Switzerland’s Green party failed Wednesday in a bid to enter the country’s government even after they made significant gains in an election in October.

Rachel Balkovec wants to be a hit with the New York Yankees ? and the way to do that is to help their minor leaguers get more hits.

British political leaders rose early Wednesday to pursue undecided voters on the eve of Britain’s election, zigzagging the country in hopes that one last push will get the wavering to the polls.

Thailand’s Election Commission has ruled that the head of a popular opposition party violated the law by giving the recently formed group a loan, a decision that could lead to its dissolution and unsettle the country’s politics.

Foreign experts recruited to add legitimacy to Hong Kong’s police watchdog quit Wednesday, saying the agency lacks teeth.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg says that business and political leaders are misleading the public by holding negotiations that are not leading to real action against warming temperatures, which she referred to as a climate emergency.

The deadly eruption of a volcano in New Zealand?s Bay of Plenty on Monday left six people confirmed dead and dozens of visitors to the island injured. Rescuers were coping with toxic gases and smaller eruptions as they tried to search for eight missing tourists presumed killed in the disaster.

France’s prime minister is expected to unveil proposals on pension reforms that might calm tensions on the seventh straight day of a crippling transport strike.

Spanish emergency services have advised residents in and around a northeastern town to stay indoors after a major fire engulfed a nearby chemical plant, sending huge flames and clouds of black smoke into the sky.

A Pakistani court ordered on Wednesday that ailing former President Asif Ali Zardari be released on bail on medical grounds, so that he can seek medical treatment at a hospital of his choice in the country.