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Demand for Japanese content booms post 'Shogun'

As India's Bollywood shifts, stars and snappers click

Mystery drones won't interfere with Santa's work: US tracker

Djokovic eyes more Slam glory as Swiatek returns under doping cloud

Australia's in-form Head confirmed fit for Boxing Day Test

Brazilian midfielder Oscar returns to Sao Paulo

'Wemby' and 'Ant-Man' to make NBA Christmas debuts

US agency focused on foreign disinformation shuts down

On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis launches holy Jubilee year

Chiefs seek top seed in holiday test for playoff-bound NFL teams

Leicester boss Van Nistelrooy aware of 'bigger picture' as Liverpool await

'What have we done wrong?' Afghan school girls forced home

Atiya Azimi was up all night packing and repacking her bag, feverish at returning to school for the first time since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan.

Man United hold talks with Ajax coach Erik ten Hag over manager's job

Manchester United have held "positive" talks with Ajax coach Erik ten Hag about the vacant manager's job at Old Trafford, it was reported on Wednesday.

Pakistan 227-3 at tea after Azhar reaches milestone

Azhar Ali achieved a milestone 7,000 runs before Pakistan reached 227-3 at tea on the third day of the third and deciding Test against Australia in Lahore on Wednesday.

Black box of crashed China Eastern jet recovered

A black box from the crashed China Eastern airliner was recovered on Wednesday as investigators try to piece together what made a jet carrying 132 passengers nosedive into a mountainside in southern China.

Water supply fears as Morocco hit by worst drought since 1980s

As Morocco withers under its worst drought in 40 years, experts warn that a combination of climate change and bad resource management could trigger severe drinking water shortages.

UK budget targets living costs as inflation spikes

Britain unveils Wednesday a budget update aimed at easing a cost of living crisis, as data revealed inflation spiking to a three-decade high on soaring energy prices.

Shanghai warns against 'panic' as Covid cases mount

Shanghai authorities on Wednesday called for calm as worried citizens swamped online grocery platforms to stock up on food over fears of impending lockdowns in a city struggling to halt a Covid spike.

Shafique, Azhar hit fifties as Pakistan move on to 159-1 at lunch

Abdullah Shafique and Azhar Ali both made unbeaten half-centuries to guide Pakistan to 159-1 at lunch on the third day of the third Test in Lahore on Wednesday.

Prince Charles and Camilla visit Ireland

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla begin a three-day visit to Ireland on Wednesday, as part of a series of royal tours for Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee year.

Ukraine's tuberculosis progress 'stopped in one day'

As Ukraine struggles to cope with the immediate casualties of Russia's invasion, there are fears the war will also ruin the country's progress in its fight against tuberculosis.

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