Near the sun-soaked Sydney beach where father-and-son gunmen allegedly killed 15 people by firing into crowds at a Hanukkah festival, Jewish Australians say they feel unsafe and angry.
Equities mostly rose Wednesday even as US jobs data did little to boost expectations for another interest rate cut next month, while oil rallied after President Donald Trump ordered the blockade of "sanctioned" Venezuelan tankers.
Senegal talisman and striker Sadio Mane could have missed out on a glittering football career had he agreed with a wish of his late father.
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An emotional Alex Carey slammed a majestic 106 on his home ground and Usman Khawaja hit a defiant 82 Wednesday to put Australia in the driving seat of the third Ashes Test against England.
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Brazil's Senate will on Wednesday begin debating a bill passed by the lower house of Congress that could slash the jail term of former president Jair Bolsonaro, a move that sparked nationwide protests over the weekend.
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A New Zealand court sentenced the country's former deputy police commissioner to nine months of home detention on Wednesday, after he admitted to possessing child sexual exploitation and bestiality material.
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The Eurovision Song Contest heads into its 70th anniversary edition next year mired in its biggest-ever political boycott, with five countries staying away over Israel's participation.
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Dressed in an orange puffer jacket, Japanese scientist Yoshinori Iizuka stepped into a storage freezer to retrieve an ice core he hopes will help experts protect the world's disappearing glaciers.
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Politics
Asian equities fluctuated on Wednesday as mixed US jobs data did little to boost expectations for another interest rate cut next month, while oil rallied after Donald Trump ordered the blockade of "sanctioned" Venezuelan tankers.
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US President Donald Trump has filed a defamation lawsuit against the BBC, seeking $10 billion in damages over a misleading edit of his 2021 speech before the US Capitol riot.
With his shadow of a moustache and baseball cap, Bohdan Levchykov would be your typical teenager anywhere if he didn't embody the tragedy of what has happened to a generation of young Ukrainians after nearly four years of war.
YouTuber-turned-prizefighter Jake Paul faces former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua on Friday in a money-spinning made-for-streaming bout that has triggered alarm across the boxing world.
Australia's Steve Smith was ruled out of the third Ashes Test against England just before it started Wednesday with vertigo symptoms, but is expected to be available for the Boxing Day clash in Melbourne.
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England claimed two wickets in an absorbing opening session at the third Ashes Test against Australia in Adelaide Wednesday before a stoic Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne dug in.
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Undefeated world super middleweight champion Terence Crawford announced his retirement from boxing on Tuesday, hanging up his gloves three months after a career-defining victory over Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.
US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday a blockade of "sanctioned oil vessels" heading to and leaving Venezuela, sharply escalating his pressure campaign against Caracas while issuing new demands for the country's crude.
Britain might be known for its damp and grey climate, but it recorded its sunniest year on record in 2025, meteorologists announced on Wednesday.
Australia held the first funeral Wednesday for victims of the Bondi Beach mass shooting, as large crowds gathered to grieve a rabbi slain in the attack.
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