Burberry posted a slight rise in sales on Wednesday, as the British luxury fashion label's turnaround plan showed signs of progress, helped by improving demand in its crucial China market.
Botswana is sitting on nearly double its permitted diamond stockpile as weak prices and rising competition from lab‑grown stones curb demand, the government said, warning the glut will weigh on economic growth.
Six-time Grand Slam winner Carlos Alcaraz said Wednesday he feels no responsibility to be a good ambassador for tennis in the way that Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were before him.
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European police said Wednesday they had busted a major synthetic drug ring working across several countries in the "largest-ever operation" of its kind, striking a "massive blow" to organised crime.
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Aryna Sabalenka and a near-flawless Coco Gauff surged into the Australian Open third round on Wednesday ahead of top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz resuming his quest for tennis history.
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Flawless third seed Coco Gauff took just 78 minutes to blast past Venus Williams' conquerer Olga Danilovic and into the Australian Open third round on Wednesday.
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Investor confidence in Chinese AI startups is riding high, but obstacles to their long-term success range from US export controls to the puzzle of how to become profitable.
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Three-time runner-up Daniil Medvedev survived an early scare on Wednesday before battling into the Australian Open third round.
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Sports
Denmark's Tobias Lund Andresen upstaged a crack field of sprinters in a hectic finish to win the first stage of the Tour Down Under on Wednesday.
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Emerging Turkish talent Zeynep Sonmez said she had never known an atmosphere like it as she extended her trailblazing Australian Open run Wednesday in front of an electric crowd.
The Houston Rockets snapped the San Antonio Spurs' three-game winning streak on Tuesday, overturning a 16-point deficit to score a 111-106 over their in-form Texas rivals.
The gunman charged with killing Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe was found guilty and jailed for life Wednesday, more than three years after the broad-daylight assassination shocked the world.
Aryna Sabalenka Wednesday said she "didn't want to talk politics" after Ukraine's Oleksandra Oliynykova called for Belarusian and Russian players to be banned from tennis.
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US President Donald Trump's plane was forced to return to an air base late Tuesday due to a "minor electrical issue" shortly after departing for Switzerland, the White House said.
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A commuter train near Barcelona ploughed into the rubble of a collapsed wall on Tuesday, killing one and injuring dozens in Spain's second deadly rail accident in days.
North Korea is producing enough nuclear material a year for up to 20 weapons, the South's President Lee Jae Myung said on Wednesday, warning that Pyongyang's ambitions could pose a global danger.
The gunman charged with killing Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe faces a verdict Wednesday, more than three years after the broad-daylight assassination shocked the world.
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