A meeting of G7 nations on the environment begins in Paris on Thursday but climate change has been left off the agenda to avoid a row with the United States.
When President Donald Trump this week attacked Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and top House Democrat Hakeem Jeffries, two of America's most prominent Black figures, he chose a particularly pejorative insult: "low IQ person."
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Economy
Tesla reported higher first-quarter profits Wednesday, topping expectations as it confirmed plans for massive additional investments in autonomous transport, humanoid robotics and artificial intelligence.
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Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday made a tightly controlled visit to a notorious prison in Equatorial Guinea's biggest city, after launching a rare criticism of living conditions for inmates.
April 22, 2026
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Atletico Madrid fell to a 3-2 defeat at lowly Elche in La Liga on Wednesday, their seventh loss in their last eight matches across all competitions.
April 22, 2026
Rugby World Cup winner Lewis Moody says he has been emboldened in his fight with motor neurone disease (MND) by a specialist saying there is "hope" -- despite there presently being no cure for the rare condition.
April 22, 2026
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain strolled to a 3-0 win over lowly Nantes on Wednesday to move four points clear of Lens in Ligue 1.
April 22, 2026
Politics
Dozens of doctors, nurses and patients protested Wednesday outside a hospital in Ecuador's capital, expressing outrage at a health care system so overstretched that people undergoing surgery bring their own syringes and medication.
April 22, 2026
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Peru's foreign and defense ministers resigned on Wednesday in protest over the interim president's decision to stall a $3.5 billion deal for the purchase of 24 US F-16 fighter jets.
Oscar De La Hoya and Muhammad Ali's grandson on Wednesday slammed proposed changes to federal boxing laws, warning a US Senate committee that the reforms would prioritize corporate profits and Saudi investors over fighters.
Pace bowlers Jofra Archer and Nandre Burger shared five wickets between them as Rajasthan Royals defended a modest total of 159 to beat Lucknow Super Giants by 40 runs in the IPL on Wednesday.
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday alleged a vote in which Virginia backed a new electoral map that could favor Democrats was "rigged" -- echoing his false claims over the 2020 election.
April 22, 2026
Sports
Pace bowlers Jofra Archer and Nandre Burger shared five wickets between them as Rajasthan Royals defended a modest total of 159 to beat Lucknow Super Giants by 40 runs in the IPL on Wednesday.
April 22, 2026
RECENT NEWS
Spending the past five days cooped up in a hotel in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo is not quite what a group of Latin Americans expected when they sought asylum in the United States.
Cuban-American quarterback Fernando Mendoza, who led Indiana to the United States college football crown, is expected to be selected first overall by Las Vegas when the NFL Draft begins on Thursday.
Liam Rosenior was sacked as Chelsea manager after less than four months in charge on Wednesday following a run of five successive Premier League defeats.
Veteran Fijian international Levani Botia has extended his contract with La Rochelle until 2027, the Top 14 club announced Wednesday.
April 22, 2026
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