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James Harden joined his Philadelphia 76ers at their Colorado training camp on Wednesday as his dispute with the NBA team, marked by his trade demand, rumbled on.

The man accused of murder in connection with the gang-feud slaying of rapper Tupac Shakur a quarter of a century ago appeared in a US court Wednesday.

Lexi Thompson will become the seventh woman to play in a US PGA Tour event when she tees it up at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas next week, the tournament organisers said Wednesday.

Brazil's Vice-President Geraldo Alckmin said Wednesday that more help would be sent to an Amazon state where rivers are drying up in a severe drought, causing mass die-offs of fish and dolphins.

Tens of thousands of healthcare workers in the United States walked off the job Wednesday, beginning one of the sector's largest strikes in recent history over what they say is a staffing shortage, as America's year of labor discontent rolled on.

Denver coach Michael Malone says complacency is the biggest obstacle to the Nuggets' bid to repeat as NBA champions.

Ford reported increased US quarterly sales Wednesday, rounding out a series of upbeat performance updates in a still-robust auto market that has yet to feel significant pain from a labor strike.

Alvaro Morata hit a brace as Atletico Madrid twice came from behind to beat Feyenoord 3-2 and move top of Champions League Group E on Wednesday.

Google on Wednesday said its latest premium-priced Pixel phone would have powerful generative AI models running independently on the device, as the search engine giant seeks to lure buyers away from the latest iPhone.

French rapper MHD on Wednesday appealed a 12-year jail term handed down last month for the 2018 murder of a young man in Paris, his lawyer Antoine Vey said.

Charley Hull defends her Ascendant LPGA title this week, hoping a return to Texas sees her break through for a first victory of 2023 after five runner-up finishes worldwide.

Striking Hollywood actors were due to meet with studio bosses in Los Angeles on Wednesday, raising hopes that hundreds of films and television shows could finally resume production soon.

This year's Nobel Chemistry winners are pioneers in the nanoworld.

Turkey on Wednesday launched fresh strikes against Kurdish targets in Iraq and warned of more intense cross-border air raids after concluding that militants who staged a weekend attack in Ankara came from Syria.

Relatives of victims of a deadly bus crash in Italy began arriving in Venice from other European countries Wednesday, looking to comfort injured loved ones or identify their dead.

A UN-backed force is finally being sent to try and restore calm to Haiti, but experts fear it may have no more success than previous foreign interventions in an impoverished nation hit by crisis after crisis.

UK police on Wednesday said they were carrying out a corporate manslaughter investigation at the hospital where a neo-natal nurse killed seven new-born babies in her care and tried to murder six others.

Morocco, Portugal and Spain will be joint hosts for the 2030 World Cup but games will also be played in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay as the footballing showpiece celebrates its centenary, FIFA announced on Wednesday.

The United States has given Ukraine small arms ammunition that was seized while being transferred from Iranian forces to Tehran-backed rebels in Yemen, the military said Wednesday.

As the Republican Party tears itself apart, US President Joe Biden has quietly left them to it in a bid to show he is the calm alternative to chaos.

With a long grey beard and old-school brown suit, a Charles Darwin lookalike observes marine iguanas and the blue-footed booby - an iconic bird on the Galapagos Islands.

Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday it plans to bid to host the 2034 World Cup, the latest step in a campaign to turn the kingdom into a global sports powerhouse.

Jannik Sinner said holding his nerve in "important moments" was the key to edging out world number three Daniil Medvedev in Wednesday's China Open men's final, which turned on a pair of high-stakes tie-breaks in Beijing.

Climate change has become the main factor driving amphibians towards extinction as they remained the most threatened vertebrates over the past two decades, according to research published on Wednesday.

Japan winger Kotaro Matsushima said on Wednesday this weekend's Rugby World Cup game with Argentina is "do-or-die" in their hopes of reaching the quarter-finals.

Talk about bouncing back.

Chelsea defender Reece James has been hit with a one-game suspension and a £90,000 ($109,000) fine after abusing a match official following his side's defeat against Aston Villa.

Ford reported increased US quarterly sales Wednesday, reflecting strong demand despite higher interest rates in an auto market that has yet to see significant effects from a labor strike.

World and Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra conjured up a mammoth throw to win javelin gold in style at the Asian Games on Wednesday, as three failed doping tests rattled the event in Hangzhou in 24 hours.

Most US and European stock markets clawed back ground on Wednesday as investors staged a tentative rebound following heavy selling on fears that high US interest rates will drag down the world's largest economy.

Quantum dots are tiny crystals that scientists can tune to different colours, giving an extra-vivid pop to next-generation TV screens or illuminating tumours inside bodies so surgeons can hunt them down.

Morocco, Portugal and Spain will be joint hosts for the 2030 World Cup but games will also be played in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay as the footballing showpiece celebrates its centenary, FIFA announced on Wednesday.