Syria reports 7 dead in first major cholera outbreak in years
Syria's first major cholera outbreak in over a decade has killed seven people and infected more than 50, the health ministry said, amid widespread damage to water treatment infrastructure.
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King Charles mulls patronages after queen's death
The late Queen Elizabeth II was patron of numerous good causes, as is her son King Charles III, but he will now look to redistribute them among the Royal Family.
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Crime unites voters in Swedish far-right stronghold
Concern over soaring crime has united voters in the small town of Sjobo, where the far-right Sweden Democrats, the big winners in Sunday's election, posted their strongest score.
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Japan central bank conducts 'rate check' as yen sinks: reports
Japan's central bank on Wednesday conducted an operation often seen as a precursor to currency intervention, local media said, as the yen continues to crater against a strengthening dollar.
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Gripes over electric car tax credit as Biden visits Detroit show
Fresh off of recent legislative triumphs aimed at supporting US manufacturing, President Joe Biden is set for an upbeat appearance Wednesday at the first Detroit Auto Show since the pandemic.
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Wallabies out to avoid 'world of hurt' against All Blacks
Captain James Slipper warned his Australia side that they face "a world of hurt" if they linger on defeat to South Africa and underestimate the stuttering All Blacks on Thursday.
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Two dead in shooting at Thai military facility
A Thai soldier killed two people and wounded one other in a shooting at a military facility in Bangkok on Wednesday, police and army officials said.
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Health groups calls for fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty
Around 200 health organisations and more than 1,400 health professionals on Wednesday called for governments to establish a binding international treaty on phasing out fossil fuels, which they said pose "a grave and escalating threat to human health".
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NY opens immersive digital art show
Art lovers in New York can now enjoy an immersive digital experience with works by Gustav Klimt projected onto the walls and floors of a building that used to be a bank.
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40 years on, survivors recall horror of Lebanon's Sabra and Shatila massacre
Forty years after Christian militiamen massacred Palestinian refugees and Lebanese nationals in the country's Sabra and Shatila refugee camps, the horrors of the tragedy remain seared into survivors' memories.
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