The ALMA telescope in the Chilean Andes has resumed operations nearly two months after shuttering due to a cyberattack, the observatory said Wednesday.
A former Argentine police officer was sentenced to 15 years in prison Wednesday for the torture and disappearance of a student 46 years ago under the South American country's last military dictatorship.
The hospital treating Brazilian football great Pele announced a "progression" Wednesday in his cancer, as well as kidney and heart problems.
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Toulouse's France full-back Thomas Ramos has been suspended for five weeks for headbutting and making contact with the area of an opponent's eye during last weekend's Champions Cup win over Sale, tournament organisers announced on Wednesday.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived Wednesday in Washington on his first foreign trip since Russia's invasion, with US leaders hailing him as "heroic" and pledging to provide new missile defense systems.
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Flights of the new European Vega-C rocket have been suspended pending an investigation into an overnight launch failure, French firm Arianespace said Wednesday, leaving Europe with few avenues into space.
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Pep Guardiola has insisted his time as manager of Manchester City will "not be complete" if he fails to win the Champions League.
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A chef from Glasgow, who claims to have invented the curry dish chicken tikka masala, has died at the age of 77, a family member told AFP on Wednesday.
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Treviso's Italy prop Cherif Traore said on Wednesday he would no longer stay silent about the racism he has suffered after a club team-mate gave him a rotten banana as a Christmas present.
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Life-threatening blizzards and bone-chilling winds are forecast across much of the United States over the next few days, threatening chaos for millions during the peak holiday travel period.
Starting the 2024 Tour de France in Florence will fix an "incongruity" and celebrate Italian cycling, race director Christian Prudhomme told AFP on Wednesday as he confirmed the first-ever Italian Grand Depart.
Mike Hodges, the British director of gritty 1970s crime drama "Get Carter" and 1980 film "Flash Gordon", has died at the age of 90, media reported Wednesday.
Benjamin Netanyahu was poised Wednesday to announce an Israeli government, assuming power for a third time since the 1990s, with an administration expected to be the most right-wing in Israel's history.
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The United States said Wednesday it will provide Ukraine with the advanced Patriot air defense system to help counter Moscow's relentless aerial attacks.
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Some 200,000 holidaymakers in France scrambled Wednesday to book alternative travel for their Christmas holidays as the national rail operator announced major service cancellations due to a strike.
Donald Trump paid $1.1 million in federal taxes in the middle two years of his presidency, according to a report being scrutinized by lawmakers Wednesday -- but almost nothing for the rest of his time in the White House.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola on Wednesday paid tribute to Julian Alvarez and Lionel Messi following Argentina's World Cup triumph.
Better known for giving than receiving, Rio de Janeiro's Santas have been lining up for gifts for themselves: food parcels to help them through pandemic lean times.
December 21, 2022
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