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Solanke handed England recall as Bellingham returns

Israel says strikes Hezbollah intel HQ in Beirut

Party over: displaced families shelter in Beirut nightclub

Oil prices rise, stocks fall on Middle East tensions

Solanke handed England recall as Palmer returns

Serge Gainsbourg Paris home in receivership one year after opening

UK hands Indian Ocean islands to Mauritius but keeps key US military base

New NATO chief Rutte says wants Ukraine to 'prevail' in Kyiv trip

Mbappe left out of France squad for Nations League games

Gauff survives scare to reach China Open semi-finals

Sosie draw gives Fabre Arc boost while Japan's Shin Emperor hopes take hit

French player Tan taken off court in wheelchair

France's Harmony Tan had to be helped off court in a wheelchair Wednesday after breaking down in agony with calf problems during her second-round Australian Open clash with Elina Svitolina.

Flawless Barty employs serve as 'weapon' in Australian Open quest

Top seed Ashleigh Barty said Wednesday she had been working hard to make her serve "a weapon" and it paid off as she raced into the Australian Open third round with another near-flawless performance.

Pets, kids and Christmas: how White House has changed under Biden

President Joe Biden transformed the White House in his first year with policies unrecognizable from the Trump era -- at least regarding the policy on pets, that is.

Xi'an restarts some public transport after coronavirus lockdown

The Chinese megacity of Xi'an has partially resumed public transport, according to official announcements, after millions were confined to their homes for weeks because of a coronavirus outbreak.

Cambodia opposition leader calls for treason charges to be dropped as trial resumes

Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha called Wednesday for treason charges against him to be dropped as his trial resumed after two years of delays due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Arabic oud icon seeks to 'change soul' of Iraq with music

Long uprooted from his native Iraq, Naseer Shamma, an icon of the Arabic oud, has returned home to help rekindle the flame of Iraqi music, snuffed out by decades of conflict.

Austria gears up to fight EU 'green' nuclear energy plan

As the EU moves to label energy from nuclear power and natural gas as "green" investments, Austria is gearing up to fight this, including with a legal complaint.

Pakistan's economic woes put PM Khan's future in doubt

Housewife Maira Tayyab has considered begging for money to feed her family in inflation-hit Pakistan, while shop owner Mohammad Hanif finds his thoughts turning to crime.

'Game changer' e-moped batteries spread from Taiwan across Asia

Every day, Aiden Lee joins the hundreds of thousands of people getting around Taipei on two wheels.

China forcibly returned nearly 10,000 in overseas crackdown: report

Beijing has forced nearly 10,000 Chinese overseas nationals to return since 2014 using coercive means outside the justice system, according to a new report.

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