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'Age of Electricity' coming as fossil fuels set to peak: IEA

Markets struggle after Wall Street losses as tech fears weigh

Myanmar and China have lowest internet freedom, says study

UK inflation hits three-year low, fuelling rate-cut hopes

Pakistan tail frustrates England to reach 358-8 at lunch

Discovery of Shackleton's lost shipwreck brought to big screen

Markets mixed after Wall Street losses as tech fears weigh

World heading into 'the Age of Electricity': IEA

Lee wary of Ko challenge at BMW Ladies in South Korea

New assisted dying bill introduced in UK parliament

China set to post slowest quarterly growth this year: analysts

Nadal rolls into round three but warns best still to come

Rafael Nadal rumbled into the third round of the Australian Open on Wednesday and warned that the best was yet to come after a troubled year with injury.

'Nothing wrong' with Saudi Asian Tour investment: Casey

English golfer Paul Casey on Wednesday defended Saudi Arabia's $200 million cash injection to revive the Asian Tour, following criticism of the deal over the oil-rich kingdom's human rights record.

Fury over Hong Kong's mass cull of hamsters and small pets

Hong Kong's government faced outrage Wednesday over its decision to cull thousands of small animals after hamsters in a pet store tested positive for Covid-19.

In UK 'rhubarb triangle', spring arrives in January

Robert Tomlinson picks rhubarb stalks by candlelight in the dark, carrying on a century-old family tradition that survives today despite the challenges posed to his business by Brexit and climate change.

'We are homeless': Victims of twin Afghan quakes await aid

Survivors of twin earthquakes in Afghanistan were waiting Wednesday for aid to arrive after spending their second night exposed to sub-zero temperatures following tremors that killed at least 22 people and wrecked homes.

92-year-old Malawian music legend finds fame on TikTok

At 92, Giddes Chalamanda has no idea what TikTok is. He doesn't even own a smartphone.

Azarenka wants no-jab, no-play rule in women's tennis

Two-time Grand Slam champion Victoria Azarenka threw her support Wednesday behind a vaccine mandate on the women's tour, as tennis wrestles with the fall-out of the saga surrounding unvaccinated Novak Djokovic.

Barty, Badosa power through as Nadal eventually quells qualifier

Women's top seed Ashleigh Barty took a step closer to a potential fourth-round showdown with Naomi Osaka with a second flawless display at the Australian Open on Wednesday.

WHO says pandemic 'nowhere near over' as France, Germany post record cases

The World Health Organization has warned that the Covid-19 pandemic is far from over, as France, Germany and Brazil posted new records of infections in the past 24 hours.

Microsoft's acquisition of Activision to face antitrust test

Microsoft's $69 billion deal to buy video game powerhouse Activision Blizzard is expected to win out with regulators despite vows in Europe and the United States to rein in tech titans.

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