Son able to play in S. Korea's World Cup opener after injury - coach
Son Heung-min will be able to play in South Korea's World Cup opener against Uruguay on Thursday despite wearing a mask after facial surgery, coach Paulo Bento said.
Read moreAfghan capital gets 400 new loudspeakers to encourage prayers
Hundreds of loudspeakers have been installed in the Afghan capital to encourage worshippers to attend prayers, the Taliban's religious enforcers said Wednesday.
Read moreUK to send helicopters to Ukraine for 'first' time
Britain is to send helicopters to Ukraine for the first time since Russia's invasion, the defence ministry in London said on Wednesday.
Read moreTeen killed in twin Jerusalem bus stop attacks
Explosions hit two bus stops in Jerusalem Wednesday, killing at least one person and wounding 14, in unclaimed attacks cheered by Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Read moreMalaysia's Mahathir says will focus on writing after poll defeat
Malaysia’s nonagenarian former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, one of the world's longest-serving politicians, said Wednesday he will focus on writing after he suffered his first electoral defeat in more than half a century.
Read moreStrike kills Ukrainian newborn, Zelensky slams Russia
Russian strikes killed a newborn baby at a Ukrainian maternity ward and two other civilians elsewhere, officials said Wednesday as President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of "terror and murder".
Read moreIndonesia quake survivors appeal for supplies as rain hampers rescue
Survivors of an Indonesian earthquake that killed at least 268 people appealed for food and water Wednesday, as heavy rain and aftershocks hampered rescue efforts among the rubble of devastated villages.
Read moreMarkets rise on rate hopes but China Covid casts shadow
Asian and European markets rose Wednesday as traders flitted between hopes for a halt in sharp US interest rate hikes and concern that a surge in China's Covid-19 cases will see officials impose more painful lockdowns.
Read moreAt least 50 hurt after magnitude-6.1 quake in Turkey
A magnitude-6.1 earthquake struck northwest Turkey during Wednesday's early hours, injuring at least 50 people.
Read moreViolent protests at largest iPhone factory in China
Violent protests have broken out around Foxconn's vast iPhone factory in central China, as workers clashed with security personnel over Covid restrictions at the plant.
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