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Messi a doubt for Argentina ahead of Copa quarter-...
Lionel Messi's fitness remains in doubt ahead of Thursday's Copa America quarter-final with Ecuador with coach Lionel Scaloni sayi...
Labour tipped to oust Tories as campaigning ends i...
Britain's political leaders made a frantic push for votes late Wednesday in the last hours of an election campaign expected to ret...
British tennis ace Raducanu votes for 'lie-in' on...
British tennis star Emma Raducanu said she's voting to have a "lie-in" on Thursday when the country goes to the polls, claiming sh...
France film director Jacquot charged with raping t...
A magistrate Wednesday charged prominent film director Benoit Jacquot for allegedly raping actors Julia Roy and Isild Le Besco, pr...
Israel 'evaluating' new Hamas 'ideas' on halting G...
The Hamas militant group said Wednesday it has sent new "ideas" to Qatari mediators aimed at ending the nearly nine-month Gaza war...
Venezuela, US agree to 'improve relations,' says C...
Venezuela and the United States have agreed to "improve relations" as they resumed negotiations just months after Washington reimp...
Under-fire Kenya govt says to review state salary...
The Kenyan presidency said Wednesday it had ordered a review of salary increases for public servants in an apparent move to defuse...
Thousands told to flee raging California wildfire
Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate as a wildfire rages out of control in northern California, with the region gripp...
White House says zero chance Biden will withdraw
Joe Biden is "absolutely not" pulling out of the White House race, his spokeswoman said Wednesday, as pressure mounted on the pres...
Osaka focuses on Olympics after Wimbledon KO
Naomi Osaka rapidly switched her focus to the Paris Olympics after a chastening early exit from Wimbledon on Wednesday at the hand...
Tens of thousands flee south Gaza as tensions soar
Tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled southern Gaza since Israel issued an evacuation order, amid fears of a new offensive i...
US Fed officials stressed 'patience' on rate cuts:...
Members of the US Federal Reserve's rate-setting committee said last month that the bank's employment and inflation goals were mov...
Blond not bombs as Fognini learns to love Wimbledo...
Five years after wishing for a "bomb to explode" on the All England Club, fiery Fabio Fognini on Wednesday described the tournamen...
New lithium plant inaugurated in Argentina
French mining group Eramet and China's Tsingshan on Wednesday inaugurated a lithium production plant in Argentina to supply the bo...
Threads hits 175 mn users on first anniversary
Threads, Meta's alternative to X (formerly Twitter), has hit 175 million monthly users a year after its out-of-the-blue launch.
Alcaraz moves on at Wimbledon as Osaka slumps on C...
Carlos Alcaraz raced into the Wimbledon third round on Wednesday as Japanese superstar Naomi Osaka was demolished on her return to...
French court says Netflix shark hit can keep strea...
A French court Wednesday ruled that a shark horror film titled "Under Paris" could continue to stream on Netflix despite a copyrig...
Biden 'absolutely not' withdrawing from race: spok...
Joe Biden is "absolutely not" pulling out of the White House race, his spokeswoman said Wednesday, as pressure mounted on the vete...
Comeback king 'Cav' to carry on doing the thing he...
It has long been a given that Mark Cavendish is the Tour de France's greatest ever sprinter, and when he won a record 35th stage o...
Murray teams up with Raducanu in Wimbledon British...
Andy Murray is teaming up with Emma Raducanu at Wimbledon in an eye-catching all-British mixed doubles pairing as part of his emot...
History-maker Cavendish eclipses Merckx with 35th...
Mark Cavendish made Tour de France history on Wednesday to eclipse Eddy Merckx and win a record 35th stage, the British veteran th...
Alcaraz marches on at Wimbledon as Osaka returns t...
Carlos Alcaraz raced into the Wimbledon third round on Wednesday to set up a mouth-watering duel with fellow crowd-pleaser Frances...
Biden under pressure as Democratic panic rises
Joe Biden scrambled Wednesday to save his reelection bid, with pressure mounting on him to pull out following a disastrous debate...
Belarus frees 'some political prisoners': exiled o...
Reclusive Belarus on Monday freed five political prisoners in a rare amnesty by President Alexander Lukashenko, who has waged a cr...
Alcaraz coasts into Wimbledon third round
Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz recovered from an early stumble to sweep into the third round of Wimbledon on Wednesday, dispatc...
Labour predicted to oust Tories in UK election
Britain's political leaders made a final frantic push for votes Wednesday on the last day of an election campaign expected to retu...
Cavendish makes Tour de France history with 35th s...
Mark Cavendish made Tour de France history on Wednesday winning a record 35th stage at the age of 39.
Everton sign forward Ndiaye from Marseille
Everton on Wednesday announced the signing of Marseille forward Iliman Ndiaye on a five-year deal for a reported fee of around £15...
European stocks advance on French election hopes
Eurozone stock markets rallied Wednesday and the euro rose on hopes France could avoid a far-right majority in looming polls, whil...
EU gives conditional nod to Lufthansa's proposed I...
The EU on Wednesday announced its conditional approval for German airline Lufthansa's proposed stake in ITA Airways, a deal that I...
Bailed Indian opposition leader to return as chief...
A top Indian opposition leader is set to return as chief minister of Jharkhand state, days after he was released from prison on ba...
World's oldest artwork discovered in Indonesian ca...
It may not look like much -- just a flaking image of three people around a big red pig.