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World number two Carlos Alcaraz says he has set recent injury concerns aside as he focuses on defending his title at the ATP-WTA Indian Wells Masters.

The UN Security Council expressed its concern over the deteriorating situation in violence-gripped Haiti on Wednesday, as Washington ramped up pressure on absent Prime Minister Ariel Henry to secure a political settlement.

Real Madrid scraped through into the Champions League quarter-finals with a 1-1 second-leg draw against RB Leipzig on Wednesday, progressing 2-1 on aggregate.

Pep Guardiola said Manchester City have earned their place among the perennial contenders for Champions League glory after reaching the quarter-finals for a seventh consecutive season on Wednesday.

Senegalese voters should finally head to the polls at the end of March, following a string of announcements late Wednesday marking the latest twist in weeks of crisis triggered by the delay to the presidential election.

The Republican-led US House of Representatives approved a deal on Wednesday to avert a partial government shutdown due to start this weekend, moving a long-running row over the federal budget one step closer to resolution.

A missile fired by Yemen's Huthi rebels hit a bulk carrier in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, with the crew reporting three people dead and at least four wounded, the US military said.

Donald Trump on Wednesday challenged Joe Biden to an election debate after the two men emerged from primary voting as the all-but-certain Republican and Democratic candidates in November's US presidential vote.

Prosecutors unexpectedly dropped charges Wednesday against three antique collectors accused of handling stolen lyrics for 1970s hit "Hotel California" and other tracks by rock group the Eagles.

Manchester City cruised into a seventh consecutive Champions League quarter-final as a much-changed side still put FC Copenhagen to the sword 3-1 on Wednesday to progress 6-2 on aggregate.

Real Madrid scraped through into the Champions League quarter-finals with a 1-1 second-leg draw against RB Leipzig on Wednesday, progressing 2-1 on aggregate.

The Republican-led US House of Representatives approved a deal on Wednesday to avert a partial government shutdown due to start this weekend, ending one part of a long-running row over the federal budget.

Haiti's Jimmy "Barbecue" Cherizier presents himself as a revolutionary, and is seldom pictured without his rifle and spare clips of ammunition.

A Chinese software engineer was arrested Wednesday for allegedly stealing artificial intelligence technology from Google while secretly working for two Chinese companies, US Attorney General Merrick Garland said.

Tyson Fury has insisted he will be ready to fight with "blood everywhere" when he faces Oleksandr Usyk in an undisputed world heavyweight title bout, despite the British boxer's cut meaning the eagerly-anticipated contest has been postponed until May 18.

The head of the federal investigation into a troubled January flight on a Boeing 737 MAX jet blasted the aviation giant on Wednesday for not providing key information quickly.

Energetic Iga Swiatek on Wednesday vowed to go all-out in the run-up to the Paris Olympics, with the world number one unwilling to moderate her packed WTA tournament schedule.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said he would be "careful" should Mohamed Salah return to action against Sparta Prague in the Europa League on Thursday following the star striker's recent injury lay-off.

When "Barbie," a neon-pink pop culture phenomenon like no other, was nominated for eight Academy Awards including best picture, the team organizing this year's Oscars gala knew exactly who they needed to approach.

The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting Wednesday on violence-wracked Haiti, as the United States ramped up pressure on absent Prime Minister Ariel Henry to usher in a political settlement.

Sixty-eight Nobel science laureates urged Argentina's self-professed "anarcho-capitalist" President Javier Milei Wednesday to restore budgets for science and technology that have been cut under his drive to slash public spending.

The deadly shooting on the set of Alec Baldwin's budget movie "Rust" was the result of "constant, never-ending safety failures" by the film's armorer, a jury was told Wednesday.

Chilean Antonia Garros, a gastronomy student, was just 23 when she jumped from a 13th-floor balcony in 2017 after her boyfriend assaulted her yet again.

World number four Viktor Hovland said on Wednesday that the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) is devalued without points for top players competing in the Saudi-backed LIV Golf League.

A deadly Russian missile strike Wednesday on the Ukrainian port city of Odesa appeared to land near President Volodymyr Zelensky and the visiting Greek prime minister, who described the "intense" moment of the attack.

Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died in prison last month, predicted in previously unpublished testimony in 2020 and released on Wednesday that his death would change "nothing" and other people would stand in his place.

President Javier Milei said he considers abortion, which is legal in Argentina, to be "murder", in a speech to high school students on Wednesday.

South Africa on Wednesday petitioned the International Court of Justice to impose fresh emergency measures on Israel over what it described as the "widespread starvation" resulting from its Gaza offensive.

World Rugby's women's chief believes the appointment of Jo Yapp as head coach of the Wallaroos marks a major staging post for the female game ahead of a "generational" World Cup in England next year.

Elon Musk's SpaceX on Wednesday announced it was eyeing March 14 as the earliest date for the next test launch of its giant Starship rocket, with which it hopes to one day colonize Mars.

Donald Trump and President Joe Biden finally kicked off their bitter White House rematch Wednesday as the Republican's final rival Nikki Haley threw in the towel after a crushing defeat in the "Super Tuesday" primaries.

The US Federal Reserve's progress in bringing down inflation is "not assured," the chairman said Wednesday on the first of two days of hearings in Congress.