Seven-time champions Egypt clinched a place in the Africa Cup of Nations last 16 on Wednesday by defeating neighbours Sudan 1-0, a result which sent Cape Verde and Malawi through as well.
Some 1,200 heavily armed military police launched an operation Wednesday to wrench control of Rio de Janeiro's slums from drug gangs, starting with the notorious Jacarezinho favela where residents took cover.
Peru demanded compensation Wednesday from Spanish energy giant Repsol over an oil spill caused by freak waves from a volcanic eruption near Tonga in the South Pacific.
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Politics
The US military could be forced to withdraw American soldiers currently based in Ukraine if Russia invades the country.
January 19, 2022
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Senior US diplomats in Sudan for talks on coup crisis
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January 19, 2022
- Argentina rest Messi for World Cup qualifiers
- Premier League could alter postponement rules from February
- Bavuma, Van der Dussen centuries help South Africa beat India
- Flamboyant former Vogue creative director Andre Leon Talley dies at 73
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has apologized for praising fans who pelted game officials with bottles and other missiles following the team's playoff defeat to San Francisco on Sunday.
January 19, 2022
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Jacob Umaga was banned for four weeks on Wednesday following his sending-off against Toulouse in a blow to Wasps' hopes of advancing to the knockout stages of the European Champions Cup.
January 19, 2022
The powerful head of Libya's National Oil Corporation on Wednesday decried a lack of state investment in the country's vital energy sector.
January 19, 2022
Amnesty International warned on Wednesday that the international community must not allow China to use the Winter Olympics in Beijing as a "sportswashing opportunity" and must avoid being "complicit in a propaganda exercise".
January 19, 2022
Sports
Norway's Aleksander Aamodt Kilde topped Wednesday's opening training run for the famed men's World Cup downhill in Kitzbuehel.
January 19, 2022
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The start of a new golf year sees Rory McIlroy picking up his annual habit of making lists as he heads to Abu Dhabi but, unlike previous seasons, the Northern Irishman is not specifying potential tournament victories.
US tech giant Microsoft's $69 billion purchase of Activision this week rocked the video game sector, but the deal may come to be remembered as the moment the metaverse went mainstream.
An exodus of older workers is the "common thread" behind the baffling labor shortages faced by companies in the United States and Britain, the IMF concluded in a report released Wednesday.
Scotland coach Gregor Townsend on Wednesday named five uncapped players in his 39-man Six Nations squad but there was no place for Gloucester fly-half Adam Hastings.
January 19, 2022
Health
The United States appears to be emerging from its latest coronavirus wave driven by the Omicron variant, data showed Wednesday, though cases remain far higher than during any previous surge and Covid hospitalizations are at a peak.
January 19, 2022
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French champagne sales rebounded last year to reach a record 5.5 billion euros ($6.2 billion) as demand soared despite the lingering impact of Covid restrictions that weighed on restaurants and bars, producers said Wednesday.
A court-appointed psychiatrist on Wednesday said Anders Behring Breivik is as dangerous now as when he carried out Norway's deadliest peacetime attack in 2011, seemingly quashing his already-slim chances of early release.
Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe is being treated for a groin strain with their Champions League game against Real Madrid less than a month away.
The latest coronavirus variant will weigh on US economic growth in the months ahead but will not derail it, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen assured the nation's mayors Wednesday as they gathered in Washington.
January 19, 2022
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- 'Hannibal' star Gaspard Ulliel dies at 37 after ski accident
- Iran firefighters protest living conditions on deadly blaze anniversary
- Prince Andrew quits social media as US sex assault case looms
- More protected areas won't save biodiversity, warn experts
- Ben Arfa to attempt career relaunch at Ligue 1 champions Lille
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- Indian trailblazer Sania Mirza to quit tennis this year