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Dominant Head moves into Bradman territory with fourth Adelaide ton

Arsenal battle to stay top of Christmas charts

Mexican low-cost airlines Volaris and Viva agree to merger

Border casinos caught in Thailand-Cambodia crossfire

Australia's Head slams unbeaten 142 to crush England's Ashes hopes

Epstein files due as US confronts long-delayed reckoning

EU agrees 90-bn-euro loan for Ukraine, without Russian assets

'Not our enemy': Rush to rearm sparks backlash in east Germany

West Indies 110-0, trail by 465, after Conway's epic 227 for New Zealand

Arsonists target Bangladesh newspapers after student leader's death

Volatile Oracle shares a proxy for Wall Street's AI jitters

Conway 120 as New Zealand in command at 216-0 against West Indies

Devon Conway powered to a century in the third Test against the West Indies as the New Zealand openers dominated the first day to reach tea at a commanding 216-0.

Taiwan eyes fresh diplomatic ties with Honduras

Taiwanese seafood trader Jay Yen used to import 2,000 tonnes of shrimp a year from Honduras before the Central American country cut diplomatic ties with the democratic island in 2023.

ECB set to hold rates but debate swirls over future

The European Central Bank is expected to hold interest rates steady Thursday for its fourth meeting in a row as inflation remains in check, although debate is heating up about the path forward.

Asian markets track Wall St lower as AI fears mount

Asian markets sank Thursday after another sell-off on Wall Street as worries over the tech sector's colossal spending on artificial intelligence continued to dog investor sentiment.

EU holds crunch summit on Russian asset plan for Ukraine

EU leaders gather in Brussels Thursday for a make-or-break summit on using frozen Russian assets for Ukraine -- with key player Belgium under pressure to drop its opposition.

Australia PM vows to stamp out hatred as nation mourns youngest Bondi Beach victim

Australia's prime minister vowed to stamp out extremism Thursday as the nation mourned the youngest victim of the Bondi Beach shooting, a 10-year-old girl remembered as "our little ray of sunshine".

Australian PM vows hate speech crackdown after Bondi Beach attack

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese promised a sweeping crackdown on hate, division and radicalisation on Thursday after a mass shooting killed 15 people at a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach.

Turkmenistan's battle against desert sand

Residents in the remote Turkmen village of Bokurdak have long depended on the Karakum Desert for their livelihoods, cultivating every square metre they can in a constant battle with nature.

Ukraine's Zelensky in Poland for first meeting with nationalist president

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky heads to Warsaw on Friday for a first face-to-face meeting with his Polish counterpart Karol Nawrocki, with tensions likely after his previous criticism of Kyiv.

England in disarray at 59-3 in crunch Test as Lyon, Cummins pounce

Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon struck damaging blows to leave England reeling at 59-3 at lunch on day two of the crunch third Ashes Test after they dismissed Australia for 371.

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