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Demand for commercial travel is expected to make a full recovery in 2023, with volumes exceeding the 2019 level at the end of the year, a UN aviation body said Wednesday.

Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters was denounced by Ukraine Wednesday after he told the United Nations Security Council that Russia's invasion of its neighbor was "not unprovoked."

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem will step back from the daily management of Formula One, his organisation confirmed on Wednesday, as tensions between the sport and its governing body soar following controversies involving him.

NBA legends and current stars hailed LeBron James as the league's greatest player on Wednesday after the 38-year-old Los Angeles Lakers superstar became the competition's all-time scoring leader.

At least two children were killed after a bus crashed into a day care center near Montreal on Wednesday, police said, with the driver arrested for homicide and eyewitnesses suggesting he may have acted deliberately.

More than half of Switzerland's native fish species are threatened with extinction or are already extinct within the country's waters, a new assessment showed Wednesday.

He's one of the most famous artists in history. But Vincent van Gogh could have faded into obscurity were it not for his family -- and the vision of one woman.

When Andy Reid took over as head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs in 2013, he couldn't have picked a worse team in the NFL.

Domenico Tedesco said he wants to make Belgium's players "happy and motivated" after taking over as head coach on Wednesday.

Stock markets wavered on Wednesday, with tech shares falling and investors digesting President Joe Biden's calls for tax hikes and the latest interest rate signals from US Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell.

Twitter became inaccessible on major Turkish mobile providers on Wednesday as online criticism mounted of the government's response to this week's deadly earthquake.

A bus crashed into a Montreal day care center Wednesday, seriously injuring eight people -- including children -- with eyewitnesses suggesting the driver may have acted deliberately.

Ireland captain Johnny Sexton said on Wednesday he will be fit for this weekend's Six Nations match against France before joking that he hoped he had not jinxed himself for the fixture.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday conceded "shortcomings" after criticism of his government's response to the massive earthquake that killed over 11,700 people in Turkey and Syria.

The Church of England on Wednesday debated contentious plans allowing priests to offer blessings to same-sex couples, amid deep Anglican divisions over the issue in Britain and beyond.

Malek Ibrahim made it out of his home after the earthquake hit Syria and thought he could breathe a sigh of relief. But 30 relatives were still unaccounted for elsewhere.

Uber revenues surged in the fourth quarter on resurgent consumer activity as the ride-hailing company on Wednesday said it would be largely insulated from an economic downturn.

The former TV comedian Volodymyr Zelensky brought a decorative hat box to the millennium-old Westminster Hall.

President Joe Biden hit the road Wednesday with trips to the election battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Florida, after a barnstorming State of the Union speech reinforcing expectations that the 80-year-old will seek a second term.

Google on Wednesday announced a slew of features powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) as it ramped up a battle with Microsoft to maintain its dominance of the web search industry.

Denmark's beloved Queen Margrethe II, who at 82 is Europe's longest serving head of state, is to undergo a major back operation, the palace said on Wednesday.

The US and Brazil will seek to reset ties this week when President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva travels to Washington to meet Joe Biden, both keen to turn the page on the Jair Bolsonaro years.

Europe's stock markets rose but Wall Street opened lower on Wednesday as investors digested President Joe Biden's calls for tax hikes and the latest interest rate signals from US Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell.

Paris Olympic organisers unveiled the 'visual identity' for the 2024 Games on Wednesday including a purple athletics track and a fresh set of pictograms for Olympic sports.

Uganda's wildlife population has boomed over the past four decades, the wildlife minister said Wednesday, but warned more must be done to save declining species including lions and endangered chimpanzees.

The French government and the 2024 Olympic organisers both sidestepped on Wednesday, the day after Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo called for a ban on Russian participation "as long as there is war" in Ukraine.

After losing out to Milan to host the 2026 Winter Olympics, Sweden is now considering a bid for the 2030 Games, the Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC) announced on Wednesday.

US star Mikaela Shiffrin wrote another chapter in her storied alpine skiing career in Meribel on Wednesday by winning world super-G silver to tie the modern record for individual world medals.

There are "strong indications" that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally approved the supply of the missile that shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014, international investigators said Wednesday.

Microsoft's planned $69-billion takeover of video game giant Activision Blizzard could significantly harm competition and consumer choice, UK regulators concluded in provisional findings Wednesday.

President Volodymyr Zelensky used a visit to London on Wednesday to urge allies to send combat aircraft to his war-torn country as Britain promised to train Ukrainian fighter pilots.

Restorers launched a ground-breaking project in Florence's historic Baptistery Wednesday, allowing visitors a unique view of magnificent mosaics, including a three-headed devil which inspired Italian poet Dante.