Yemen's Houthis said Wednesday they had targeted facilities belonging to Saudi Aramco, after Saudi officials reported a strike on a building in an area housing the energy giant's operations centre.
Italian ski stars Sofia Goggia and Federica Brignone will miss the season-opening giant slalom in Soelden, Austria on October 24, the Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) announced on Wednesday.
Police raided Turkey's most-watched news channel, Halk TV, early Wednesday, halting broadcasts and installing a government-appointed administrator in the latest move against pro-opposition media.
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Football's world governing body FIFA is planning to set up a $6.35-billion development fund for the next four years, AFP learned Wednesday from a source close to the matter.
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Daniil Medvedev beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets to reach the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday, setting up a meeting with either Tommy Paul or Zizou Bergs.
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From the spectre of refrigerator-infecting AI worms to warnings of "major" security incidents at the horizon, calls to prioritise safety in the development of artificial intelligence dominated an industry summit Wednesday.
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The Louvre Museum risks having to close its doors to the public unless lawmakers approve a major overhaul of the creaking and over-capacity institution, its head told a French newspaper on Wednesday.
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Moldovan tourist Raisa Neagu spent hours on Wednesday waiting to fuel up her scooter, one of many people snared in a petrol shortage on resort island Bali that Indonesian authorities blamed on supply disruptions.
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Courtney Lawes and Ellis Genge have called on England to end their ban on selecting overseas-based players for Test rugby union.
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Seven of eight grades customer-certified and first 13 of 57 containers of ULVAC equipment landed in Pohang on the path to more than 10,000 metric tons of annual capacity; SmCo production equipment targeted for mid-2027 as DFARS 252.225-7052 extends its mine-to-magnet restriction to SmCo magnets on January 1, 2027
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A lawyer for a Ukrainian accused of blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines said Wednesday that Russia used them as a "weapon" to exert political and economic pressure, as the former military officer's trial opened in Germany.
Kenya hosting the 2029 World Athletics Championships will help combat the endemic doping problem among its athletes, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said on a visit to Nairobi on Wednesday.
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Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque and graffitied its outside walls on Wednesday in the occupied West Bank village of Mikhmas, Palestinian sources and the Israeli military said.
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A British prosecutor told a London jury that comedian Russell Brand was a "sexual predator" who was "ruthless, calculated and manipulative" when targeting women for sex, speaking Wednesday at the start of the actor's rape and sexual assault trial.
French President Emmanuel Macron believes students waging three weeks of protests that have closed many schools have "legitimate" grievances but are also being "exploited" by political forces, a government spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Fulham manager Alvaro Arbeloa has been fined £25,000 ($33,000) by England's governing Football Association after he claimed officials would "not let Manchester United lose".
Global stock markets diverged on Wednesday ahead of the release of crucial US inflation data that could shape the outlook for interest rates in the world's largest economy.
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- Japan summons Russian ambassador to protest journalist's arrest
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- Workers to strike at world's largest copper mine in Chile
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- Ukraine accuses US of helping Russia as missiles hit Kyiv
- Rising Spanish tennis star handed code violation for swearing at ballboy
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