

Stocks rise with focus on Fed, tech as US government reopens

Curry lifts Warriors over Spurs, Thunder rout Lakers, Jokic shines

Mushroom material takes on plastic packaging at Belgian start-up

India's top tennis player says denied China visa

In Kyrgyzstan, world's largest natural walnut forest thins away

TV soaps and diplomacy as Bangladesh and Turkey grow closer

Striking Boeing defense workers to vote on latest contract

Australia's opposition ditches commitment to net zero emissions

Lebanese say Israel preventing post-war reconstruction

When engineer Tarek Mazraani started campaigning for the reconstruction of war-battered southern Lebanon, Israeli drones hovered ominously overhead -- their loudspeakers sometimes calling him out by name.

Stocks mostly rise on hopes of US shutdown deal, rate cut

Stock markets mostly rose on Wednesday on optimism that the US government shutdown was nearing an end and on hopes of another Federal Reserve interest rate cut.

Bayer beats forecasts but weedkiller woes still weigh

Germany's Bayer said Wednesday it had set aside more money to deal with long-running legal woes related to weedkillers, even as investors cheered better-than-expected quarterly earnings.

42 feared dead in migrant shipwreck off Libya: UN

The United Nations said Wednesday that 42 migrants were missing presumed dead after a rubber boat capsized off the Libyan coast last week.

Cambodia, Thailand trade accusations of fresh border clashes

Cambodia and Thailand traded accusations of fresh clashes along their border on Wednesday, after Bangkok said it was pausing the implementation of a US-backed peace deal.

Pakistan tightens Islamabad security after suicide blast

Residents in the Pakistani capital Islamabad were facing tightened security checks on Wednesday in the wake of a suicide bombing that left top officials vowing to halt the rise in deadly attacks.

Messi return 'unrealistic', says Barca president Laporta

Barcelona all-time great Lionel Messi returning to the Catalan giants is "unrealistic", the club's president Joan Laporta said Wednesday.

Bayer narrows loss, upbeat on weedkiller legal woes

Germany's Bayer said Wednesday it was confident of "significantly" containing long-running legal woes related to a weedkiller by the end of next year, as it reported a narrower quarterly loss.

Corruption scandal, court battles pose test for Zelensky

A major corruption scandal and mounting accusations that the Ukrainian presidency is using the judiciary to intimidate and silence critics has rocked Kyiv, presenting a significant test for Volodymyr Zelensky almost four years into the Russian invasion.

DR Congo ex-rebel leader Lumbala's war crimes trial opens in France

Former Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala went on trial in France Wednesday over atrocities committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo's bloody eastern conflict more than two decades ago.

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