#BREAKING England beat South Africa by nine wickets in 3rd Test to win series 2-1
#UPDATE England thrashed South Africa by nine wickets in the third and deciding Test at the Oval on Monday, completing a 2-1 series win in just over two days of action #AFPSports
#UPDATE The home side, who resumed on 97-0, needed just 5.3 more overs to reach a victory target of 130. Zak Crawley was 69 not out and Ollie Pope 11 not out #AFPSports u.afp.com/ikAa
#UPDATE England have now won six of their seven Tests under their new leadership pairing of captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum, having managed just one victory in their previous 17 matches when former skipper Joe Root was in charge. #AFPSports u.afp.com/ikdo
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#BREAKING Swedish PM resigns after right, far-right poll win
#UPDATE Sweden's prime minister, Magdalena Andersson of the Social Democratic Party, said Wednesday that while final votes were still being tallied, it was clear a right-wing bloc would win a majority of seats, and so she would hand in her resignation tomorrow.
With almost all districts counted Wednesday, Sweden's right-wing opposition was set to win 176 out of the parliament's 349 seats, thanks in part to a surge by far-right Sweden Democrats
Armenia and Azerbaijan have accused each other of violating a truce, after the worst clashes since a 2020 war put in doubt a halting peace process between the arch foes. u.afp.com/ikjS
Map of the Nagorno-Karabakh region, disputed by Armenia and Azerbaijan. #AFPgraphics@AFP
#BREAKING Germany urges Azerbaijan, Armenia to halt actions that could threaten regional security
#BREAKING Xi lands in Kazakhstan in first trip abroad since pandemic: AFP
#UPDATE China's President Xi Jinping has landed in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan, AFP journalists in Nur-Sultan said, in the Chinese leader's first trip abroad since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic
#UPDATE During his three-day visit to Central Asia, the Chinese leader is also scheduled to attend a summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Uzbekistan, where he is expected to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. u.afp.com/ikVG
#BREAKING EU chief proposes law to secure critical raw materials
#UPDATE EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has proposed legislation to secure critical raw materials, highlighting the stranglehold China has over resources such as lithium that are key to the energy transition.
#BREAKING EU plans 'deep and comprehensive reform' of electricity market: von der Leyen
#BREAKING Google loses appeal against record EU antitrust fine: statement
#UPDATE The European Union's second-highest court has overwhelmingly upheld the EU's record fine against Google over its Android operating system for mobile phones, reducing it only slightly for technical reasons
#UPDATE As a European court rejects Google's appeal against a €4.3 billion antitrust fine, we look at the battle between Brussels and Silicon Valley u.afp.com/ikV3