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Return of displaced Syrian Kurds to hometown suspended after violence

Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 111

Swiatek races past Shnaider into Toronto semi-finals

Rain postponements wreck Montreal Masters schedule

Meta pushes global AI vision amid race with OpenAI, Anthropic and China

Notts Forest owner Marinakis sues Palace over gun banner - reports

US judge ends graft case against India's Adani

Koech gets three-year ban, stripped of US 1,500m title

Anderson retires after 10 MLB seasons after 'too much pain'

Sensational Ingebrigtsen back with more European gold

Colombia in state of emergency as quake kills 111

'A scare': Brazil player leaps into tunnel in joy over goal

Britain's Amy Hunt wins European women's 100m gold

USA Swimming CFO Hilliard arrested for alleged theft

Bezos ex MacKenzie Scott donates $275 mn to Planned Parenthood

MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has donated $275 million to Planned Parenthood, a leading advocate for abortion rights in the United States.

Putin tells Europe to pay for gas in rubles

President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday Russia will only accept payments in rubles for gas deliveries to "unfriendly countries", which include all EU members, after Moscow was hit by unprecedented sanctions over Ukraine.

England won't 'shy away' from human rights issues in Qatar: Kane

England captain Harry Kane said the Three Lions will use their platform to raise awareness of human rights issues at the World Cup in Qatar later this year.

US, UK, Norway condemn SSudan govt for 'attacks' on opposition

The international community on Wednesday condemned "reported attacks" by forces loyal to South Sudan's President Salva Kiir on bases operated by the main opposition party, saying such actions risked returning the young nation to violence.

Sakamoto takes control at world figure skating championships

In the absence of the banned Russians, Japanese skater Kaori Sakamoto took the lead after the women's short programme at the World Championships in Montpellier on Wednesday.

Merlier wins Brugge-De Panne sprint

Home hope Tim Merlier of Alpecin-Fenix was all smiles Wednesday after clinching victory in a photo-finish at the Brugge-De Panne one day cycling classic.

'Prove you're with us': Zelensky's appeals to Western MPs

When rallying British MPs Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reaches for Churchill. When addressing the US Congress he invokes Pearl Harbour. When beamed into the Bundestag he conjures the threat of a new wall in Europe.

Nicaraguan envoy berates own president as 'dictator'

The Nicaraguan ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) on Wednesday publicly lashed out at his country's president, describing Daniel Ortega's rule as a "dictatorship."

Ukraine pleads for help as Biden heads to crunch NATO summit

Ukraine on Wednesday appealed for Western military help, ahead of an emergency NATO summit, and denounced Russian "war crimes" in besieged placesincluding the port of Mariupol where it says mass starvation is possible.

Ukraine prosecutor probes war crimes in fog of war

US President Joe Biden has called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a "war criminal". But it is the job of Iryna Venediktova, Ukraine's prosecutor general, to make the case.

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