Aryna Sabalenka reached the US Open semi-finals for a second successive year on Wednesday, fired up by the lingering and bitter aftertaste of her Wimbledon ban.
A ferocious heat wave scorching the western United States could finally begin to wane in the coming days, forecasters said Wednesday, but they warned of dangerous fire conditions as howling winds sweep through the bone-dry region.
Rangers suffered a chastening return to the Champions League after a 12-year absence as Ajax ran riot in a 4-0 win in Amsterdam on Wednesday.
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Politics
Queen Elizabeth II has postponed a meeting of her Privy Council advisory group after doctors advised her to rest, Buckingham Palace said Wednesday, the day after she appointed Liz Truss as Britain's new prime minister.
September 07, 2022
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Sabalenka into second successive US Open semi-final
Sports
September 07, 2022
Britain's Cineworld, the world's second biggest cinema chain, announced Wednesday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States as it seeks to restructure after facing low audience numbers.
September 07, 2022
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Rory McIlroy admits his relationships with a number of Ryder Cup team-mates has been significantly damaged by their defection to LIV Golf.
September 07, 2022
The UK's new prime minister Liz Truss will move her family to 10 Downing Street, including two teenage daughters who will have to get used to living in one of the country's most famous homes -- or at least using it for sleepovers.
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Rigoberto Uran won stage 17 of the Vuelta a Espana on Wednesday after a swashbuckling high-altitude struggle to a mountaintop monastery in Extremadura as defending champion Primoz Roglic withdrew injured.
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Boulevard
Police on Wednesday widened their search for the second suspect in a deadly stabbing spree in western Canada, as a shattered Indigenous community ventured out of lockdown to mourn its dead.
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Fast bowler Haris Rauf led an inspired Pakistan bowling attack that limited Afghanistan to 129-6 on Wednesday as they look to seal a spot in the Asia Cup final.
The Dutch city of Haarlem is set to become the first in the world to ban advertisements for most meat because of its impact on climate change, officials said Wednesday.
Hugh Jackman says playing the role of a father to a depressed teenager in "The Son", which premieres in Venice on Wednesday, made him rethink his entire approach to parenting.
At her first parliamentary grilling as British prime minister, Liz Truss on Wednesday confirmed plans to stem huge rises in the cost of energy that threaten to plunge her new government into a winter of discontent.
September 07, 2022
Culture
For director Evgeny Afineevsky, there was no time to waste in showing the world how ordinary Ukrainians are braving the grinding war with grit and determination in his new documentary at Venice.
September 07, 2022
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DP World Tour chief executive Keith Pelley has delivered an impassioned defence of the European circuit in the face of what he termed the "LIV propaganda machine".
South Africa captain Dean Elgar is treating the Test series decider against England at the Oval "like a World Cup final" as the Proteas seek to recover from a heavy defeat.
President Jair Bolsonaro presided over a military parade Wednesday marking 200 years since Brazil's independence, kicking off a day of elaborate festivities that critics accuse the far-right leader of hijacking to bolster his reelection campaign.
France's top administrative court on Wednesday confirmed the conviction of Rifaat al-Assad, uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in an "ill-gotten gains" case over wealth estimated at 90 million euros ($89 million).
September 07, 2022
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