Japan tech firm Fujitsu in firing line over UK Post Office scandal
A Japanese technology giant is in the crosshairs of British lawmakers for building the faulty accounting software that led to what has been called the country's biggest ever miscarriage of justice.
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French post office opens changing rooms for online shoppers
France's post office is experimenting with opening changing rooms in some branches to cater to online shoppers who want to quickly return purchases that don't fit.
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Late apes: Biggest primate ever died off due to 'huge mistake'
The largest primate ever to walk the Earth went extinct because it could not adapt to its changing environment, with the mighty beast reduced to living off bark and twigs before dying off, scientists said on Wednesday.
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Dwindling snowpack could amplify water crisis: study
The amount of snow that stays on the ground is rapidly dwindling due to human-caused climate change, threatening the water supply of hundreds of millions of people, researchers warned Wednesday.
Read moreFive dead in US storms, country girds for more fierce weather
Swaths of the United States braced for more snow and punishingly low temperatures Wednesday as millions in the east dug out from a previous round of severe winter weather that left at least five people dead.
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Xavi hopeful Super Cup can prove another Barca turning point
Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez said Wednesday he hopes a potential Spanish Super Cup triumph can create an important turning point in his team's season again.
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'Oppenheimer' leads SAG nominations as gala moves to Netflix
Fresh from its wins at the Golden Globes, Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" on Wednesday topped the nominations for the influential Screen Actors Guild Awards, which are key to Oscars success.
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Ecuador's 'armed conflict' with drug gangs: What we know
Tanks and soldiers patrol the streets of Ecuador as narcos sow terror nationwide after declaring all-out war on a government trying to rein them in.
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Paris Olympics chief insists river Seine will host opening ceremony
The chief organiser of the 2024 Paris Olympics insisted Wednesday there were no plans to move the opening ceremony of the Games from the river Seine amid ongoing speculation about the hugely ambitious water-based show.
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'Nowhere is safe': Russian city evacuates hundreds of children
Authorities in the Russian border city of Belgorod began evacuating hundreds of children Wednesday after weeks of deadly shelling from Ukrainian forces.
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