The Gates Foundation said on Wednesday it did not make any financial payments to late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein or employ him at any time.
Billionaire Elon Musk has overhauled the management of his artificial intelligence startup xAI ahead of a planned initial public offering that could rank among the largest ever, after merging the company with his rocket firm SpaceX.
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri on Wednesday rejected the notion that users could be clinically addicted to social media, as he testified in a landmark California trial over whether his company knowingly hooked children on its platform for profit.
Ukraine will only hold elections once it has security guarantees in place and a ceasefire with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday, pushing back at suggestions he was planning to stage fresh ballots under US pressure.
Canadian police on Wednesday said an 18-year-old local resident carried out what Prime Minister Mark Carney called an act of "unheard-of cruelty" in murdering eight people and wounding dozens more in a remote mining town.
James Van Der Beek, a heartthrob who starred in coming-of-age dramas at the dawn of the new millennium, shooting to fame playing the titular character in "Dawson's Creek" and in later years mocking his own hunky persona, has died. He was 48.
Bangladesh will hold its crucial parliamentary elections today -- 18 months after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's 15-year-old regime collapsed amid massive, nationwide protests.
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a meeting at the White House that nuclear talks with Iran must continue.
Mexico's president said Wednesday that her government was investigating the US shutdown of a border airport, which US officials linked to a Mexican cartel drone breach of US airspace.
A brawl erupted in Turkey's parliament on Wednesday after lawmakers from the ruling party and the opposition clashed over the appointment of a controversial figure to the Justice Ministry in a Cabinet reshuffle.
She rose to national fame in 2020 as the deputy head of Zhaosu County after a video showed her galloping through snowy landscapes in a flowing red outfit to promote local tourism.
Good relationship with India is a "priority" and every citizen in Bangladesh is equal, there is no such thing as a minority - this was the message from Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman.
The Federal Aviation Administration reopened the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas on Wednesday morning, just hours after it announced a 10-day closure that would have grounded all flights to and from the airport.
As Bangladesh gets set for one of its most consequential elections, scheduled for February 12, it is the right time to revisit the figures and moments that have shaped the country's modern history.
Thai police shot and arrested a gunman who opened fire Wednesday at a school in southernThailand, police and other authorities said.
US President Donald Trump is the only person who has been going around telling the world that India plans to stop buying oil from its all-weather, longtime ally Russia, the foreign minister of the transcontinental nation said.
Russia threatened to take military "countermeasures" if the West boosts its own military footprint on Greenland, Moscow's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will push Donald Trump on Wednesday to take a tougher stance in nuclear talks with Iran, after rushing to Washington to stiffen the US president's resolve.
On the eve of Bangladesh's elections, exiled writer Taslima Nasrin has delivered her most blistering critique in years of the country's political direction, accusing the Muhammad Yunus-led interim dispensation of empowering Islamic fundamentalists.
Russia will keep observing the missile and warhead limits in the New START nuclear treaty with the United States, which expired last week, as long as Washington continues to do the same, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.
US president says he 'insisted' that negotiations with Iran will continue and that 'progress' was being made on Gaza.
The vote is a direct contest between frontrunner Tarique Rahman's BNP and a Jamaat-e-Islami-led coalition of 11 parties.
Measures would let authorities impose a 30-day blockade on sea arrivals if there is a 'serious threat to public order".
CEO Stephane Bancel said the letter refusing review did not cite 'any safety or efficacy concerns'.
Millions of people are expected to cast ballots in the first polls since prime minister Sheikh Hasina was removed.
Trump's tariffs, heightened healthcare and housing costs, and a stagnating jobs market leaves more workers struggling.
As US actions fuel a humanitarian crisis in Cuba, is US President Trump seeking a deal, or to topple the government?
'One Big Beautiful Bill Act', higher tariffs and immigration crackdown are factored into the report.
Nine people have been killed in a mass shooting at a high school in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada.
US attorney general was hammered over heavy redactions to Epstein-related documents, prosecution of political rivals.
Rallies across Iran marked the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, with many showing support for the government.
Rutherford's 76 and spinners' control help the two-time champions beat the 2022 winners at the Wankhede Stadium.
Winning bidders include Chevron, Eni, QatarEnergy and Aiteo.
Bangladesh’s first post-uprising election tests whether a new generation can truly reshape power.
The Trump administration's swift reversal has provoked questions about the legitimacy of the foreign drone claims.
Mackenzie has been charged with organised criminal activity, radicalisation, and facilitating 'terrorism'.
US Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal pressed Attorney General Pam Bondi to apologise to Jeffrey Epstein victims.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov did not say why he believed the US would respect the limits set out in New START.
World champions India will likely be without Abhishek Sharma as they face Namibia in New Delhi on Thursday.
Eyeing second round of US talks, Iranian officials say willing to talk nuclear, but draw red line on ballistic missiles.
In post-genocide Rwanda, fragile encounters see survivors and perpetrators face the past to reopen paths to coexistence.
The repatriation of Syrian prisoners from Lebanon comes with political baggage for both Syrians and Lebanese.
Officials in Madagascar say building collapses are responsible for many of the confirmed 20 deaths from Cyclone Gezani.
All to know as La Liga leaders Barcelona clash with Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semifinal.
Andrey Gurov will head a caretaker government tasked with organising snap elections .