'No' camp leads ahead of referendum on changing Chile constitution: poll
Just months after Chileans elected a leftist president in a mass rejection of establishment politics, they appear to stand deeply divided on overhauling the country's dictatorship-era constitution, an opinion poll showed Wednesday.
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Iraq's Sadr demands new polls as political crisis escalates
Powerful Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr, whose bloc won the most seats in Iraq's elections last year, demanded Wednesday that parliament be dissolved and new elections be called.
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Airbus scraps A350 contract with Qatar Airways in feud
European aircraft maker Airbus has cancelled its contract to deliver 19 A350 planes to Qatar Airways, a source close to the matter said Wednesday, amid a feud between the two aviation giants.
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Leicester keeper Schmeichel to join Nice
Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel is to join Ligue 1 side Nice from Leicester City, having been a mainstay of the most successful period in the Premier League club's history.
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Gazprom says gas turbine delivery to Russia 'impossible' due to sanctions
Russian energy giant Gazprom said Wednesday that delivery of a turbine needed to keep gas flowing to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline was "impossible" due to sanctions on Moscow.
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UN chief slams 'excessive' profits of oil, gas firms amid Ukraine war
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday accused oil and gas companies of making "excessive" profits from the energy crisis sparked by the war in Ukraine, calling it "immoral."
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New tensions explode over Karabakh, 3 soldiers killed
New tensions erupted over Nagorno-Karabakh on Wednesday as three soldiers were killed and Azerbaijan said it had taken control of several strategic heights in the disputed region.
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Deja vu as volcano erupts again near Iceland capital
A volcano erupted in Iceland near the capital Reykjavik on Wednesday, the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) said as live images on local media showed lava spewing out of a fissure in the ground.
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South Korea's Ko aims for return to form at women's British Open
Ko Jin-young hopes to rediscover the form that catapulted her to the head of the world rankings in the Women's British Open at the historic setting of Muirfield in Scotland.
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Fourth Peruvian PM resigns in one year
Peru's Prime Minister Anibal Torres resigned on Wednesday, becoming the fourth to step down in a year under embattled President Pedro Castillo.
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