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Australia's Sam Kerr helped keep Chelsea top of Group A in the women's Champions League on Wednesday with a hat-trick in an 8-0 thrashing of Albanians Vllaznia, as Real Madrid held Paris-Saint Germain to a draw.

Giovanni Simeone made sure that Napoli maintained top spot in Champions League Group A on Wednesday with a double in his team's comfortable 3-0 win over Rangers.

Eintracht Frankfurt edged closer to qualifying for the Champions League knockout stage from a wide open Group D, defeating Marseille 2-1 at home on Wednesday.

Tottenham were denied a place in the last 16 of the Champions League as Harry Kane's strike deep into stoppage time was ruled out after a VAR review in a 1-1 draw with Sporting Lisbon on Wednesday.

Australia's Sam Kerr kept Chelsea top of Group A in the women's Champions League on Wednesday with four goals in an 8-0 thrashing of Albanians Vllaznia, as Real Madrid held Paris-Saint Germain to a draw.

Bayern Munich clinched top spot in Champions League Group C with a 3-0 win over eliminated Barcelona, after the Catalans' fate had been decided before kick-off at Camp Nou on Wednesday.

Liverpool shrugged off their Premier League problems to qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League with a 3-0 win over Ajax on Wednesday.

Facebook-parent Meta reported Wednesday that its profit more than halved to $4.4 billion in the third quarter from $9.2 billion a year earlier, and said it plans "significant changes" to bolster efficiency in a tough economic environment.

At least 15 people were killed Wednesday in an attack on a key Shiite Muslim shrine in southern Iran, state media said, with the Islamic State group claiming the assault.

Women foreign ministers from a dozen nations led by Canada's Melanie Joly on Wednesday jointly condemned Iran's violent crackdown on women's rights, as protesters in the Islamic republic marked 40 days of unrest.

The United States urged strong action on Myanmar as Southeast Asian ministers prepared to meet Thursday on how to deal with the military-run country ahead of an upcoming summit.

Elon Musk changed his Twitter profile to "Chief Twit" and posted video of himself walking into the social network's California headquarters carrying a sink Wednesday, days before his contentious takeover of the company must be finalized.

South Africa's treasury vowed Wednesday to take over more than half of Eskom's multi-billion-dollar debt to ensure the embattled energy utility's viability and curb the energy crisis that has put a break on growth.

A $50 million prize money purse is up for grabs at the Trump National this week but while the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series is pulling out all the stops, even their most recognized player accepts it is missing something.

Across virtually every sector, the greening of the global economy is unfolding far too slowly to stave off climate catastrophe, according to a sobering report Wednesday from a consortium of research organisations.

Acclaimed photographer Sebastiao Salgado urged his fellow Brazilians Wednesday to vote out far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, excoriating his "suicidal", "destructive" policies on Covid-19 and the Amazon and backing leftist challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

After launching high-fashion collections, a lingerie line, a makeup brand, becoming a billionaire and having a baby, megastar Rihanna is making a highly anticipated return to music this week, her reps said Wednesday.

Iran's Mehdi Taremi scored twice to put Porto on the brink of reaching the Champions League last 16 as they beat Club Brugge 4-0 in Belgium on Wednesday.

Romelu Lukaku scored on his Inter Milan return on Wednesday in a 4-0 thumping of Viktoria Plzen to help his side make the Champions League last 16 and knock Barcelona out of the competition.

Romelu Lukaku scored on his Inter Milan return on Wednesday in a 4-0 thumping of Viktoria Plzen to help his side make the Champions League last 16 and knock Barcelona out of the competition.

Ksenia Sobchak, a Russian media figure and the daughter of Vladimir Putin's mentor, has fled her country for Lithuania, border officials in Vilnius said Wednesday, after Russian news agencies reported that she had become a suspect in an extortion case.

Boston Celtics power forward Grant Williams was suspended one game without pay by the NBA on Wednesday for recklessly making contact with and directing inappropriate language toward a game official.

Ireland's Seamus Power and Belgium's Thomas Detry hope to make an impression on 2023 Europe Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald at the US PGA Tour Bermuda Championship, which begins on Thursday.

The first formal peace talks between the warring sides in the brutal two-year conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region went into a second day in South Africa on Wednesday.

Northern Ireland on Wednesday appeared headed for a second election this year, after UK government efforts to resolve months of political stalemate over its post-Brexit status failed to find a breakthrough.

British foreign secretary James Cleverly has been accused of "shockingly tone deaf" comments after telling LGBT fans heading to the World Cup in Qatar to respect local laws and cultures.

Six-time major winner Phil Mickelson says the breakaway Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series is a "force in the game that is not going away" after world number one Rory McIlroy expressed fear of an "irreparable" split.

Boeing said Wednesday it is seeking other potential customers for its 737 MAX because China is still not taking delivery of the jetliners it has ordered.

Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Frank Clark has been suspended two games by the NFL for personal conduct violations involving assault firearms possession incidents last year in Los Angeles.

Bees order numbers in increasing size from left to right, a study has shown for the first time, supporting the much-debated theory that this direction is inherent in all animals including humans.

The United Nations is using before-and-after satellite imagery to monitor the cultural destruction inflicted by Russia's war in Ukraine, announcing Wednesday it will launch its tracking platform publicly within days.

The euro on Wednesday jumped back above parity with the dollar, the US currency sliding against its main rivals on concerns over the world's biggest economy and the prospect of slower interest rate hikes.