Australia's Cummins makes tentative bowling return
Injured Australia captain Pat Cummins bowled for the first time since July on Wednesday as he races the clock to be fit for the second Ashes Test against England.
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Veni, vidi, whoopsie: Australian schools make Caesar exam blunder
They came, they saw, and they squandered a year's worth of lessons on Roman history.
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With 100 days to go, Milan Winter Olympics chiefs 'can see finish line'
With time ticking down to the start of an unusually intricate and spread-out Winter Olympics, organisers of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games say that they are on track.
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Pakistan says peace talks with Afghanistan 'failed'
Pakistan said Wednesday that negotiations for a lasting truce with Afghanistan had "failed to bring about a workable solution", warning it would take steps to protect its people.
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NZ raids shipping insurer over alleged sanctions busting
New Zealand police raided a shipping insurer's offices over allegations it offered cover to tankers breaking Russian sanctions, a senior detective said Wednesday.
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Resilient young woman leads fight for euthanasia in Mexico
Samara Martinez, a young Mexican woman who is sick and dying, smiles as she asks her many TikTok followers a difficult question.
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'Dangerous Liaisons' gets MeToo twist in prequel 'The Seduction'
HBO Max's new French-language series "The Seduction" is an 18th-century MeToo prequel to "Dangerous Liaisons" with a feminist twist, its director Jessica Palud told AFP.
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As US blows up drug boats, Venezuelan oil sets sail
While the American military blows up boats it claims are transporting drugs from Venezuela, observers say tankers shipping Venezuelan oil in violation of a US embargo continue to navigate the very same Caribbean waters undisturbed.
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US Fed on track to cut rates again in penultimate decision of 2025
The US Federal Reserve is almost certain to cut interest rates for a second straight meeting on Wednesday, and could also shed light on what it will do next.
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North Korea announces missile test hours before Trump due in South
North Korea test-fired cruise missiles off its western coast in a message to Pyongyang "enemies", state media announced Wednesday just hours before US President Donald Trump begins a visit to South Korea.
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