Assad hits a wall in Syrian war as front lines harden
President Bashar al-Assad’s assault in the northwest has been met with a painful rebel counterpunch that underlines Turkish resolve to keep the area out of...
Serena returned to tennis to hunt down Slam No. 24, says coach
Patrick Mouratoglou has steered Serena Williams to some of her greatest achievements, but the coach has never seen the American work as hard as she...
Toyota to build new SUV, rather than car at Alabama plant
Toyota Motor Corp said Wednesday it will build a new sport utility vehicle at a $1.6 billion joint venture assembly plant in Alabama rather than...
Clinical Djokovic destroys Goffin to reach semis
Top seed Novak Djokovic recovered from an edgy start to deliver a devastating display that crushed the spirit of 21st-seeded Belgian David Goffin in straight...
Confetti flies on Broadway as New York fetes U.S. women’s soccer team
Amid confetti and chants of “equal pay,” New York honored the U.S. women’s soccer team on Wednesday with a ticker-tape parade down the “Canyon of...
Raiders sign first-round pick RB Jacobs
The Oakland Raiders signed running back Josh Jacobs on Tuesday, the team’s first-round draft pick and No. 24 overall selection in the 2019 NFL Draft....
Von der Leyen courts EU lawmakers in bid to become Commission chief
Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen made her pitch to European lawmakers on Wednesday to be the next head of the EU executive, promising to focus...
Australia to vote on indigenous recognition
Australia announced that it will hold a national vote within three years on whether to include recognition of indigenous people in the country’s constitution, an...
Brazil pension reform approval within reach, markets surge
Brazil’s lower house of Congress is expected to vote on a landmark overhaul to the country’s pension system on Wednesday, triggering a surge across Brazilian...
Sour note: Sistine Chapel Choir director resigns after fraud allegations
The director of the Sistine Chapel Choir, which has provided the musical backdrop to papal events for centuries, has resigned following allegations of fraud and...