- http://www.france24.com/en/live-...ed-monaco-slump-to-defeatParis Saint-Germain were confirmed as Ligue 1 champions for a record-extending 12th time on Sunday after second-placed AS Monaco lost 3-2 at Olympique Lyonnais.Posted 19 minutes 22 seconds ago - 04/28/24
- http://www.france24.com/en/sport...e-final-against-barcelonaRecord eight-time winners Lyon will face holders Barcelona in the final of the Women's Champions League next month after beating Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 away on Sunday to win their semi-final tie 5-3 on aggregate.Posted 3 hours 1 minute ago - 04/28/24
- http://www.france24.com/en/europ...sens-eastern-front-russiaThe commander-in-chief of Ukraine's armed forces said Sunday Kyiv's position on the frontline had deteriorated and that Russia had made a number of recent battlefield gains.Posted 5 hours 29 minutes ago - 04/28/24
- http://www.france24.com/en/europ...bid-to-boost-ruling-partyItalian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday she would stand in upcoming European Parliament elections, a move apparently calculated to boost her far-right party, although she would be forced to resign immediately.Posted 5 hours 41 minutes ago - 04/28/24
- http://www.france24.com/en/tv-sh...es-of-surviving-holocaustEvery last Sunday in April, France holds a national day of remembrance for the victims of deportation during World War II. Ceremonies are held in tribute to the 150,000 people deported from French soil to the Nazi death camps, many of whom never returned. But nearly 80 years since France was liberated from the Nazis, a page in history is turning. Few people ...Posted 7 hours 59 minutes ago - 04/28/24
- http://www.france24.com/en/live-...lters-in-extreme-heatwaveSouth and Southeast Asia braced for more extreme heat on Sunday as authorities across the region issued health warnings and residents fled to parks and air-conditioned malls for relief.Posted 7 hours 59 minutes ago - 04/28/24
- http://www.france24.com/en/afric...village-massacre-baselessMilitary-ruled Burkina Faso has rejected as baseless accusations a Human Rights Watch report that soldiers killed at least 223 villagers in two attacks on February 25.Posted 10 hours 50 minutes ago - 04/28/24
- http://www.france24.com/en/live-...-in-first-trip-for-monthsPope Francis on Sunday visited a prison for women in Venice ahead of a mass in the watery city representing the 87-year-old pontiff's first trip outside Rome for seven months.Posted 11 hours 25 minutes ago - 04/28/24
- http://www.france24.com/en/ameri...ns-one-of-his-convictionsDisgraced Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was hospitalized on Saturday upon his return to New York after the citys highest court overturned his 2020 conviction on sex crime charges.Posted 12 hours 10 minutes ago - 04/28/24
- http://www.france24.com/en/europ...h-crimes-against-humanityFrance has charged the ex-wife of a top Islamic State official with crimes against humanity on suspicion of enslaving a teenage Yazidi girl in Syria, French media reported.Posted 12 hours 10 minutes ago - 04/28/24
- http://www.france24.com/en/middl...th-harsh-prison-sentencesIraqs parliament passed a bill on Saturday criminalising same-sex relations, which will receive a sentence of up to 15 years in prison, in a move rights groups condemned as an attack on human rights.Posted 13 hours 38 minutes ago - 04/28/24
- http://www.france24.com/en/middl...ted-global-economy-summitThe war in Gaza and simmering tensions across the Middle East are expected to dominate at the Saudi-hosted special meeting of the World Economic Forum that begins in Riyadh on Sunday. Hamas will be there and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to join the summit on Monday, but there will be no Israeli participation, and the formal mediation process ...Posted 13 hours 49 minutes ago - 04/28/24
- http://www.france24.com/en/franc...e-decrepit-schools-franceTeachers and parents inthenorth-eastern suburbs of Paris have staged several weeks of strikes and protests in the run-up to the Paris Olympics, leveraging the Games as they call for urgent measures to help struggling state schools in mainland Frances poorest region, home to many of the Olympics signature venues.Posted 14 hours 58 minutes ago - 04/27/24
- http://www.france24.com/en/afric...s-in-sudan-s-north-darfurThe U.N. Security Council on Saturday expressed its deep concern over an imminent attack on al-Fashir in Sudans North Darfur region by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).Posted 23 hours 31 minutes ago - 04/27/24
- http://www.france24.com/en/europ...-nuclear-european-defenceFrench President Emmanuel Macron is ready to open the debate about the role of nuclear weapons in a common European defence, he said in an interview published SaturdayPosted 1 day 5 minutes ago - 04/27/24
- http://www.france24.com/en/sport...-s-six-nations-grand-slamEngland completed a third straight Womens Six Nations Grand Slam when they beat France in the closing game of the championship 42-21 in Bordeaux on Saturday.Posted 1 day 1 hour ago - 04/27/24
- http://www.france24.com/en/europ...me-minister-pedro-sanchezThousands of supporters of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez rallied at the headquarters of his Socialist party imploring him not to step down over a graft investigation against his wife.Posted 1 day 4 hours ago - 04/27/24
- http://www.france24.com/en/ameri...s-northeastern-universityPolice detained about 100 people as they moved in to clear an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters in response to the use of anti-Semitic slurs, the school said.Posted 1 day 5 hours ago - 04/27/24
- http://www.france24.com/en/live-...uld-get-a-room-of-her-ownThe Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, the world's most famous portrait, could get a room of its own in the Louvre, the museum's president said on Saturday.Posted 1 day 7 hours ago - 04/27/24
- http://www.france24.com/en/europ...texan-who-died-in-donetskRussell Bentley, a Texas native better known by his nickname "Donbass Cowboy", died in mysterious circumstances near Donetsk. His death provoked a strong reaction in Russian ultra-nationalist circles, where Bentley had made a name for himself over the past ten years by travelling through the territories occupied by pro-Russian forces in Ukraine.Posted 1 day 10 hours ago - 04/27/24
- http://www.france24.com/en/europ...an-thermal-power-stationsRussia launched a barrage of missiles at Ukrainian power facilities on Saturday, hitting locations in the centre and west of the country, damaging equipment and injuring at least one energy worker, officials said.Posted 1 day 11 hours ago - 04/27/24
- http://www.france24.com/en/live-...arget-to-cut-massive-debtTwo major ratings agencies left their assessment of France's huge debt pile unchanged Friday, but cast doubt on the government's debt reduction target.Posted 1 day 13 hours ago - 04/27/24
- http://www.france24.com/en/middl...al-on-potential-ceasefireHamas said it was studying on Saturday the latest Israeli counterproposal regarding a potential ceasefire in Gaza, a day after a delegation from mediator Egypt reportedly arrived in Israel in a bid to jump-start stalled negotiations. This comes as witnesses in besieged Gaza reported fresh Israeli strikes overnight into Saturday around Rafah, where more than ...Posted 1 day 13 hours ago - 04/27/24
- http://www.france24.com/en/europ...-of-6-billion-aid-packageDefense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday announced the United States will provide key air defense munitions and artillery rounds to Ukraine as part of a $6 billion military aid package that is its largest ever for Kyiv.Posted 1 day 14 hours ago - 04/27/24
- http://www.france24.com/en/europ...e-olympic-flame-to-franceThe mission of transporting the Olympic flame on the first leg of its journey to the opening ceremony in Paris was given to one of the Frances most venerable sailing ships, the Belem, built in 1896.Posted 1 day 14 hours ago - 04/26/24
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