Stocks gain as traders bet on interest rate moves
London's stock market rallied Wednesday as the pound faltered on expectations of cuts to Bank of England interest rates, after data showed UK inflation falling faster than forecast.
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France probes 'foreign interference' after malware found on ferry
France is probing possible foreign interference after a Latvian national was arrested and charged over the discovery on a passenger ferry of malware capable of allowing the vessel's operating systems to be be controlled remotely, the interior minister said Wednesday.
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Europe's Ariane 6 rocket puts EU navigation satellites in orbit
Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket successfully placed two satellites into orbit to join the EU's rival to the GPS navigation system on Wednesday after the mission blasted off from French Guiana.
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Bleak end to the year as German business morale drops
German business sentiment fell to its lowest level in seven months in December, a survey showed Wednesday, with Europe's beleaguered top economy set to end the year on a gloomy note.
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Hundreds queue at Louvre museum as strike vote delays opening
Hundreds of tourists lined up outside the Louvre Museum on Wednesday as its opening was delayed while unions voted on continuing a strike over working conditions at the Paris landmark.
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Bondi shooting shocks, angers Australia's Jewish community
Near the sun-soaked Sydney beach where father-and-son gunmen allegedly killed 15 people by firing into crowds at a Hanukkah festival, Jewish Australians say they feel unsafe and angry.
Read moreMarkets rise even as US jobs data fail to boost rate cut bets
Equities mostly rose Wednesday even as US jobs data did little to boost expectations for another interest rate cut next month, while oil rallied after President Donald Trump ordered the blockade of "sanctioned" Venezuelan tankers.
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Senegal talisman Mane overcame grief to become an African icon
Senegal talisman and striker Sadio Mane could have missed out on a glittering football career had he agreed with a wish of his late father.
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Carey pays tribute to late father after home Ashes century
An emotional Alex Carey called his 106 on home soil in front of family and friends in the third Ashes Test a "special moment" Wednesday, with the century coming just months after his father died.
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'Many lessons to be learned' from Winter Games preparations, says ski chief
Johan Eliasch, president of the most powerful winter sports federation, has told AFP that less than two months before the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics there are "many, many lessons to be learned".
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