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Norway's McGrath tops first leg of Schladming slalom

Neil Young gifts music to Greenland residents for stress relief

'No. 1 fan': Rapper Minaj backs Trump

Fear in Sicilian town as vast landslide risks widening

'Forced disappearance' probe opened against Colombian cycling star Herrera

Seifert, Santner give New Zealand consolation T20 win over India

King Charles III warns world 'going backwards' in climate fight

Court orders Dutch to protect Caribbean island from climate change

Sterling agrees Chelsea exit after troubled spell

Rules-based trade with US is 'over': Canada central bank head

Lucas Paqueta signs for Flamengo in record South American deal

Holocaust survivor urges German MPs to tackle resurgent antisemitism

Tova Friedman, one of the dwindling band of Holocaust survivors, took to the floor of the German parliament Wednesday to urge lawmakers to get "tougher" on resurgent antisemitism.

'Extraordinary' trove of ancient species found in China quarry

Almost a hundred new animal species that survived a mass extinction event half a billion years ago have been discovered in a small quarry in China, scientists revealed Wednesday.

Villa's Tielemans ruled out for up to 10 weeks

Aston Villa's Premier League title bid has suffered a major blow after Belgian midfielder Youri Tielemans was ruled out for up to 10 weeks with an ankle injury.

Google unveils AI tool probing mysteries of human genome

Google unveiled an artificial intelligence tool Wednesday that its scientists said would help unravel the mysteries of the human genome -- and could one day lead to new treatments for diseases.

UK proposes to let websites refuse Google AI search

Britain's competition watchdog proposed Wednesday that websites be allowed to opt out of having content used by Google's "AI Overviews" feature as it tackles the technology giant's dominance in online search.

'I wanted to die': survivors recount Mozambique flood terror

Erica Raimundo Mimbir delivered her first baby on a school desk, the only dry place she found after days marooned in her flooded home in southern Mozambique.

Trump says 'time running out' as Iran threatens tough response

President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned time is running out for Iran to come to the table and avoid US military action, provoking Tehran to retort that it would respond to any attack "like never before".

Anglican church's first female leader confirmed at London service

Former nurse Sarah Mullally was officially confirmed Wednesday as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury and the first woman to head the Church of England, the mother church of the 85-million-strong global Anglican communion.

Germany cuts growth forecast as recovery slower than hoped

The German government on Wednesday lowered its 2026 growth forecast to one percent, conceding that efforts to kickstart Europe's beleaguered top economy with vast public spending were moving slower than hoped.

Amazon to cut 16,000 jobs worldwide

US online retail and cloud computing giant Amazon said Wednesday that it would be cutting 16,000 jobs worldwide as part of a restructuring, as it focuses spending on artificial intelligence.

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