Declan Rice scored a late equaliser to grab last season's runners-up Arsenal a 2-2 draw at Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Michael Carrick admitted Manchester United were difficult to watch during an "unacceptable" 4-1 Champions League thrashing by Como on Wednesday, but insisted he is not concerned about losing his job as manager.
Aston Villa maintained their perfect start to the Champions League on Wednesday, cruising to a 3-1 win against Norwegian side Viking to strengthen their push for a top-eight finish in the league phase.
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Economy
Tesla reported a drop in third-quarter profits Wednesday but topped analyst estimates as multi-billionaire Elon Musk's electric vehicle maker invested heavily in new technologies.
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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said on Wednesday his comfort level for Sunday's first NFL regular-season game in Paris is "very high" despite riots and street violence last weekend across France.
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Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes said his side lacked belief as their woes continued with a humiliating 4-1 Champions League defeat at Como on Wednesday.
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In a workshop in the Mexican town of San Salvador Huixcolotla, three men use small hammers and chisels to punch holes in thick sheets of tissue paper ahead of the Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead) festival.
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A lawyer for Leopoldo Luque, a doctor charged in the 2020 death of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona, said in closing arguments Wednesday that his client was innocent and had been made a "scapegoat."
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Sports
Manchester United's struggles deepened with a dismal 4-1 Champions League defeat at Como on Wednesday, piling further pressure on under-fire manager Michael Carrick.
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A New Mexico judge ruled Wednesday that Meta must pay $25 billion to the state after a jury found last month that the social media giant had deceived users in a case related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, according to media reports.
Champagne winegrowers said Thursday they were dropping a 23-year-old study into expanding the area that can produce France's most famous fizz due to climate change, declining consumption and economic uncertainty.
Government agencies and companies around the world shut down websites Wednesday after two critical flaws came to light involving PHP, a programming language that is the basis for a large share of the internet.
The publisher of acclaimed Haitian-Canadian writer Thelyson Orelien said on Wednesday it had confirmed that he used artificial intelligence to help write his novel "It Was Either That or Die."
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Health
A lawyer for Leopoldo Luque, a doctor charged in the 2020 death of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona, declared in closing arguments Wednesday that his client was innocent and had been made a "scapegoat."
October 21, 2026
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French President Emmanuel Macron landed in Riyadh in a surprise "solidarity" visit, making him the first Western leader to touch down in the kingdom since Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis intensified their attacks this month.
South Africa announced fresh fuel-relief measures on Wednesday to cushion motorists and commuters battered by record pump prices as uncertainty roils global energy markets.
European companies from automakers to drug firms to banks need to embrace artificial intelligence, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Wednesday, as the continent looks to capitalise on the technology even as the United States and China drive its development.
A sell-off in French government bonds amid a budget standoff and after violent protests pushed the yield on the benchmark 10-year note past five percent Wednesday, the highest level since 2002.
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