Brazil's Minas Cheese Gets Added To UNESCO List
Minas cheese -- a dairy delight from a farming region in Brazil giving it its name -- was added to UNESCO's global list of intangible cultural heritage on Wednesday.
Islamist Chief Jolani Visits Syria's Landmark Aleppo Citadel: Rebels
The head of Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which led a rebel offensive that captured Syria's second city Aleppo last weekend, visited its landmark citadel on Wednesday.
UN Official Says Over 115,000 People Displaced By Syria Fighting
More than 115,000 people have been "newly displaced" in Syria's Idlib and Aleppo provinces, a UN official said Wednesday, following a major rebel offensive in the north.
NBA Suns Lose Durant For At Least A Week With Ankle Injury
Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant has suffered a sprained left ankle and will miss the next week of the NBA season before being reevaluated, according to multiple reports on Wednesday.
French Lawmakers Oust Government In No-confidence Vote: AFP
French lawmakers on Wednesday voted to oust the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier after just three months in office in a move which deepens a political crisis in the country.
UN Experts Urge Saudi Arabia To Halt Imminent Executions
Two UN human rights experts on Wednesday urged Saudi Arabia to stop the imminent execution of three foreign nationals, with Riyadh having executed more than 300 people this year -- a record tally.
Russia's Usmanov Steps Aside As World Fencing Chief After Just Four Days
Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov has stepped aside as president of the International Fencing Federation (FIE), just four days after being elected to the role amid furore from Ukraine, Russian media ...
Stocks Hold Steady as Fed's Powell Speaks
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were still on track for record closing highs as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell took questions at the New York Times’ DealBook Summit. The S&P 500 was up 0.4%, ...
Syria's Assad Orders 50% Raise In Career Soldiers' Pay
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ordered a 50 percent raise in career soldiers' pay in a decree issued Wednesday as the army presses a counteroffensive against Islamist-led rebels.
DAZN Awarded Global TV Rights For Club World Cup: FIFA
British streaming service DAZN has been awarded the exclusive global rights to broadcast next year's expanded 32-team Club World Cup in the United States, FIFA announced Wednesday.
Germany Charges Ex-Continental Execs Over 'Dieselgate'
German prosecutors said Wednesday they had charged the ex-CEO and three other former executives from auto supplier Continental over the "dieselgate" emissions-cheating saga that first emerged a decade ...
Police Widen Berlin Doctor Probe To 40 Suspicious Deaths: Reports
German police are broadening their probe into a Berlin palliative care doctor suspected of killing eight elderly patients by looking at another 40 suspicious deaths, media reports said Wednesday.