Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan returned to the silver screen Wednesday for the first time in four years with a big-budget action movie that has sparked ire from Hindu right-wingers.
Novak Djokovic delivered a masterclass Wednesday to race into the Australian Open semi-finals and edge closer to a 22nd Grand Slam title with a straight-sets thrashing of Andrey Rublev.
Spanish police arrested a suspect Wednesday in the letter bombing campaign that targeted the prime minister and the Ukrainian embassy, authorities said.
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Ben Shelton now wants to test himself in tournaments across the world after his first time outside the US ended in the Australian Open quarter-finals Wednesday -- as long as he can keep up his studies.
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Kento Momota crashed out in the first round of badminton's Indonesia Masters on Wednesday, just the latest early exit for the two-time world champion.
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Tourists revelled in wintry scenes across Japan on Wednesday, as much of the country was blanketed by snow in a cold snap that has killed at least one person and disrupted travel.
January 25, 2023
A retired NATO general leads a billionaire ex-premier going into the Czech presidential run-off that starts Friday, following an election campaign that saw Russia's war in Ukraine take centre stage.
January 25, 2023
Tommy Paul beat Ben Shelton to reach a maiden Grand Slam semi-final and end his fellow American's fairytale run at the Australian Open on Wednesday.
January 25, 2023
Politics
Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu was heading home from exile on Wednesday to "write a new chapter" following the president's lifting of a ban on political assembly.
January 25, 2023
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Aryna Sabalenka said she had to overcome "a lot of really tough moments" on Wednesday against a dogged Donna Vekic to reach her maiden Australian Open semi-final.
Soweto is full of gritty urban landscapes and alleys which evoke its history as one of apartheid's battlegrounds.
A singing bowl held by a Buddhist monk was struck once for each of seven people shot dead in Half Moon Bay as residents gathered to grieve in a local church late Tuesday.
When an Asian man sprayed bullets around a dance studio full of Asian revelers in California, it sent shockwaves through the community.
January 25, 2023
Sports
Kids with sticks dribble balls, weave and bob in Sansarpur, the cradle of Indian field hockey. But the village's glory days, as well as those of the national team, are a thing of the past.
January 25, 2023
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Unseeded Magda Linette marched into her first Grand Slam semi-final on Wednesday and said it was a "dream come true" after stunning former world number one Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 7-5 at the Australian Open.
Aryna Sabalenka set up a semi-final with surprise-package Magda Linette on Wednesday at the Australian Open, where Novak Djokovic will later step up his bid for a 22nd Grand Slam title.
Bayern Munich sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic criticised forward Serge Gnabry for his "amateurish" Paris Fashion Week visit, saying "the title is at stake".
Aryna Sabalenka reached her maiden Australian Open semi-final with a battling 6-3, 6-2 victory over unseeded Donna Vekic on Wednesday at Rod Laver Arena in a 1hr 49min tussle.
January 25, 2023
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