French husband kept meticulous records of wife's alleged rapists, court told
A French investigator leading the probe into a man accused of recruiting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife told a court Wednesday of painstaking efforts to identify the perpetrators via the husband's detailed records of the assaults.
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Paralympic legends Masters and Storey light up Games
US cyclist Oksana Masters and British Paralympic great Sarah Storey added to their title hauls in early action on Wednesday as star Italian fencer Bebe Vio began her medal campaign with an easy victory.
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Pope wades back into parenthood debate with cat and dog quip
Pope Francis waded back into a controversial debate on parenthood Wednesday, hailing Indonesia's birthrate and joking that people in other countries would rather have a pet cat or dog than their own babies.
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Australian 'Devil Wears Prada' star Baker pleads guilty to drink driving
Australian actor Simon Baker, the star of "Margin Call" and "Devil Wears Prada", pleaded guilty on Wednesday to drink driving, as his case was heard at a court near the beach resort of Byron Bay.
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Grenfell inferno 'culmination of decades of failure': UK inquiry
The UK's Grenfell Tower fire disaster that killed 72 people was the result of "decades of failure" by government and construction industry bodies and the "systematic dishonesty" of building material firms, a damning final report said on Wednesday.
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German car sales plunge in August as EV slump worsens
Sales of new cars plummeted in Germany in August, official data showed Wednesday, dragged down by a record fall in demand for electric vehicles in Europe's biggest auto market.
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Wout Van Aert injured knee in Vuelta crash. team say
Wout van Aert suffered a "serious" knee injury but no fracture in the crash that ended his involvement in the Vuelta a Espana, the Belgian's Visma-Lease team said on Wednesday.
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Concussion in amateur sport 'not linked to cognitive decline': study
Concussions in amateur sport are not linked to increased long-term risks of cognitive decline, according to a study published on Wednesday.
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Rome's ancient Arch of Constantine damaged by lightning
Rome's ancient Arch of Constantine was hit by lightning during a heavy storm, causing some fragments to fall off, an official said Wednesday.
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'Digital pause': France pilots school mobile phone ban
Tens of thousands of pupils in France are going through a slightly different return to school this autumn, deprived of their mobile phones.
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