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Bangladesh Test cricket reboot delivers in style with historic win

Ukraine badminton star: 'How can you feel normal when bombs are falling?'

Virgin moves closer to launching Eurostar rival in 2030

Rain brings respite as Belgium wrestles massive wildfire

Indian marble waste dump becomes unlikely tourist attraction

Most stocks rise as US data ease rate fears but fuel economic worries

Coach says Australia 'let standards slip' in shock Bangladesh loss

India take control of Galle Test as Sri Lanka slump to 99-5

Hawaii recovery efforts begin as Lala downgraded, moves west

Australia's mushroom murderer appeals conviction

Food safety crackdown snares Mumbai's famed restaurants

The Nigerian fishing community being eaten up by the Atlantic

Trump says US scaling back military drills with Seoul hours before start

India's island choke point

China’s lithography leap

China’s cartel lifeline

Australia limits migration

Vega-C rocket lost after lift-off in Europe space setback

Europe's new Vega-C rocket was lost shortly after lift-off from French Guiana overnight with two satellites on board, in the latest blow to European space efforts.

US home sales dip for 10th straight month in 'frozen' market

Sales of existing homes in the United States slid for a 10th consecutive month in November, extending a record streak with mortgage rates high and inventory tight, according to industry data released Wednesday.

Ukraine's yogis breathe through wartime blackouts

The women filed into the yoga studio, on the ground floor of an otherwise pitch-black apartment block, for an afterwork session that was specially tailored to Ukraine's current period of deprivation.

Olympic downhill champion Feuz to retire after Kitzbuehel next month

Olympic downhill champion Beat Feuz of Switzerland announced on Wednesday that he will retire after the World Cup race at Kitzbuehel next month.

Nepal court orders release of serial killer Charles 'The Serpent' Sobhraj

Nepal's top court ordered on Wednesday the release and deportation of Charles Sobhraj, the French serial killer portrayed in the Netflix series "The Serpent" who was responsible for a string of murders across Asia in the 1970s.

French star Omar Sy returns to Senegalese roots for WWI movie

One of France's best-loved stars, Omar Sy, has returned to his Senegalese roots for a movie about colonial troops who fought for France in the World War I trenches.

Charles 'The Serpent' Sobhraj: serial killer and conman

Notorious French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, the titular "Serpent" of the hit Netflix drama series, was responsible for a string of murders throughout Asia.

German climate activists cut top off Christmas tree

German activists chopped the top off a Christmas tree next to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Wednesday, their latest protest pushing for greater action to combat the climate crisis.

French train strike leaves many thousands stranded for Christmas

Some 200,000 holidaymakers in France were scrambling Wednesday for alternatives to their cancelled trains as a rail strike caused mayhem in the run-up to Christmas.