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Former Masters champion Patrick Reed said Wednesday he is leaving the LIV Golf league and will return to the PGA Tour later this season.

The US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday at its first policy gathering this year, citing robust economic growth, as the central bank resists President Donald Trump's mounting pressure for cuts.

Norway's Atle Lie McGrath was fastest down the first leg of the final men's World Cup slalom before the Winter Olympics on Wednesday.

Iraq's main candidate for the premiership Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday denounced Washington's "blatant interference", after President Donald Trump threatened to end all support to the country if Maliki took the post.

Veteran rock legend Neil Young has given Greenland residents free access to his catalogue, saying he hoped the gesture offered stress relief to those unsettled by US President Donald Trump's threats.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio voiced hope Wednesday for cooperation with Venezuela after the US toppling of Nicolas Maduro and expected a reopening soon of the US embassy there, but brandished force if the interim leader is defiant.

Rap icon Nicki Minaj declared Wednesday she was Donald Trump's "number one fan," adding that "hate" directed at the US president made her support him more.

Gaetano Ferrera had just a few minutes to grab belongings from his home, one of hundreds evacuated after a landslide in Sicily that experts warn could worsen due to heavy rainfall.

An investigation into "forced disappearance" has been opened against former cycling star Luis "Lucho" Herrera, who is allegedly involved in the historical murder of four farmers, the Colombian public prosecutor's office announced on Wednesday.

A half-century by Tim Seifert and skipper Mitchell Santner's three wickets steered New Zealand to a 50-run consolation win over India in the fourth T20 international on Wednesday.

King Charles III has warned the world is "rapidly going backwards" in curbing climate change and biodiversity loss, in an Amazon Prime documentary getting a Windsor Castle premiere Wednesday.

A core of Minneapolis activists is playing a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with the federal agents deployed in force to the midwestern city to round up undocumented immigrants.

The Netherlands "insufficiently" protects the tiny Caribbean territory of Bonaire from climate change, a Dutch court said Wednesday, in what Greenpeace hailed as a "huge breakthrough" for environmental justice.

Raheem Sterling left Chelsea by mutual consent on Wednesday as the former England forward finally ended his nightmare spell at Stamford Bridge.

The era of rules-based trade with the United States is "over," Canada's central bank governor said Wednesday, echoing a stark warning from the the country's prime minister that President Donald Trump's impact on global trade is permanent.

Brazil's Flamengo have signed West Ham midfielder Lucas Paqueta, the English club confirmed Wednesday, in a record transfer in South American football which local media said was worth 42 million euros ($50 million).

Tova Friedman, one of the dwindling band of Holocaust survivors, took to the floor of the German parliament Wednesday to urge lawmakers to get "tougher" on resurgent antisemitism.

Almost a hundred new animal species that survived a mass extinction event half a billion years ago have been discovered in a small quarry in China, scientists revealed Wednesday.

Aston Villa's Premier League title bid has suffered a major blow after Belgian midfielder Youri Tielemans was ruled out for up to 10 weeks with an ankle injury.

Google unveiled an artificial intelligence tool Wednesday that its scientists said would help unravel the mysteries of the human genome -- and could one day lead to new treatments for diseases.

Israel on Wednesday laid to rest the last hostage from Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned at the funeral that the country's enemies would pay a heavy price for any future aggression.

Britain's competition watchdog proposed Wednesday that websites be allowed to opt out of having content used by Google's "AI Overviews" feature as it tackles the technology giant's dominance in online search.

Erica Raimundo Mimbir delivered her first baby on a school desk, the only dry place she found after days marooned in her flooded home in southern Mozambique.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned time is running out for Iran to come to the table and avoid US military action, provoking Tehran to retort that it would respond to any attack "like never before".

President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned the mayor of Minneapolis -- where the brutal killings of two US protesters by immigration agents sparked nationwide outrage -- that he is "playing with fire."

Former nurse Sarah Mullally was officially confirmed Wednesday as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury and the first woman to head the Church of England, the mother church of the 85-million-strong global Anglican communion.

The German government on Wednesday lowered its 2026 growth forecast to one percent, conceding that efforts to kickstart Europe's beleaguered top economy with vast public spending were moving slower than hoped.

US online retail and cloud computing giant Amazon said Wednesday that it would be cutting 16,000 jobs worldwide as part of a restructuring, as it focuses spending on artificial intelligence.

A Colombian football supporter was killed and five other people were injured in clashes between rival fan groups after a match in the northern city of Cucuta, police said Wednesday.

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday a standoff with the United States over Greenland was "a strategic wake-up call for all of Europe" as he hosted the leaders of Denmark and the Danish autonomous territory for talks.

The dollar enjoyed a respite Wednesday after this week's steep drop as traders awaited the US Federal Reserve's take on interest rates, while gold reached another record high thanks to investors seeking safety amid an uncertain economic outlook.

Ghana has granted citizenship to US YouTuber IShowSpeed, the country's foreign minister announced, as the influencer wraps up a month-long tour of Africa.

Sweden plans to ban mobile phones from primary and middle schools in order to ensure that children can focus on learning in the classroom, the government said on Wednesday.

Turkey's main Kurdish football team is to face action by the national football body for sharing a video in solidarity with Kurdish forces in Syria, Turkey's Football Federation (TFF) has said.

German prosecutors and police on Wednesday searched Deutsche Bank's headquarters in Frankfurt and its office in Berlin in an investigation over suspected money laundering offences, officials said.

Danish veterans on Wednesday criticised the US embassy in Copenhagen for removing national flags put up in front of the mission to honour Danish soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

The Netherlands "insufficiently" protects the tiny Caribbean territory of Bonaire from climate change, a Dutch court ruled Wednesday in a potentially landmark environmental justice ruling.

Former heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury will face Arslanbek Makhmudov in his comeback fight in April, weeks after saying he would come out of retirement.

Veteran Hollywood star Susan Sarandon will receive the international prize at Spain's top film awards next month for her "extraordinary" career and "brave political and social commitment", the Spanish Cinema Academy announced on Wednesday.