Newcastle co-owner Staveley in court to dismiss £36 mn bankruptcy petition
Newcastle co-owner Amanda Staveley has made a legal bid to nullify a bankruptcy petition alleging she owes a shipping tycoon more than £36 million ($45 million), the High Court heard on Wednesday.
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Idaho halts execution after problem inserting IV line
The scheduled execution by lethal injection of a convicted serial killer in Idaho was halted on Wednesday after a medical team had problems inserting an intravenous line, prison officials said.
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Cuba's 500% fuel price rise to take effect Friday: government
A 500 percent fuel price hike will take effect in Cuba this week, a month later than initially planned, the government of the cash-strapped island nation said Wednesday.
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Christian Horner: 'I don't want to compromise'
There was no immediate response from Christian Horner to the news on Wednesday that he had been cleared by Red Bull of inappropriate behaviour towards a female team member but with the announcement will come a massive sense of relief.
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Texas towns evacuated as prairie fires rage
Six wildfires were raging in the southwestern US state of Texas, including two burning completely uncontained, authorities said Wednesday, as multiple areas issued evacuation orders.
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Mitch McConnell to step down as Republican leader in US Senate
Veteran US politician Mitch McConnell, 82, said Wednesday he would step down as leader of the Republican Party in the Senate later this year, ending his tenure as the longest-serving Senate leader in American history.
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EU rules must change to avoid new migrant ship tragedy: ombudsman
Rules making the EU's border and coast guard agency Frontex dependent on national authorities need to change to avoid a repeat of a migrant ship tragedy off Greece last year that cost some 600 lives, an official probe concluded Wednesday.
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Seventeen dead in Honduran bus crash
At least 17 people died when two buses collided Wednesday in northwestern Honduras, firefighters said.
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Biden, 81, has annual medical exam with election looming
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday underwent his last yearly medical examination before November's election as scrutiny intensifies over the 81-year-old's fitness and mental acuity for a second term.
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Rigobert Song no longer Cameroon boss, says Eto'o
Rigobert Song has left his job as Cameroon head coach, the Cameroonian football federation (Fecafoot) president Samuel Eto'o said on Wednesday.
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