Australian airline Qantas announced it will launch the world's first non-stop flights between London and Sydney in October 2027.
Harry Kane scored twice in the first half as England eventually saw off Croatia 4-2 to launch their World Cup title assault in Texas on Wednesday.
Danilo admitted on Wednesday that Brazil's lacklustre start to the World Cup was "frightening", but said he was confident the team would improve.
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Economy
US Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh on Wednesday vowed wide-ranging reforms at the central bank, as its rate-setting committee held rates steady but projected a rate hike by year-end to counter surging inflation.
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Greens will be watered between Thursday and Friday morning and afternoon waves of US Open players at Shinnecock to keep conditions playable in gusty winds, US Golf Association officials said Wednesday.
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Brest coach Eric Roy has died aged 58 after suffering from pancreatic cancer, his family announced on Wednesday.
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Paula Badosa fought back tears after recording her first victory since April as she fought back to beat Coco Gauff 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals of the Berlin Open on Wednesday.
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Marseille were fined 10 million euros on Wednesday for again failing to meet UEFA break-even targets but escaped expulsion from European competition.
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Sports
Tom Blundell hit New Zealand's first fifty of the series and Glenn Phillips posted an unbeaten 49 as the tourists fought back against England on an intriguing opening day of the second Test at the Oval on Wednesday.
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Ombudsman produced a superb performance to become the first horse in over 30 years to win successive Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot on Wednesday.
The US Golf Association, R&A and the PGA and DP World tours said Wednesday in a joint statement they will take until 2030 to examine expanded options to limit driving distance among elite players.
Colombia's hard-right presidential candidate's bombastic campaigning methods have included adopting a military salute, comparing himself to a tiger and co-opting the national football jersey as his own symbol.
The first woman president of OPEC and Nigeria's former oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, was cleared of bribery charges in a UK trial Wednesday, her defence lawyers said in a statement.
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Politics
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he expected the accord with Iran ending the Middle East war to be signed "shortly" but added uncertainty over the exact date.
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Thousands of Malawians have crammed into a field in the South African city of Durban in dire conditions, desperate to return home and escape a wave of violence against foreigners.
Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma ran riot as India thrashed the Netherlands by 95 runs in the Women's T20 World Cup on Wednesday.
As Europe pushes for more tech sovereignty, social network W believes it has the X-factor to win users away from other platforms: it's European.
Maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz remains at levels before the Iran-US agreement, says the Kpler maritime tracking platform, but there are signs of recovery ahead of Friday's official reopening.
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