Cash-strapped Wasps suspended from English Premiership
Wasps became the latest cash-strapped club to be suspended from the crisis-torn English Premiership on Wednesday after confirming they are "likely" to enter administration.
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Peru villagers accuse government of ignoring harm from mining
Andean villagers in Peru told an inter-American rights court on Wednesday about how their health has suffered for decades due to environmental damage caused by a mining company extracting heavy metals in their midst.
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Native Americans fear loss of Indigenous languages in US
As Native Americans this week celebrated Indigenous Peoples Day -- the holiday increasingly recognized in the United States in lieu of "Columbus Day" -- members of the continent's hundreds of tribes shared a common concern: the ongoing extinction of their ancestral languages.
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Postecoglou expects Japan star Maeda to end Celtic goal drought
Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou has backed Daizen Maeda to end his goal drought after the Japan forward's misses played a major role in his side's Champions League exit.
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Malala visits women at flood camps in Pakistan
Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai met Wednesday with victims of Pakistan's devastating monsoon floods, in only the second visit to her home country since being shot by the Taliban a decade ago.
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Finance chiefs mull Ukraine aid, Russia oil price cap at IMF summit
Global finance chiefs were expected to discuss a proposed price cap on Russian oil and support for Ukraine on Wednesday as the conflict takes center stage during the IMF's annual meetings.
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Andrew Bailey: Bank of England boss facing fresh storm
Andrew Bailey is no stranger to economic storms as head of the Bank of England, becoming governor just as Covid was taking hold in Britain.
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UK court told 'killer' baby nurse sent sympathy card to parents
A nurse at a UK hospital tried to kill a baby girl four times before she was successful, then sent a sympathy card to her victim's parents, a court was told on Wednesday.
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Nigeria floods kill 500, displace 1.4 million people
About 500 people have died in Nigeria's worst floods in a decade and 1.4 million others been displaced from their homes since the start of the rainy season, the government said.
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Workers at 3rd Amazon site in New York hold unionization vote
Amazon workers at an upstate New York warehouse began voting Wednesday on whether to unionize in the latest labor battle following a surprise union win earlier this year at another Amazon site.
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