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Stocks climb as oil prices retreat

'Gen Z has risen up': Tens of thousands demand better education in France

Vstock Transfer Names Securities Industry Veteran Erica Goodstein General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer

$10 Million and Counting: Hola Prime Hits Major Trader Payout Milestone

Four Indonesian seamen return home after Somali pirate ordeal

UEFA investigate Ireland-Israel tunnel bustup after spitting claim

Crisis-striken Haiti postpones elections

Djokovic wins China Open and keeps unbeaten record after de Minaur retires

Germany arrests ex-spy chief on suspicion of giving secrets to foreign powers

Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum hosts 'homecoming' show for Willem de Kooning

Djokovic wins China Open after de Minaur retires

World Bank forecasts modest growth for Latin America, highlights climate risks

IMF warns cost-of-living shocks cause 'lasting deterioration' in affordability

'Afraid for my future': Tens of thousands demand better education in France

Spanish PM's wife denies wrongdoing in graft probe hearing

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's wife Begona Gomez denied wrongdoing in court testimony Wednesday to an investigation into alleged corruption, one of several legal cases connected to the minority left-wing government.

'Ordinary and out of the ordinary': covering France's mass rape trial

France's trial of a man who drugged his wife so dozens of strangers could rape her while unconscious has been both ordinary and extraordinary, AFP journalists who have been covering it say.

Activist tells Saudi-hosted UN forum of 'silencing' of dissent

A Saudi human rights activist appeared via a video link Wednesday at a UN forum in the kingdom to denounce the "silencing" of dissent under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

UK electricity grid set for 'unprecedented' £35 bn investment

National Grid unveiled Wednesday a massive plan to nearly double the transmission capacity of the UK's electricity grid, boosting the British government's net zero ambitions.

Putin-tattooed dancer Polunin says leaving Russia

Former Royal Ballet star Sergei Polunin, famous for his tattoos of Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday announced that he plans to leave Russia.

USA star Weah picks up thigh injury: Juventus

Timothy Weah is unlikely to play for Juventus until the new year after the Serie A club announced on Wednesday that the USA attacker had picked up a thigh injury.

France's Sarkozy must wear electronic tag after losing graft case appeal

France's highest appeals court on Wednesday confirmed a verdict against former president Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence peddling, ordering him to wear an electronic tag for a year, a first for a former head of state.

Olympic champion Hodgkinson's coaches eye 800m world record

The coaching team behind Olympic 800 metres champion Keely Hodgkinson have suggested she could break athletics' longest-standing world record as early as next year.

Germany criticises UniCredit's 'unfriendly' moves on Commerzbank

Italian bank UniCredit's move to increase its stake in German lender Commerzbank, which further fuelled speculation of a takeover bid, was "uncoordinated and unfriendly", the German government said Wednesday.

Serbia's capital Belgrade to make public transport free

All public transport in Serbia's capital Belgrade will be free from next month -- the latest European city to adopt the radical measure to counter gridlocked roads.

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