Asian markets drift ahead of key Fed rate decision
Investors shifted cautiously in Asian trade Wednesday as they nervously awaited what is expected to be the biggest Federal Reserve interest rate hike in more than two decades.
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Forest defender's dad had cardiac arrest before promotion showdown
Nottingham Forest defender Steve Cook thanked paramedics for saving his father's life just before the crunch English Championship promotion showdown at his former club Bournemouth.
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Venezuelan migrants say it's 'time to go home'
For five months, Victor Fernandez has been saving up to buy a return ticket home to his native Venezuela, where the ravaged economy is showing signs of recovery.
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Adoration turns to anger towards crisis-hit Sri Lanka's ruling clan
"Gota Go Home" -- graffiti calling for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to quit has appeared on the roads of Hambantota, the traditional stronghold of the family that dominates Sri Lankan politics.
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Worst drought in decades devastates Ethiopia's nomads
There has hardly been a drop of rain in Hargududo in 18 months. Dried-up carcasses of goats, cows and donkeys litter the ground near the modest thatched huts in this small village in the Somali region of southeastern Ethiopia.
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Boxer battles poverty, misogyny to be Vietnam's first world champion
From her youth spent scraping a living on the streets, Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi has battled poverty and sexist prejudice to become Vietnam's first boxing world champion.
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Dortmund loanee Knauff becoming Frankfurt's Europa League star
Ansgar Knauff only joined Eintracht Frankfurt on loan in January, but his goals against Barcelona and West Ham have helped put Eintracht Frankfurt on the verge of the Europa League final.
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Sudan's electric rickshaws cut costs, help environment
Sudanese entrepreneur Mohamed Samir watches proudly as workers assemble garishly coloured rickshaws, unique in the North African nation because they run on electricity in a bid to tackle soaring costs.
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'Fight, fight, fight': New Yorkers protest Supreme Court abortion draft
Displaying placards with slogans like "My body, my choice," thousands protested in New York City late Tuesday after a leaked draft ruling indicated that the Supreme Court planned to end nationwide legal abortion.
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Markets on edge as Fed prepares renewed salvo against inflation
Wall Street has grown nervous as the Federal Reserve is set to make its biggest rate hike in more than two decades to crush inflation that has reached levels not seen since the 1980s.
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