President Emmanuel Macron has appointed his closest military advisor, an experienced fighter pilot, as the new chief of staff of France's armed forces, Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said ...

Britain's competition watchdog on Wednesday proposed measures to tackle Apple and Google's dominance in the mobile device market, as it looks to rein in the US tech giants' so-called duopoly.

A doctor who supplied Matthew Perry with ketamine pleaded guilty on Wednesday in connection with the 2023 drug overdose death of the "Friends" star, US media reported.

Front-month gold futures snap a three-day winning streak by dropping 1.3% to $3,394.10 a troy ounce. A lift in the U.S. dollar pressured gold following the U.S./Japan trade agreement. "The deal …was s ...

French President Emmanuel Macron met German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin on Wednesday as they sought to present a united front on the US-EU trade row, NATO security and other pressing issues.

The top UN court said Wednesday, in a landmark advisory opinion on climate change, that the devastating effects of the warming planet could have a major impact on human rights.

The chip firm could get a boost from Elon Musk's xAI and Alphabet's Google as they race to build artificial intelligence.

Ozzy Osbourne was a pioneering musician but the Black Sabbath frontman was perhaps best known in the mainstream for his antics -- including offending all of Texas when he drunkenly urinated on the US ...

Marcus Rashford said his new club Barcelona already "feels like home" after the Spanish champions loaned the attacker from Manchester United on Wednesday with a future purchase option.

Half a million young believers are expected in Rome next week for the Vatican's "Jubilee of Youth" during a "Holy Year" announced by the Catholic church, organisers said Wednesday.

SAP shares were sliding on Wednesday after the enterprise software company reported mixed second-quarter financials.

A few thousand people gathered in Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Wednesday in an unprecedented protest against a law curbing the independence of the country's main anti-corruption agencies, AFP journalists ...