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Ukraine's Western allies on Wednesday promised to make Russia pay for its invasion, as governments and private investors met to fund the country's reconstruction from the ravages of war.

Wall Street stocks mostly fell after US Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell warned Wednesday of further interest rate hikes, while European markets slid after a stubbornly high inflation reading in Britain.

Andy Murray's brother and uncle have expressed their anger over the treatment of the two-time Wimbledon champion after he was left off an official poster of past and present greats.

Michael Leask smashed a brilliant 91 not out to lead Scotland to a dramatic one-wicket victory over Ireland from the final ball at the World Cup Qualifier on Wednesday.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated the International Day of Yoga Wednesday as he took part in a multi-country session of the ancient discipline at UN headquarters.

A Swedish appeals court on Wednesday sentenced an Italian surgeon once hailed for pioneering windpipe surgery to two and a half years in prison for aggravated assault on patients.

Drones of all shapes and sizes designed to carry more and more weapons or directly deliver explosives are everywhere at the Paris Air Show, matching the scale of their deployment on Ukrainian battlefields.

Jose Mourinho has been suspended for four European matches for insulting referee Anthony Taylor after Roma's Europa League final defeat by Sevilla, UEFA announced on Wednesday.

The supermassive black hole lurking at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy is not as dormant as had been thought, a new study shows.

A Palestinian man was killed Wednesday in an occupied West Bank village, as Israelis attacked residents and property in escalating violence.

The father and son aboard the missing Titanic tourist submersible hail from one of Pakistan's most prominent and wealthiest families, who are known for their philanthropic contributions to the country.

Several regions of Austria have allowed the controversial killing of wolves after reporting an increase in livestock attacks, sparking debate in the Alpine EU member.

Amazon tricked consumers into subscribing to its "Prime" service and intentionally complicated the cancelation process, according to a US lawsuit against the retail giant filed Tuesday.

The death toll from a fire and clashes between rival gangs at a women's prison in Honduras has risen to 46, the prosecutor's office said Wednesday, as the first bodies were handed over to mourning families for burial.

The US Federal Reserve expects to continue raising interest rates but to slow down the pace of hikes, Fed chair Jerome Powell told a Congressional hearing Wednesday.

Rescue workers raced to beat a rapidly closing oxygen window Wednesday as they hunt for a missing submersible near the wreck of the Titanic, after noises detected by sonar raised hopes the five people onboard are still alive.

American 13-year-olds continue to struggle academically in the wake of the pandemic, especially in mathematics, according to official data out Wednesday.

Is it possible to play reduced-risk 'Bazball', or is that missing the point of England's pioneering, aggressive approach to Test cricket?

The Sudanese capital was again under fire Wednesday, after the latest breached ceasefire between warring generals ended without any sign of an end to more than two months of war.

Russian top seed Daniil Medvedev is through to the quarter-finals of the Halle Open after defeating Serbian Laslo Djere on Wednesday.

Stock markets fell Wednesday as investors fretted about stubbornly high inflation in Britain and warnings from US Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell that further interest rate hikes were likely.

France's top appeals court on Wednesday rejected a request to reopen a rape claim against film director Luc Besson, ending one of the most high-profile cases to emerge in the country's MeToo movement against sexual assault.

Influencer Andrew Tate and his brother appeared in court in Romania Wednesday, their lawyers arguing that the pair, indicted on human trafficking charges, should no longer be under house arrest.

Stock markets fell Wednesday as investors fretted about stubbornly high inflation in Britain and braced for fresh interest-rate signals from US Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell.

Men's fashion week wraps up in Milan Tuesday after five days of catwalk shows presenting the luxury market's Spring-Summer 2024 collections.

A military base in Somalia came under attack by Al-Shabaab jihadists on Wednesday,police and witnesses said, just as the African Union announced it was beginning a drawdown of troops in the violence-wracked nation.

Paris became a playground for Pharrell Williams and his celeb friends at his debut show for Louis Vuitton, collapsing the distance between fashion, music and money-spinning publicity.

When Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley laid out a plan to fix the international financial architecture at climate talks last year, she galvanised world leaders on reforms that had languished for years.

Britain's annual inflation rate unexpectedly remained at 8.7 percent in May, official data showed Wednesday, piling pressure on the Bank of England and government to act over a cost-of-living crisis.

Wimbledon technology chiefs say line judges are safe -- at least for now -- even as the grass court tournament embraces artificial intelligence.

As family heirlooms go, it doesn't get much better than a pair of Rembrandt portraits that the world had forgotten about for 200 years.

Veteran full-back Brice Dulin said he was "very, very proud" to have been included in France coach Fabien Galthie's 42-man Rugby World squad on Wednesday.