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Bodies found as torrential rains slam Spain

Climate change driving 'record threats to health': report

Southampton, Brentford scrape into League Cup quarter-finals

PGA players council seeks smaller fields, fewer full tour spots

Napoli extend lead at top of Serie A with win at AC Milan

Global stocks mixed as markets await Big Tech results

Seven missing as torrential rains slam Spain

Three-person crew blasts off for China's Tiangong space station

Google reports strong growth driven by AI, Cloud

Release of new single featuring late One Direction star postponed

Alcaraz breezes through opener at Paris Masters

Indian trailblazer Sania Mirza to quit tennis this year

Indian former doubles world number one Sania Mirza said Wednesday she will retire from tennis at the end of this season with injuries taking their toll.

Germany tries Syrian doctor for crimes against humanity

German prosecutors accused a Syrian doctor Wednesday of torturing detainees and killing one of them while working in military hospitals in his war-torn homeland, on the first day of a landmark crimes against humanity trial in Frankfurt.

Beijing battles virus as Xi'an emerges from lockdown

Beijing on Wednesday reported five new locally transmitted coronavirus cases, raising fears of a fresh outbreak less than three weeks before the city hosts the Winter Olympics.

Laid-back Osaka takes inspiration from Kyrgios at Australian Open

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka said Wednesday that she is taking inspiration at the Australian Open from none other than Nick Kyrgios.

Heartbreak as Hong Kong pet owners give up hamsters for Covid cull

Time was running out for Pudding.

Osaka and Barty stride closer to showdown as Nadal rolls on

Naomi Osaka played the role of smiling assassin and top seed Ashleigh Barty was ruthlessly efficient at the Australian Open on Wednesday as they moved closer to a potential fourth-round showdown.

Berlin filmfest to go forward in person as Covid surges

The Berlinale, Europe's first major film festival of the year, will take place next month as an in-person event, organisers confirmed Wednesday, just as the Omicron wave is expected to peak in Germany.

Osaka all smiles as champion moves closer to Barty showdown

Naomi Osaka said she drew on past experience in a composed beating of Madison Brengle on Wednesday to move closer to a blockbuster Australian Open clash with top seed Ashleigh Barty.

Breivik as dangerous now as a decade ago: psychiatrist

Anders Behring Breivik, who is seeking conditional release just 10 years after carrying out Norway's deadliest peacetime attack, poses the same danger to society as a decade ago, a psychiatrist said in court Wednesday.

All in the genes (and on DVD) as Korda digs deep in Melbourne

Rising American star Sebastian Korda battled to his first career five-set win to stay alive at the Australian Open on Wednesday -- then spoke of taking inspiration from his Grand Slam-winning father.

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