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Crash and burn: Pakistan cricket at a new low after England humiliation

One dead, 102 rescued from stricken ferry off Indonesia's Java

'Second life': Nepal tunnel survivor recalls ordeal

Garcia keeps WBC welterweight title by stopping Benn

Hong Kong homes flattened for US$28 bn high-tech hub

Lights out in Laos as electricity exports surge

'Be careful what you wish for': 'Obsession' director and star reflect on success

'This is the test': All eyes on US Fed to tackle high inflation

Messi scores but Miami held by Nashville

Scars of Marawi siege linger as Philippines poll nears

US Open champ Rybakina on top of world after injury scare

Trump turns to golf, family business on Irish visit's second day

Rybakina reigns serene as new world number one

Defiant Sabalenka motivated by US Open defeat

Cirstea upsets Sabalenka in WTA Miami Open quarter-finals

World number two Aryna Sabalenka suffered a shock straight sets Miami Open quarter-final loss to resurgent Romanian Sorana Cirstea, who reached her first WTA 1000 semi-final in a decade.

Names Fiona, Ian removed from UN's hurricane roster

The death and destruction caused by Hurricanes Fiona and Ian last year has prompted the UN weather agency to remove the names from a rotating list of storm titles, it said Wednesday.

Schultz defends Starbucks' tough union stance in testy hearing

Longtime Starbucks leader Howard Schultz defended the coffee chain's confrontational approach to unionization Wednesday, while insisting it had not violated US labor law in countering the campaign.

Pope Francis in hospital for respiratory infection

Pope Francis, 86, was admitted to a hospital in Rome on Wednesday with a respiratory infection which will require a stay of a few days, the Vatican said.

Cirstea upsets Sabalenka in Miami quarters

World number two Aryna Sabalenka suffered a shock quarter-final straight sets loss to Romanian Sorana Cirstea on Wednesday at the Miami Open.

Barca thrash Roma to reach Women's Champions League semis

Barcelona booked their place in the Women's Champions League semi-finals by thrashing Roma 5-1 on Wednesday at Camp Nou to progress6-1on aggregate.

Mexican president vows 'no impunity' for 38 migrants' fire deaths

Mexico's president on Wednesday vowed there would be "no impunity" over the deaths of 38 migrants in a fire at a detention center, as relatives waited desperately for news about the victims.

Watson, Reed say they expect no LIV-PGA tensions at Masters

Former Masters champions Bubba Watson and Patrick Reed said Wednesday they do not expect awkward moments and tension when LIV Golf and PGA Tour players meet at next week's Masters.

UK museum to surrender Courbet painting stolen by Nazis

A British university museum has agreed to return a 19th-century painting by French artist Gustave Courbet, which was seized by the Nazis, to the descendants of its original Jewish owner.

Colombia truce teeters as ELN kills soldiers in 'attack on peace'

Colombia's president on Wednesday "summoned" government peace negotiators after ELN guerrillas killed nine soldiers and injured nine more in a dawn attack.

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