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Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona players Dani Olmo and Pau Victor can play for the club on a temporary basis after the Spanish sports council (CSD) granted the Catalans precautionary permission on Wednesday.

Sao Paulo (AFP) – Neymar said that the 2026 World Cup will be his last adding he was confident that Brazil would qualify for the finals in North America.

London (AFP) – Arsenal and Manchester United will fight for a restorative victory in the stand-out tie of an FA Cup third round packed with potential giant-killings, a family divided and a Manchester derby with a difference.

Madonna di Campiglio (Italy) (AFP) – Albert Popov claimed his first ever victory in the alpine skiing World Cup after surprising the field in Wednesday’s slalom in Madonna di Campiglio.

Jerusalem (AFP) – The Israeli military said Wednesday that its troops recovered the body of a hostage in Gaza and brought it back to Israel following a “complex and difficult operation”.

Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) – Mark Zuckerberg’s U-turn on Meta’s content rules piles pressure on the EU — already in the crosshairs of Donald Trump ally Elon Musk — to prove it still calls the shots when it comes to Big Tech’s behaviour in Europe.

Mexico City (AFP) – Mexico’s president took a swipe at Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying that the United States should be called “Mexican America,” after Trump’s vow to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.”

Brasília (AFP) – Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday hailed the triumph of democracy as he oversaw the return of restored artworks two years after they were damaged during an assault on the national seats of power by his predecessor’s supporters.

Stockholm (AFP) – A day after Belgium warned against eating Christmas trees, Swedish officials said that the needles can be safely used to make butter and other products — as long as the trees are young and wild.

Hail (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) – Saudi Arabian Yazeed al-Rajhi won Wednesday’s fourth stage of the Dakar Rally, in which five-time winner Nasser al-Attiyah dropped to seventh overall.