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Syria said Israel launched new strikes near Damascus on Wednesday, after sectarian clashes left nearly 40 dead in two days and Israel warned against attacks targeting the Druze minority.

The United States and Ukraine said Wednesday they could sign a long-anticipated minerals deal within the day, after last-minute concerns from Kyiv as it seeks long-term US support.

Contraction? What contraction? As far as US President Donald Trump and his cabinet were concerned on Wednesday all was well with the economy -- and with everything else.

Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca has insisted "money does not win titles" ahead of Thursday's Conference League semi-final first leg against Djurgarden in Stockholm on Thursday.

Mark Wood has accepted some of the comments made by his fellow England players to the media have been "a bit dumb".

The US economy unexpectedly contracted in the first three months of the year on an import surge triggered by Donald Trump's tariff plans, although the president pinned the blame squarely on his predecessor.

Caterpillar has trimmed corporate travel and other discretionary spending to offset a tariff hit, but has no plans to raise prices or overhaul supply chains, executives said Wednesday.

Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr crashed out of the Asian Champions League Elite semi-finals on Wednesday when they were beaten 3-2 by Japan's Kawasaki Frontale.

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Tesla boss Elon Musk could stay working for the White House as long as he wanted but understood the tycoon wanted to get back to his businesses.

A hat-trick by Yuzvendra Chahal and skipper Shreyas Iyer's 72 helped Punjab Kings to a four-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings on Wednesday, officially ending their opponents' slim chances of reaching the playoffs.

Pope Francis saw priests' embrace of the trappings of power as a "cancer" corroding the Roman Catholic Church, according to a best-selling Spanish author who travelled to Mongolia with the pontiff.

One of Harvey Weinstein's accusers on Wednesday again told a New York court that he had raped her, five years after she testified in the first sexual assault trial of the disgraced Hollywood producer.

Formula One's high-octane show rolls into the Sunshine State this weekend for the sixth round of the 2025 season, the Miami Grand Prix, with McLaren’s Oscar Piastri holding a slender lead in the Drivers’ Championship.

The US economy unexpectedly contracted in the first three months of the year on an import surge triggered by Donald Trump's tariff plans, although the president pinned the blame squarely on his predecessor.

Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell missed Punjab Kings' IPL match on Wednesday with a fractured finger and is likely to be out injured for the rest of the T20 tournament.

Syria said Israel launched new strikes near Damascus on Wednesday, after sectarian clashes left nearly 40 dead in two days and Israel warned against attacks targeting the Druze minority.

Climate change, women's rights, displacement, poverty: Afghanistan remains a priority as it faces overlapping crises, the UN's relief chief Tom Fletcher told AFP on Wednesday, deploring "brutal" aid budget cuts.

The NFL fined the Atlanta Falcons $250,000 and defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich $100,000 on Wednesday over a phone number leak that led to a prank call to rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders.

British teenager Matthew Brennan took over the yellow jersey of the Tour de Romandie after winning a sprint on the opening stage in Fribourg on Wednesday.

A Turkish court on Wednesday handed a Swedish journalist an 11-month suspended sentence for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but remains behind bars awaiting trial on a second more serious charge.

Fierce debate raged in Spain on Wednesday over the role its reliance on renewable energy may have had in this week's blackout which disrupted millions of lives, though officials sought to downplay any potential link.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Wednesday a judicial inquiry into claims of deliberate delays in prosecuting apartheid-era crimes three decades after the end of white-minority rule.

Stocks slid on Wall Street on Wednesday, pulling European indexes off earlier highs after the US economy contracted in the first quarter, heightening fears about the fallout of President Donald Trump's tariffs blitz on the world's largest economy.

Africans in search of a better future became the latest casualties of Yemen's decade-long conflict after a deadly strike blamed on the United States hit a migrant detention centre, killing dozens of people.

President Donald Trump lashed out at his predecessor's economic record Wednesday after US financial markets fell on the news that the American economy unexpectedly contracted in the first three months of the year.

A UK-wide decline in bug splats recorded on car number plates indicates an "alarming" fall in the number of flying insects, UK scientists said in a survey published Wednesday.

Mexico's economy returned to growth in the first quarter of 2025, avoiding a recession despite deep uncertainty over US President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, official data showed Wednesday.

White wings flashing overhead in the sunlight, conservationist Olivier Nsengimana points out Rwanda's grey crowned cranes, migratory birds that have made an extraordinary comeback in the Great Lakes region.

Ange Postecoglou said Tottenham have an "unbelievable opportunity" to end a miserable season with a trophy as he prepares his team to face Bodo/Glimt in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final on Thursday.

Microsoft President Brad Smith called Wednesday for a swift resolution of trade tensions between the United States and Europe, during an interview with AFP in Brussels.

Britain's iconic Tower of London will be covered in a cascading installation of 30,000 red ceramic poppies to mark 80 years since the end of World War II.

The US economy unexpectedly contracted in the first three months of the year due largely to a surge in imports as businesses and consumers stockpiled ahead of the introduction of President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs.