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Lula, Bolsonaro in final push for votes ahead of knife-edge election

South Korea lift gloom with smash-and-grab Games football gold

Boisterous fashion week barnstorms 'sleepy' Nigerian capital

Ireland news conference before Israel game cut short amid tensions

UAE investigators say flydubai co-pilot was planning 'terrorist act'

Protests over housing flare in Spain after relief measures rejected

Rahul smacks century in India v Windies ODI

Zverev thrashes Shang to set up Djokovic quarter-final at China Open

Daryz seeks to join exclusive club of dual Arc winners

Turkey football ref chief jailed pending trial for graft

Russia warns diplomats to leave Kyiv over new strikes threat

North Korea says test of intermediate-range strategic missile included use of AI

Olympic champ Zheng rebukes rowdy home crowd at China Open

Rampant Sayers leads Hong Kong to third men's rugby gold in a row

Oil prices pare strong gains, stocks waver on Middle East worries

Stock markets wavered while oil prices faded after early strong gains Wednesday as Iran's missile attack on Israel fanned fears of a Middle East-wide conflict.

Buttler returns as England captain for West Indies tour

Jos Buttler will return as white-ball captain for England's tour of the West Indies starting later this month after a long injury lay-off, selectors announced on Wednesday.

Biden, Harris travel to areas hit hard by Hurricane Helene

US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are heading Wednesday to areas devastated by Hurricane Helene, after Harris's election rival Donald Trump sought to turn their handling of the disaster into campaign fodder.

First deaths as Israeli ground forces clash with Hezbollah

Israeli forces battled Hezbollah militants in Lebanon on Wednesday, with Israel announcing the deaths of eight soldiers, its first combat losses since launching cross-border raids earlier this week.

Macron backs Chinese EV tariffs as Scholz calls for dialogue

French President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed his support for EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, during a visit to Berlin on Wednesday.

Study reveals long-term death toll of cyclones as world battered

As a typhoon battered Taiwan and rescuers searched for hurricane survivors in the United States on Wednesday, a study estimated that the long-term death toll of such tropical cyclones is around 300 times greater than official figures.

Scientists unlock secret of 'Girl With Pearl Earring'

Johannes Vermeer's "Girl With The Pearl Earring" is one of the world's most popular paintings -- and now scientists believe they know why, by measuring how the brain reacts when the work is viewed.

Dolphins flash friendly grins when they're ready to play

"Smile and the whole world smiles with you," goes the expression -- and it seems the same is true for bottlenose dolphins.

Russia opens 'extremist' trial of four independent journalists

Russia opened Wednesday the trial of four independent journalists accused of helping the banned organisations of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny.