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US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday a blockade of "sanctioned oil vessels" heading to and leaving Venezuela, sharply escalating his pressure campaign against Caracas while issuing new demands for access to the country's crude.

Brazil's Senate will on Wednesday begin debating a bill passed by the lower house of Congress that could slash the jail term of former president Jair Bolsonaro, a move that sparked nationwide protests over the weekend.

A New Zealand court sentenced the country's former deputy police commissioner to nine months of home detention on Wednesday, after he admitted to possessing child sexual exploitation and bestiality material.

The Eurovision Song Contest heads into its 70th anniversary edition next year mired in its biggest-ever political boycott, with five countries staying away over Israel's participation.

Dressed in an orange puffer jacket, Japanese scientist Yoshinori Iizuka stepped into a storage freezer to retrieve an ice core he hopes will help experts protect the world's disappearing glaciers.

Asian equities fluctuated on Wednesday as mixed US jobs data did little to boost expectations for another interest rate cut next month, while oil rallied after Donald Trump ordered the blockade of "sanctioned" Venezuelan tankers.

US President Donald Trump has filed a defamation lawsuit against the BBC, seeking $10 billion in damages over a misleading edit of his 2021 speech before the US Capitol riot.

With his shadow of a moustache and baseball cap, Bohdan Levchykov would be your typical teenager anywhere if he didn't embody the tragedy of what has happened to a generation of young Ukrainians after nearly four years of war.

YouTuber-turned-prizefighter Jake Paul faces former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua on Friday in a money-spinning made-for-streaming bout that has triggered alarm across the boxing world.

Australia's Steve Smith was ruled out of the third Ashes Test against England just before it started Wednesday with vertigo symptoms, but is expected to be available for the Boxing Day clash in Melbourne.

England claimed two wickets in an absorbing opening session at the third Ashes Test against Australia in Adelaide Wednesday before a stoic Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne dug in.

Undefeated world super middleweight champion Terence Crawford announced his retirement from boxing on Tuesday, hanging up his gloves three months after a career-defining victory over Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.

US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday a blockade of "sanctioned oil vessels" heading to and leaving Venezuela, sharply escalating his pressure campaign against Caracas while issuing new demands for the country's crude.

Britain might be known for its damp and grey climate, but it recorded its sunniest year on record in 2025, meteorologists announced on Wednesday.

Australia held the first funeral Wednesday for victims of the Bondi Beach mass shooting, as large crowds gathered to grieve a rabbi slain in the attack.

World Cup organisers unveiled a new cut-price ticket category on Tuesday after a backlash by fans over pricing for the 2026 tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Enzo Maresca said he appreciated the backing of Chelsea's fans after they sung his name during Tuesday's 3-1 win at Cardiff in the League Cup quarter-finals.

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A moment of silence was observed Wednesday before the third Ashes Test with players from Australia and England wearing black armbands to mark the tragic mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach.

Costa Rica's conservative President Rodrigo Chaves on Tuesday survived a second attempt to strip him of immunity so he can be prosecuted for alleged wrongdoing.

A married couple killed in the mass shooting at Bondi Beach have been lauded for their bravery, after dashcam footage showed them wrestling with a gunman at the start of the attack.

Australia will hold the first funerals Wednesday for victims of the Bondi Beach mass shooting, with huge crowds expected to grieve two rabbis slain in the attack.

Donald Trump said Tuesday he stood by his chief of staff Susie Wiles after she said the US president had an "alcoholic's personality" in an astonishing interview with Vanity Fair.

The son of famed Hollywood director Rob Reiner is to be charged with two counts of first degree murder over the brutal slaying of his parents, the chief prosecutor of Los Angeles said Tuesday.

Chelsea provided support for unsettled boss Enzo Maresca as they survived a scare from third-tier Cardiff to reach the League Cup semi-finals with a 3-1 win on Tuesday.

Netflix will continue to distribute Warner Bros. films in cinemas if its takeover bid for the storied studio is successful, the streaming service's chief executive Ted Sarandos said in an interview Tuesday in Paris.

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok churned out misinformation about Australia's Bondi Beach mass shooting, misidentifying a key figure who saved lives and falsely claiming that a victim staged his injuries, researchers said Tuesday.

Stock markets mostly fell Tuesday as the US jobless rate hit its highest level since 2021, while oil prices slumped on renewed hopes for an end to Russia's war in Ukraine.

Organisers of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics said Tuesday they had "a technical problem" with the production of artificial snow which will play a key role in the Games in Italy next February.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday expanded a US travel ban by barring nationals of seven more countries including Syria, as well as Palestinian Authority passport holders, from entering the United States.

Chile's hard-right president-elect Jose Antonio Kast said Tuesday that he would back efforts to end Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro's "dictatorship," giving Washington yet another regional ally in its showdown with Caracas.

Mikaela Shiffrin continued her ascendancy over the women's slalom in Courchevel on Tuesday night as she swept to a fifth straight victory in the discipline and 105th World Cup win.

The second of two doctors who supplied "Friends" star Matthew Perry with ketamine in the months before he fatally overdosed was sentenced to home confinement by a California court on Tuesday.

Pfizer signaled Tuesday it expects a challenging 2026 as it invests in new products to offset declines in Covid-19 revenues while limiting shareholder payouts.

The son of famed Hollywood director Rob Reiner was not medically cleared for court on Tuesday, his lawyer said, as he awaits formal charging over the double murder of his parents.

World Cup organisers on Tuesday announced a cheaper category of tickets after sustained criticism of the prices at the 2026 competition in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

France and Paris Saint-Germain attacker Ousmane Dembele won the men's FIFA Best award at a ceremony in Qatar on Tuesday, while Barcelona midfield maestro Aitana Bonmati collected the women's prize.

Mikaela Shiffrin posted the fastest time in the first run of the World Cup slalom in Courchevel on Tuesday, a discipline the American has dominated this season.

The EU on Tuesday walked back a 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel cars seen as a milestone in the fight against climate change, as the bloc pivots to bolstering its crisis-hit auto sector.