Swiss club Young Boys name new coach in bid to stop slump
Swiss champions Young Boys named Giorgio Contini as their new head coach on Wednesday as they bid to close the door on a disastrous first half of the season.
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UniCredit ups pressure on Commerzbank, fuelling German anger
Italian bank UniCredit said Wednesday it had boosted its stake in Germany's Commerzbank, intensifying takeover speculation and sparking condemnation from Berlin of an "unfriendly" move at a time the country is in political limbo.
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Melting sea ice in Antarctica causes ocean storms, scientists say
The record-breaking retreat of Antarctic sea ice in 2023 has led to more frequent storms over newly exposed parts of the Southern Ocean, according to a study published Wednesday.
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Sarkozy must wear electronic tag after losing graft case appeal
France's highest appeals court ordered former president Nicolas Sarkozy to wear an electronic tag for a year Wednesday -- a first for a former head of state -- after confirming his convictions for corruption and influence peddling.
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Maresca insists Chelsea 'trust' Mudryk despite failed drugs test
Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca believes Mykhailo Mudryk did not knowingly take a banned supplement.
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Stock steady, dollar climbs before Fed rate decision
Stock markets moved sideways while the dollar edged higher against main rivals Wednesday with the US Federal Reserve expected to cut interest rates.
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Spanish PM's wife denies wrongdoing in graft probe hearing
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's wife Begona Gomez denied wrongdoing in court testimony Wednesday to an investigation into alleged corruption, one of several legal cases connected to the minority left-wing government.
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'Ordinary and out of the ordinary': covering France's mass rape trial
France's trial of a man who drugged his wife so dozens of strangers could rape her while unconscious has been both ordinary and extraordinary, AFP journalists who have been covering it say.
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Activist tells Saudi-hosted UN forum of 'silencing' of dissent
A Saudi human rights activist appeared via a video link Wednesday at a UN forum in the kingdom to denounce the "silencing" of dissent under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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UK electricity grid set for 'unprecedented' £35 bn investment
National Grid unveiled Wednesday a massive plan to nearly double the transmission capacity of the UK's electricity grid, boosting the British government's net zero ambitions.
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